Tax Department announces cookie usage for website visitors

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Tax Department
May 05, 2026

The Tax Department has announced the cookies used on its website to inform visitors about data collection and privacy practices.

Cookies include:

  • NID: Set by Google for advertising purposes, with a duration of 6 months.
  • VISITOR_INFO1_LIVE: Set by YouTube to measure bandwidth, lasting 27 days and 5 hours.
  • YSC: Set by YouTube to track embedded video views, session-based.
  • yt-remote-connected-devices: Stores user video preferences, session-based.
  • yt-remote-device-id: Stores user video preferences, session-based.
  • yt.innertube::nextId: Registers a unique ID for viewed videos, session-based.
  • yt.innertube::requests: Stores data on viewed videos, session-based.
  • _GRECAPTCHA: Set by Google reCAPTCHA to identify bots, lasting 27 days and 27 hours.
  • Cookie law consent cookies: Record user consent for various categories (advertisement, analytics, functional, necessary, others, performance), durations range from 11 months to 1 year.
  • PHPSESSID: Manages user session ID, lasts 7 days.
  • viewed_cookie_policy: Stores cookie consent status, lasts 11 months.

For more information, visit the official announcement at the provided URL.