"I am not making comparisons. Pakistan is a failed democracy, controlled by ISI. But, in a way, we can say that we too are following the Pakistan model. ED, CBI and Income Tax are playing the same role that is played by ISI. The ISI controls politics there (Pakistan) and ED controls it here,
Principal Chief Commissioner of Income Tax, Andhra Pradesh and Telangana, Mita Madhusmita was addressing a press conference on the 'Issue of Suspicious Refunds' being claimed by certain Taxpayers'.
During the course of verification, several discrepancies were found. It was seen that the bank had not filed SFTs in certain cases and in some others, had not filed complete/accurate particulars. SFTs were not filed in respect of Cash deposits of over Rs.2,700 crore involving more than 10,00
The residence of the Group's promoter Mohammad Ahmad Quadri at Banjara Hills and other premises in the city related to the company were also covered in the searches that began on Wednesday.
The Income Tax Department on Tuesday conducted raids at the office of private real estate developer Ankita Builders and its owner Narayan Acharya's residence in Karnataka's Hubballi.
The Income Tax Department on Monday conducted raids at two residential premises of former Congress leader Gangadhar Gowda and an educational institution in Belthangady of Karnataka's Dakshina Kannada.
"Bogus expenditure booked in this way by these beneficiary business entities could be to the tune of about Rs 1,000 crore," according to an official release which stated that the exercise started on March 31 and covered a total of 16 premises.
According to the I-T department, Bhind resident Ravi Gupta is a promoter of Tiya Traders, a diamond-trading company registered as a firm in Surat and Mumbai.
CBDT chief Gupta said that the I-T department had taken several progressive steps to encourage voluntary tax compliance and facilitate a transparent and non-intrusive tax administration. One such major initiative is the e-Verification Scheme, 2021, which was notified on December 13, 2021.
Janata Dal-United JD(U) spokesperson Sunil Kumar Singh called the I-T survey at the BBC office in Delhi and Mumbai an attack on press freedom on Friday.
The Income Tax 'survey' on the British Broadcasting Corporation offices located in Delhi and Mumbai, over a charge of deliberate non-compliance with Indian laws, including transfer pricing rules and diversion of profits illegally, concluded nearly after 60 hours, the UK-based broadcaster