"I will approach the High Courts; I will fight till the last breath. I believe in a court of law. I still believe they have done an injustice. Everything is transparent," said Shivakumar, the Karnataka Pradesh Congress Committee (KPCC) President.
The income tax raids are underway at multiple production houses in Mumbai, including the office of producer Vinod Bhanushali and the house of Jayantilal Gada, the Income Tax department said.
"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.
The search was reportedly conducted at the office belonging to a Congress leader Ram Gopal Agrawal at Gore Parisar under Civil Lines police station and at the residence of industrialist Kamal Sarda at Shankar Nagar.
The Income Tax Department has launched a Mobile application, called 'AIS for Taxpayer' to facilitate taxpayers to view their information as available in the Annual Information Statement (AIS) / Taxpayer Information Summary (TIS), an official statement said.
According to a statement from the department, the team on late Tuesday night had seized articles worth at least around Rs 30 lakh that were allegedly meant for distribution ahead of the Assembly elections.
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The Income Tax Department gathered several evidences pertaining to the BBC India's operation which indicated that taxes were not paid on "certain remittances" which have not been disclosed as income in India by the foreign entities of the group.
In an exclusive interview with ANI, he also talked about the issue "around the review of the British Broadcasting Corporation tax affairs" in the context of the Income Tax department's survey at its offices in India.
Baghel said, "Whoever speaks against the central government will be crushed. If the Congress party raises its voice, action is taken against them. If the regional parties raise their voice, action is taken against them. We went to Assam for the election campaign, went to Uttar Pradesh, whene
Sources said the above exercise, conducted by the tax authorities, is called "survey", not search or raid as per the provisions of the Income Tax Act. Such surveys are routinely conducted and are not to be confused to be in the nature of a search/raid, said sources.