frauds

Duration of fraud prior to detection in Asia is an average of five years – KPMG

Fraudsters go undetected for a longer duration in Asia, with a survey revealing that frauds in the region sometimes do not come into the light for ten years or more. In Asia, it takes longer to detect frauds than any other region in the world, says a global consultancy KPMG report, released today.
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Govt to revamp economic intelligence agency

Amid increasing cases of tax evasion, frauds and corruption, Indian government on Tuesday announced it would revamp its nodal economic intelligence agency. President Pratibha Patil has sanctioned the constitution of a committee that will make recommendation to restructure the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB), the finance ministry said in a statement.
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Beware of fraud email related to Income Tax refund

Nowadays I am receiving one or more email daily with subject 'Tax Refund Notification'. With mail I receive a attached form in which they ask bank account details. This is the trap Once you enter your bank account detail which includes your username and password the same get stored in the database of the person sending fraud emails. After receiving your username , password they transfer all your money in their bank account.
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Integrity and Ethics are Basic to Good Governance in Banking

One may govern life in accordance with the revealed truth as one sees it or natural law or a simple precept of not treating others as ends, or in pursuit of the good life of contemplation prized by Aristole . One may believe that morality lies in doing the best one can for oneself and one’s children and giving something back to the society, when one can buy money or time.
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CBDT Press Release on I-T refund fraud in Mumbai

On or about 12th January 2010, an officer in the Income Tax department, Mumbai, noticed that refunds had been issued from his jurisdiction without his knowledge or approval of his higher authorities. He immediately brought the matter to the notice of his superior officers. 2. On internal inquiry by the Income Tax department, it was found that User Ids and Passwords of certain officers had been fraudulently used to generate refunds in some cases. Upon detection of the fra..
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CBDT to cross-verify all high value refunds this fiscal

Bank Accounts, Beneficiaries and Some Scamsters Involved in Income tax Refund Fraud in Mumbai Identified. The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has stated that an officer in the Income Tax department, Mumbai noticed on or about 12th January, 2010 that refunds had been issued from his jurisdiction without his knowledge or approval of his higher authorities. The officer immediately brought the matter to the notice of his superior officers.
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Know Your Customer (KYC) Guidelines – Accounts of Proprietary Concern

In partial modification of paragraph 3 (ii) thereof, it is advised that apart from the documents mentioned therein, any certificate / registration document issued by Sales Tax / Service Tax / Professional Tax authorities may also be considered for verification of the proof of name, address and activity of the Proprietary concern.
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ICAI requested RBI to re-audit bad home loans sold to ARCIL by ICICI bank for irregularities

THE INSTITUTE of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has raised questions about ICICI Bank’s home loans business and has sought a fresh central bank audit of a two-year-old sale deal of dud loans, after a Mumbai-based chartered accountant spotted irregularities in some loans.“The regulator should re-audit assets sold to ARCIL,” ICAI president Uttam Prakash Agarwal [...]
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