Black Money : Govt receives 638 deceleration with disclosure of Rs 3770 crore

638 Declarations were received declaring undisclosed Foreign Assets amounting to Rs 3770 Crore under The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015; Officer Designated to receive the declarations worked till midnight yesterday, 30th September 2015 and E-Filing Portal was also open till midnight to receive the declarations;Tax at the rate of 30 percent and Penalty at the rate of 30 percent is to be paid by 31st December 2015 

638 number of declarations have been received under the compliance window declaring undisclosed foreign assets amounting to Rs 3770 crore under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (the Act). These figures are subject to final reconciliation. 

The officer designated to receive the declarations worked till midnight on 30th September 2015. The e-filing portal was also open till midnight to receive the declarations. The compliance window closed thereafter. 

Tax at the rate of 30 percent and penalty at the rate of 30 percent is to be paid by 31st December 2015. 

The compliance window opened on 1st July, 2015 and closed on 30th September, 2015. 

The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 (the Act) has been enacted to deal with the menace of black money stashed abroad. The Act also provided for a compliance window for a limited period to persons who have undisclosed foreign assets which they had not disclosed for the purposes of Income-tax so far.