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Income Tax : CBDT notifies Special Courts in Odisha vide Notification No. 127/2022-Income Tax | Dated: 26th December, 2022 under Black Money ...
When, the Income Disclosure scheme,2016 under the domain of Ministry of Finance began it swiftly became clear that the government is in serious business of tackling the black money within the boundaries of sovereign INDIA.
SIT feels that for controlling and tracking illicit financial flows out of the country, use of RBI data by various Law enforcement agencies like Enforcement Directorate, Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and CBDT is of critical importance.
Few Words about the scheme:- i. The Income Declaration Scheme,2016 is incorporated as Chapter IX of Finance Act 2016 and is covered in section 181 to section 199. ii. It shall come into force on 1st day of June 2016
India is moving towards a lower tax regime with non-litigious approach. Thus, while compliant taxpayer can expect a supportive interface with the department, tax evasion will be countered strongly. Capability of the department to detect tax evasion has improved because of enhanced access to information and availability of technology.
Recently Government of India has notified the revised tax treaty with Mauritius which was signed by both countries on 10 May 2016 under which India will impose capital gains tax on investments routed through the island nation from 1 April 2017 to curb tax evasion.
The Government has taken various measures to effectively deal with the issue of black money, particularly black money stashed away abroad. Such measures include policy-level initiatives, more effective enforcement action on the ground, putting in place robust legislative and administrative frameworks
Benami property means any property which is the subject matter of a benami transaction and also includes the proceeds from such property; (9) benami transaction means,— (A) a transaction or an arrangement—(a) where a property is transferred to, or is held by, a person, and the consideration for such property has been provided, or paid by, another person; and
Lok Sabha passed a comprehensive Benami Transactions Prohibition Amendment Bill 2016, with Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assuring that genuine religious trusts will be kept out of the purview of the legislation.
Recognizing various limitations under the existing legislation [Income-tax Act, 1961, etc.], the Government enacted a new law – ‘The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015’ – to specifically and effectively tackle the issue of black money stashed away abroad.
It is suggested that there should be a positive provision under the I.T. Act that any transaction involving more than Rs.3,00,000/– (Rupees Three Lacs) shall be invalid & illegal and would be a punishable offence, if amount is not paid by account payee cheque or account payee bank draft or use of electronic clearing system through a bank account.
