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In the latest move, the GOI has come up with a scheme called Income Declaration Scheme 2016. The scheme is a move by the GOI to collect the revenue and at the same time provide an opportunity to the people who have failed to disclose their income or assets to declare their income and get the relief.
The Income Declaration Scheme 2016 has been framed under Chapter IX of the Finance Act 2016. As per Circular No. 16/2016, scheme received the assent of the President on 14-05-2016The scheme shall come into force on 01-06-2016. It comprises sections 181 to 199 of Finance Act 2016. In this article an attempt has been made to consolidate the entire law published till date on the Scheme.
The Income Declaration Scheme, 2016 shall remain in force for a period of 4 months from 1st June, 2016 to 30th September, 2016 for filing of declarations and payments towards taxes, surcharge & penalty must be made latest by 30th November, 2016. Declarations can be filed online or with the jurisdictional Pr. Commissioners of Income-tax across the country.
Over the past few years, India has sent several EOI requests to BVI under the India-BVI Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA). A lot of requests are likely to be made to the BVI in near future in view of the investigations being carried out in the Panama Papers.
The present Government has taken various decisions and steps to curb the menace of black money both within and outside the country in last two years. Some of the major decisions and actions taken in this regard are given below:
The Government has not issued any guidelines regarding minimising daily financial transactions in cash to curb money laundering, black money and so on. However, the plans of Government to render black money and fake notes circulating in the market ineffective are as under: –
Recent major initiatives of the Government in this regard include Enactment of a comprehensive new law – The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015 which has come into force w.e.f. 01.07.2015 to specifically and more effectively deal with the issue of black money stashed away abroad,
It should not be assumed that everyone who appears in the Panama Papers is involved in tax avoidance or evasion and there are legitimate reasons to create a company in an offshore jurisdiction and many people declare them to their tax authorities when that is required.
Recently, information about certain offshore entities held by various Indian persons has appeared in media. Such information is attributed to be part of ‘Panama Papers’ leaks.
What is Money Laundering? It is the process of taking the proceeds of criminal activity and making them appear legal. Laundering allows criminals to transform illegally obtained gain into seemingly legitimate funds. Those who commit the underlying criminal activity may attempt to launder the money themselves, but increasingly a new class of criminals provides laundering services to Organized Crime. This new class consists of lawyers, bankers, and accountants.
