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Income Tax Department conducts searches in Uttar Pradesh Income Tax Department carried out a search operation on 22.07.2021 on a group in Uttar Pradesh dealing in Mining, Hospitality, News Media, Liquor and Real Estate. The search began in Lucknow, Basti, Varanasi, Jaunpur and Kolkata. Cash of more than Rs. 3 crore has been seized and […]
Income Tax Department carried out a search operation under section 132 of the Income – tax Act, 1961 on 22.07.2021 on a prominent business group, which is involved in businesses in various sectors, including Media, Power, Textiles and Real Estate, with a group turnover of more than Rs. 6,000 crore per annum.
Certain allegations have appeared in some sections of media that IT Dept officials were suggesting changes in stories & taking editorial decisions during their search on offices of a certain publication.These allegations are absolutely false & are categorically denied by IT Dept. In keeping with the Department’s protocol, the Investigation team only looked into the […]
The search operation at Hyderabad led to detection of artificial loss of approximately Rs. 1,200 crore, which is to be taxed in the hands of the respective assessees.
In this article, the author has attempted to highlight the significant changes brought in by the virtue of the Finance Act’2021 in context to the Income Tax assessments to be made in pursuance to an Income Tax Search and Seizure Action conducted u/s 132 of the income tax Act’1961 and its implications thereupon.
Specific actionable intelligence was received by the Income Tax Department that a set of people were to carry out an outside-the-books cash transaction of a substantial amount at Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Upon further investigations, the input was found to be credible and the hawala dealer was identified.
Learn about the procedure and consequences of raids conducted under the Income Tax Act, 1961 in India.
Authority and power to conduct search and seizure operations is strident and caustic power authorized by law to be taken recourse to when the conditions mentioned under different clauses of Section 132(1) of the Act are satisfied.
In common parlance, the term search means the act of seeking or looking out for something. While the term seizure means taking away the possession of some goods. The term raid is usually used for denoting the act of searching under the income tax view-point.
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on two real estate developers engaged in the real estate activities mainly in and around Yadagirigutta, suburb of the Hyderabad City. They are into plot ventures as well as in the construction of apartments.
