Income Tax : Why does tax evasion still thrive despite all the efforts to stop it? And more importantly, what can be done to fix it? This blog ...
Income Tax : Learn the key differences between tax avoidance and tax evasion in India, legal provisions, real-world cases, and government measu...
Income Tax : One of the most infamous tax evasion cases in India is the Sahara India tax evasion case, which highlights the legal implications ...
Income Tax : This blog will examine the causes of tax evasion in India, the effects it has on society, and possible remedies to guarantee a mor...
Corporate Law : Updating circle rates to match market value can reduce tax evasion, black money, and cash transactions in real estate, ensuring tr...
CA, CS, CMA : Government surveys tax evasion, improves services, and details state-wise tax collections, highlighting growth in direct and indir...
Goods and Services Tax : Details of GST evasion cases by cryptocurrency exchanges in India, including investigations and actions taken by the Government of...
Goods and Services Tax : DGGI reveals over 6,000 fake ITC cases, ₹57,000 Cr GST evasion, and 500 arrests from April 2020 to September 2023. Explore the f...
Goods and Services Tax : We need to better utilize AI, data-analytics, IoT and other technologies to identify fraudulent practices, such as detection of ta...
Goods and Services Tax : Centralized suspension of registrations pertaining to registered persons who default in timely filing of returns is being carried ...
Goods and Services Tax : Saurabh Jindal & Yashik Jindal Vs Union Of India (Rajasthan High Court) In a significant legal development, the Rajasthan High...
Custom Duty : Explore the detailed analysis of the judgment in Babulal Qazi vs Union of India by Rajasthan High Court. Learn about the legal int...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the full text of the Rajasthan High Court judgment on Mohammad Shadab Kadris bail application amid GST Act violations. Leg...
Goods and Services Tax : Explore the detailed analysis of the bail granted to Mohammed Ali Akram Khan vs Union of India by Rajasthan High Court. Learn abou...
Income Tax : Since the penalty was reduced from 300% to 100% of the tax sought to be evaded, assessee was entitled to the benefit of Section 27...
Goods and Services Tax : CGST, Vadodara, upon intelligence developed through data analysis, have booked a case of issuance of fake invoices valued at Rs. ...
Goods and Services Tax : DGGI arrested a managing Director (MD) of a company Following intelligence developed by the officers that fake invoices were recei...
Goods and Services Tax : The officers of Daman Cornmssionerate have detected a case of default in GST payment against Mrs Radha Madhav Corporation Limited ...
Goods and Services Tax : The registration procedure under Goods and Services Tax Act is simplified with the objective of ease of doing business. After onli...
Excise Duty : Circular No. 1009/16/2015-CX Whoever commits any of the offences specified under sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Exci...
In cases of outright smuggling or mis-declaration of baggage, the limits regarding value of offending goods have been revised from Rs. 5 lakh to Rs. 20 lakh. As in the past, there shall be no lower limit for arrest and prosecution in the cases of smuggling of fake Indian currency notes, arms, ammunitions and explosives and endangered species.
Circular No. 1009/16/2015-CX Whoever commits any of the offences specified under sub-section (1) of Section 9 of the Central Excise Act, 1944 or sub-section (1) of section 89 of the Finance Act, 1994, can be prosecuted.
Nirmit Mehta 1. Introduction to FATCA The United States Federal Government enacted FATCA in 2010, requiring US persons to annually report themselves and their foreign financial accounts to the US Treasury. It further requires all Foreign Financial Institutions (FFIs) to provide US treasury with the information regarding assets and identities of USA persons held by […]
Officers of the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI), Chennai Zonal Unit, Chennai arrested the Director of a Limited Company based at Chennai providing Information Technology Software Service and Internet Communication Service, for collecting Service Tax of Rs.2.94 crores from 2010-2011 to 2014-2015 and not remitting the same to the Government Exchequer.
While identifying non-filers of return through NMS, the Income Tax Department analyses and assimilates all in-house information as well as transactional data received from third-party including Annual Information Return (AIR), Tax Deduction at Source (TDS) and Tax Collection at Source (TCS) statements, Central Information Bureau (CIB) data etc
Financial Action Task Force (FATF) on money laundering recommends ‘tax crimes’ to be made a predicate offence so that action can be taken under Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. There are more than 25 countries in the world which have made ‘tax crimes’ as a predicate offence.
Shift in the Focus of the Income Tax Department (ITD) from Civil Consequences to Criminal Consequences in Serious Cases of Tax Evasion; During 2014-15 (upto Dec, 2014) the ITD Has Conducted Searches in 414 Groups, Seized Undisclosed Assets of Rs. 582 Crore; Undisclosed Income of Rs. 6769 Crore has been Admitted by the Tax Payers […]
Service Tax officials have arrested Myron John Remedios, managing director of Rare Hospitality and Services Pvt Ltd, on the charge of collecting service tax to the tune of Rs 4.5 crore and not remitting the same to the department. The Managing Director of the company was allegedly involved in the day to day operations of […]
ITD granted registrations/approvals/notifications to the 799 Trusts without verifying necessary documents such as copy of the Trust Deed, proper clauses in the Trust Deed, audited accounts etc. ITD granted registrations/approvals/notifications to 73 Trusts having no PAN which is in contravention of the provisions of Act.
Recently, GoI declared Cyprus as an NJA vide notification no. 86/2013 dated November 1, 2013, a move that increased the scrutiny on any business transaction with entities based in Cyprus by Indian Revenue authorities.
