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...
Nirmala Devi Vs ITO (ITAT Delhi) In the given case, the Investigation Directorate, Ahmedabad carried out survey u/s 133(A) to examine the misuse of Client Code Modification for tax evasion. The client code of the assessee was SS 493 & as per the Assessing Officer the error by the operator could be in the form […]
E-commerce is the activity of electronically buying or selling of products on online services or over the Internet. The history of e-commerce begins with the first ever online sale: on the August 11, 1994 a man sold a CD by the band Sting to his friend through his website NetMarket, an American retail platform. This […]
There was a great need and importance to stop malicious practices of tax evasion. To combat the same, government of various countries have come forward to act accordingly and has formed and amended their treaties and agreements with other countries in order to protect the economy and revenue interest of their country. In the year […]
The love towards money can lead to problems like demonetarization of currency etc which can further lead to more tax evaders in our society.
Taking forward the mission of the Government against black money, particularly undisclosed foreign assets, the Income Tax Department conducted searches on 19th January, 2020, on a group which has been on their radar for having substantial undisclosed foreign assets. The operation covered 13 premises in NCR.
1) Why should I pay? I am already earning very less. 2) When others are not paying….why should I? 3) What is the benefit of paying taxes? The corrupt politicians and bureaucrats will wipe it for their personal gains. 4) Tax rate ( Income tax) is too high. When i can survive in a profit margin of 5-8 percent, Why govt needs 30 percent of my profits to meet its social expenditure.
We always noticed that during every return filing season the newspapers are flooded with advertisements by income tax department reminding, requesting & warning you to file your returns, pay your taxes and refrain from any tax evasion. Over the past couple of years, India’s leaders have raised the issue of tax evasion & the need to widen India’s tax base over and over at various forums.
Section 69 does not provide any guideline about the extent and length of the discretionary power given to AO in the matter of treating the investment as income which is unexplained or unsatisfactorily explained by the investor-assessee. Therefore, Assessing Officer is expected to appreciate the reasonable explanation offered to him, the evidences produced before him about the nature and source of investment and he can not make the addition merely on surmises, conjectures as well as without any supporting evidences. (Ashok Kumar Rastogi V CIT (1991) 100 CTR 204.)
This article draws a difference between the two concepts of Tax Law. Since an assessee wants to pay a minimal amount of taxes. So he strives for several ways by which he can avoid his taxes, Tax Avoidance and Tax Evasion are two ways by which an assessee can avoid and save his taxes. Tax Avoidance is a legally accepted method to avoid an assessee tax on the other hand Tax Evasion is an illegal way of avoiding the taxes.
Fighting the menace of Black Money stashed in offshore accounts is a key priority area for the Government of India. Following the agreement between Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi and Swiss President Mr Ueli Maurer for enhanced cooperation in the fight against tax evasion, the two sides have worked closely for expeditious information exchange in tax matters.
