 "I-T dept detects undisclosed income of Rs 90,000-cr")
Hyderabad: Undisclosed income to the tune of Rs 90,000 crore was detected during 2013-14 in various searches and surveys conducted by the Income Tax department, a top official from the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said here today.
Speaking to reporters, K V Chowdary, Chairman of CBDT also said the net income tax collection during the first fourmonths stood at over Rs 1.51 lakh crore after accounting refunds of nearly Rs 54,000 crore.
“The IT Department has conducted surveys in as many as 5,327 cases all over the country during last year and anamount of Rs 90,000 crore of undisclosed income was detected,” the official said in a press conference here.
He said the department is in the process of implementing various data warehouse and various BusinessIntelligence projects which will enable identification of new tax payers and also deepen the tax base.
According to him, tax payers in India stood at 3.5 crore out of which around 2.97 crore people are filing theirreturns electronically. During the current fiscal, about 1.51 crore of returns have been ’e-filed’ showing an increase of 13 per cent compared to last year.
“The national budget for the current financial year 2014-15 is fixed at Rs 7.36 lakh crore which is more than 15per cent of the last year’s collection. The net collections as on date are Rs 1, 51,154 crore after accounting for refunds of Rs 53,936 crore,” Chowdary said.
He said they are confident of achieving the fiscal target by promoting voluntary compliance.
Chowdary said the department has so far identified 22 lakh people who were supposed to file income tax returns butfailed to do so.
He said that about three lakh appeals in taxation matters were pending in various courts and forums in thecountry, prompting the department to increase the manpower to deal with this backlog.
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