Black money: India starts getting banking information from Switzerland
"We are getting information from Switzerland...they will also provide information regarding tax-evasion cases," a senior Finance Ministry official said.
By PTI | Updated:
NEW DELHI: The Finance Ministry today said it has started receiving banking and tax-related information from Switzerland following revision of a tax treaty, a development that will help India in combating the black money menace and bring back funds stashed abroad.
"We are getting information from Switzerland...they will also provide information regarding tax-evasion cases," a senior Finance Ministry official said.
India and Switzerland had signed a protocol in August last year seeking to revise the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
The European nation, the official said, has communicated to India that all legal requirements and procedures for giving affect to the protocol had been completed.
Geneva has also communicated to New Delhi, "The protocol comes into affect from October 7, 2011 and now it would be possible for India to obtain banking information in special cases from Switzerland commencing from April 1, 2011".
On a query whether Swiss authorities would provide more information on 700 bank accounts allegedly held by Indians in HSBC Bank, Geneva, Swiss Ambassador to India Philippe had said yesterday that his Government would respond to all legitimate requests by India.
As per the treaty, both the governments are entitled to release data in cases which has been defined in the treaty, the Ambassador had said.
Currently, the Indian government is looking into looking into details of Swiss bank accounts provided by French authorities.
As per a Swiss National Bank data, Indians held Rs 9,295 crore in 2010 in banks of Switzerland.
"We are getting information from Switzerland...they will also provide information regarding tax-evasion cases," a senior Finance Ministry official said.
India and Switzerland had signed a protocol in August last year seeking to revise the Double Tax Avoidance Agreement (DTAA).
The European nation, the official said, has communicated to India that all legal requirements and procedures for giving affect to the protocol had been completed.
Geneva has also communicated to New Delhi, "The protocol comes into affect from October 7, 2011 and now it would be possible for India to obtain banking information in special cases from Switzerland commencing from April 1, 2011".
On a query whether Swiss authorities would provide more information on 700 bank accounts allegedly held by Indians in HSBC Bank, Geneva, Swiss Ambassador to India Philippe had said yesterday that his Government would respond to all legitimate requests by India.
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As per the treaty, both the governments are entitled to release data in cases which has been defined in the treaty, the Ambassador had said.
Currently, the Indian government is looking into looking into details of Swiss bank accounts provided by French authorities.
As per a Swiss National Bank data, Indians held Rs 9,295 crore in 2010 in banks of Switzerland.
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