Income tax refund with wrong claims: Up to 200% penalty, criminal action for wrong tax refund claim; check exactly what will happenThe Income Tax Department has exposed a nationwide network of agents facilitating fraudulent tax deductions and exemptions, leading to ille...
17 Dec, 2025, 02.15 PM IST
Got income tax refund email? Govt warns it could be a scam, tells taxpayers what to do immediatelyThe Income Tax Department has issued a stern warning to citizens. Scammers are sending fake emails and messages claiming tax refunds. These...
17 Dec, 2025, 12.22 PM IST
Income Tax Department cracks down on taxpayers claiming refunds against donations to fake political parties, charitiesThe Income Tax Department is taking action against taxpayers who filed returns with fake deductions. Investigations revealed intermediaries...
15 Dec, 2025, 06.19 PM IST
CBDT flags bogus claims on political and charitable donationsThe Central Board of Direct Taxes has uncovered significant misuse of tax deductions for political and charitable donations. A campaign has...
14 Dec, 2025, 05.30 AM IST
54 crore GST refund scam exposed by Delhi's Anti-Corruption BranchIn a massive crackdown, the Anti-Corruption Branch (ACB) of Delhi has uncovered a scam involving fraudulent GST refunds within the Trade & ...
13 Aug, 2024, 12.55 PM IST
Making exaggerated, bogus claims to get refunds punishable offence: I-T DepartmentThe Income Tax Department urged taxpayers to file accurate returns and avoid false claims for deductions or expenses to ensure timely refun...
28 Jul, 2024, 03.39 PM IST
28,000 J-K government employees under I-T department scanner for claiming bogus refundsOver 28,000 government employees including police and paramilitary force personnel are being investigated by the Income-tax department for ...
04 Jun, 2023, 12.29 PM IST
GST fraud of Rs 940 cr busted, 340 bogus firms under lensWith the arrest of six persons, including the kingpin, Delhi Police's Cyber Crime Unit (CyPAD) has busted a GST refund scam involving fake ...
01 Feb, 2021, 09.43 AM IST
Data analytics to curb fake input tax credit claimsRevenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey is reviewing the matter of fraud input tax credit (ITC) claims on a weekly basis, a government offici...
13 Jan, 2020, 11.28 PM IST
Revenue department detects 931 GST fraud cases through data analyticsRefunds of over Rs 28,000 crore are said to have been filed by over 27,000 taxpayers so far on account of inverted duty structure in the cu...
13 Jan, 2020, 06.48 PM IST
FinMin to relax 100% physical examination requirement for 'risky exporters'In order to check GST evasion, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had last month identified 5,106 "risky exporters" who...
25 Jul, 2019, 07.27 PM IST
I-T department takes steps to stop refunds based on bogus investmentsThe CBDT has set up a three member committee to deal with the issues concerning "high-pitched" assessments wherein irrational tax demands a...
20 Dec, 2018, 09.53 AM IST
False income tax refund claims could attract these penaltiesThe income tax department has recently claimed to have busted a racket of fraudulent claim of tax refunds by employees of well known compan...
25 Jan, 2018, 08.29 PM IST
Infosys, Vodafone & IBM employees in income tax net for fudging claimsEmployees of over 50 prominent and medium-sized companies in Bengaluru are under the scanner of the Income Tax department.
25 Jan, 2018, 07.22 PM IST
CBI files FIR against scamsters filing returns under fake TDSThe deduction was also mentioned in the forms issued to the taxpayers on the basis of which they claimed tax refunds from the income tax de...
26 Apr, 2017, 05.44 PM IST
Congress demands CBI probe of IPM bank scam in ChhattisgarhRaising the issue in the question hour, state Congress chief Bhupesh Baghel asked whether the state government had recovered loans of Rs 1 ...
22 Jul, 2015, 04.54 AM IST
- ‘Burglary’ at Bandra Income Tax office, but files safe
Asuspected burglary at the Income Tax office in the business district of Bandra has sent panic waves among senior officials.
15 Aug, 2012, 10.08 AM IST