Tax authorities won't be vindictive, will only detect evasion: Hasmukh Adhia, Revenue SecretaryAdhia told ET that the Narendra Modi government has taken significant steps to address the issue of black money in the economy.
03 Oct, 2016, 04.51 PM IST
Black money holders will have a last chance to disclose assets: GovernmentJayant Sinha said the failure to unveil assets abroad will invite a rigorous jail term of up to seven years.
01 Mar, 2015, 09.47 PM IST
Black money holders will have a last chance to disclose assetsElaborating on the proposed legislation, Jayant Sinha said the concealment of income and tax evasion could result in imprisonment of up to ...
01 Mar, 2015, 03.46 PM IST
Service Tax amnesty scheme may fetch about Rs 6,000 croreAbout 48,000 declaration forms involving service tax revenue of at least Rs 6,000 crore may have been filed under the scheme.
12 Jan, 2014, 03.54 PM IST
Service tax amnesty yields Rs 5,500 crore5,500 crore under the voluntary compliance encouragement scheme (VCES), which ends December 31.The finance ministry expects to bring around...
31 Dec, 2013, 01.46 AM IST
Service tax defaulters rush as amnesty deadline comes to endThe next two days may see a large number of applications from service tax defaulters as deadline for the first-of-its-kind amnesty scheme e...
29 Dec, 2013, 12.23 PM IST
About Rs 600 cr service tax evasion detected by Finance MinistryFinance Ministry has detected service tax evasion of about Rs 600 crore between January and July this year.
10 Oct, 2013, 05.41 PM IST
- Tax amnesty schemes makes sense
It makes sense to be pragmatic on some well-designed tax amnesty schemes.
19 Sep, 2011, 05.49 AM IST
- Tax amnesty: Penalise evaders, Don't reward loot
Govt formulating an amnesty scheme for the black money stashed overseas is a bad idea.
20 Jan, 2011, 07.18 AM IST
- Make laws simple to send tax evaders to jail
The revenue department’s proposal to bring tax evasion under the ambit of the anti-terror financing law and send evaders to prison is not a...
10 Apr, 2010, 04.36 AM IST
- Tax amnesty by any name
Amnesty schemes offer relief to tax evaders and penalise honest taxpayers.
05 Mar, 2010, 06.05 AM IST
Amnesty: Back with a vengeance?Reversal of a three-year-old decision threatens to make honest tax-paying old-fashioned.
04 Mar, 2010, 10.25 AM IST
- Union Budget 2010: Life could get easier for tax evaders
The Budget fine-print reveals that life could get a little easier for evaders, both companies and individuals, that have tax dues of over R...
04 Mar, 2010, 06.41 AM IST
- Union Budget 2010: Amnesty: Back with a vengeance?
The Budget fine-print reveals that life could get a little easier for evaders, both companies and individuals, that have tax dues of over R...
04 Mar, 2010, 02.18 AM IST
- A story of trust & betrayal on the excise front
EA2000, which did away with the practice of almost universal assessment, has been useful in many ways: it could step up detection of improp...
30 Apr, 2007, 01.27 AM IST
- No amnesty, but evaders may get another breather
The UPA government is set to come up with schemes to unearth black money, but without offering amnesty.
01 Feb, 2005, 12.28 AM IST
- MoF raises doubts about future amnesty schemes
The law ministry has raised some questions on the viability of future amnesty schemes.
25 Jan, 2005, 01.18 AM IST