INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
Any wrong reporting by a PSU employee would be reported to the vigilance division
The Income Tax (I-T)
Department on Wednesday alerted salaried taxpayers not to under-report their income or inflate deductions and exemptions while filing tax
returns, warning that wrong claims would be treated as cases of tax evasion
In the advisory issued on Wednesday, the tax department said that such attempts facilitated by unscrupulous intermediaries have "been noted
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The tax department alerted the tax payers that they should not fall prey to any ill advise given by an expert
"Taxpayers are strictly advised not to fall prey to false promises or mis-advice by unscrupulous intermediaries and submit wrong claims in
their Income Tax Returns (ITRs), which would be treated as cases of tax evasion," said the advisory.3
The income tax (I-T) department made it clear that any wrong reporting by a public sector employee would be reported to the concerned
vigilance division for action
"In the cases of such wrong claims by government or Public Sector Undertaking employees, reference would be made to the concerned vigilance
division for action under conduct rules," the advisory said.4
The department advisory was not meant only for the tax payers but also for the intermediaries who tend to facilitate the filing of income
The department said that it may also prosecute the intermediaries and abettors and may refer such cases to other law enforcement agencies
The department made it clear that the processing of income tax returns (ITRs) by Centralized Processing Centre (Bengaluru) is done in an
automated rule-based manner with no human interface with the taxpayer."The Income Tax Department has an extensive risk analysis system aimed
at identifying persons who are non-compliant and aim to subvert the trust based system envisioned while processing of ITRs at CPC
Bangalore."In all such cases of high risk, the department may examine and verify the details submitted by taxpayers in their ITR, subsequent
to processing of returns in CPC," the advisory said.
