NE NEWS SERVICE
NEW DELHI, OCT 17
The Income Tax (I-T) Department has unearthed tax evasion worth crores of rupees after conducted multiple raids on a group operating in digital marketing and another company engaged in solid waste management, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said on Sunday.
The I-T department carried out the searches on October 12 across many states. The first group operates in digital marketing and campaign management and the raids were conducted at seven premises situated at Chandigarh, Bengaluru, Mohali and Surat, CBDT said in a statement.
It further stated that incriminating evidence found shows that the group was involved in securing accommodation entries (bogus business entries) using an entry operator.
“The entry operator has admitted to have facilitated the transfer of cash and unaccounted income of the group through hawala operators,” it alleged.
Inflation of expenditure and under-reporting of revenue has also been detected and the group has also been found to be indulging in unaccounted cash payments, the CBDT said.
The department found that personal expenses of the directors have been booked as business expenses in the books of accounts.
During the course of the search, various incriminating documents, loose papers and digital evidences have been seized. Evidence found reveals that this group has indulged in booking of bogus bills for expenses and sub-contracts. A preliminary estimate of such bogus expenses booked is to the tune of Rs.70 crore.
The search action has led to the detection of unaccounted investment in property of about Rs. 7 crore. Apart from this, the search action has resulted in seizure of unaccounted cash of Rs. 1.95 crore and jewellery of Rs. 65 lakh.
