According to sources, the accused had not appeared for their recruitment examination. Instead, they had arranged dummy candidates to appear for these examinations and thereby deceived Staff Selection Commission and were selected for the post of MTS and Stenographers in the Income Tax Departm
According to the finance ministry, income tax department has sped up the issue of refunds till November in fiscal 2022-23 (FY2022-23) compared to the corresponding period in 2021. Refunds amounting to Rs 2.15 lakh crore were issued between April 1, 2022, and November 30, 2022.
The Yogi Adityanath government in Uttar Pradesh is using Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology to crack down on tax evaders among traders in the state.
Calling out the raid of the Income Tax department, Minister of Labour and Employment in Telangana govt, Malla Reddy, alleged that the case against him by IT officer is an act of revenge.
These searches were carried out at more than 30 premises spread over Patna, Bhagalpur, Dehri-on-Sone, Lucknow and Delhi, according to a statement from the ministry of finance.
After conducting raids in around 50 premises spread across Bengaluru, Mumbai and Goa, the Income Tax Department has detected unaccounted income of more than Rs 1300 crore of people involved in the execution of joint development agreements with some Karnataka-based real-estate developers.