Verification, of Affidavits of candidates of the General Elections to Legislative assemblies of Jharkhand and Jammu & Kashmir- 2014 - Income Tax - No.76/El-Ex/ITD/2014/ EEPs/Vol. II

No.76/El-Ex/ITD/2014/ EEPs/Vol. II ELECTION COMMISSION Of INDIA Nirvachan Sadan, Ashoka Road, New Delhi-110001 Dated : 31st December, 2014 To,. 1. The Director General of Income Tax (Inv.), Aayakar Bhawan, Sector-2, Panchkula-134112, Haryana. 2. The Director General of Income Tax Investigation (North), Central Revenue Building 3rd Floor, Bircheand Patel Marg, Patna-800001, Bihar. Sub.: Verification, of Affidavits of candidates of the General Elections to Legislative assemblies of Jharkhand and Jammu Kashmir- 2014 Sir, 1. I am directed to refer to the Commissions letter no.76/Instructions/2014/BEPS/Vol. XVIII dated 28th October, 2014 (copy enclosed and to forward herewith a copy of letter No.282/62/2013-IT (Inv.V) dated 23.10.2013 received from the CBDT and to state that the affidavits filed by the candidates of aforesaid General Elections to Legislative Assemblies of Jharkhand and Jammu Kashmir 2014 are put on ECI website www.eci.nic. in. The same may be categorized as under: Category A Specific cases forwarded by ECI. Category - B Cases witnessing phenomenal growth when the current affidavit is compared to that filed during the previous elections, if any. Category - C Cases of winning Candidates and the veracity of the affidavits compared to the returns of income, if any, filed by them. Category - D Instances where there was no PAN but movable/immovable asset disclosed were in excess of Rs. 5 Crore. Category - E 1. Cases where addition of new immovable assets above a threshold say Rs. 2 Crore vis-a-vis last affidavit, if any, was witnessed. 2. In the above-mentioned categories, I am directed to call for the report of additional concealment detected / estimated by Income Tax Dept. within 6 months i.e. June, 2015; 3. As regards status of filing of Annual Return of Income by Political Parties (in F.Y. 2013 -2014). I am directed to request you to send the report in respect of parties having registered office in the concerned State by 30th June, 2015 as per proforma enclosed herewith (Annexure).It is also intimated that the contribution report (Form 29C) as received from the political parties are uploaded on the Commission s website www.eci.nic.in . Yours faithfully, (S.K.RUDOLA) SECRETARY ANNEXURE PERFORMA FOR REPORTING THE DEFAULTING POLITICAL PARTIES Sr.No Name of the Party The last Financial year till which Return is filed by the Political Party Total Amount of Receipt shown in the Financial Year mentioned in col. 3 Total Amount of Expenditure shown in the Financial Year mentioned in col. 3 Mention the Financial Year for which Accounts are not Audited by a Qualified Chartered Accountant Whether any Penalty notice is issued in current year, (a) for not filing the returns in time of (b) for not auditing the accounts in time. Whether any notice for Penalty for any year during Last 5 Financial Year is pending then mention the Financial Year. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. (As per Section 13A, of the IT Act if the audited accounts are filed by the political parties, then only the income or receipts or voluntary contributions are allowed exemption from Income Tax)