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Income Tax Department detects Benami business of running of petrol outlets in Meghalaya

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..... Income Tax Department detects Benami business of running of petrol outlets in Meghalaya - News and Press Release Dated:- 12-8-2019 - News - In a swift and coordinated action on Friday, 2nd August 2019, the Investigation Wing of Income Tax Department, NER carried out searches on certain businessmen in Meghalaya found to be involved in running a web of petrol pumps managed and controlled as be .....

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..... nami properties. These persons were depriving the State Government of legitimate revenue by suppressing sales and non-deposit of local taxes collected, while also indulging in massive evasion of income tax by misusing exemption under Section 10(26) of the Income Tax Act, 1961 meant for tribal persons. In the enforcement operation that commenced in the early hours and went .....

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..... on till wee hours of the next day, more than ₹ 2 crore of unaccounted cash alongwith incriminating documents have been seized by officials of the Department. The cash found was hidden in unexpected places like water tanks. This search by the Department was a much needed action on a long existing racket run by some unscrupulous elements exploiting local citizens .....

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..... of Meghalaya and avoiding paying income tax using tribal persons who are exempted from income tax, as a front. The pre-search investigation involved extensive surveillance and covert enquiries which were continuing for over a year. Following the searches exposing these benami petrol pumps, the Executive Committee (EC) member of Khasi Hills Autonomous District Coun .....

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..... cil (KHADC) in-charge of trade, announced to the media on the 8 th of August, 2019 that urgent steps will be taken to prevent benami transactions in the State. He noted that despite the law, benami transactions are thriving due to collusion between some local people and their non-tribal business partners. The KHADC is a statutory autonomous body which regulates various aspects of trade and co .....

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..... mmerce in Meghalaya. The action taken by the Department has been widely appreciated by the public and also local authorities as a timely and positive step that will help to control the menace of benami commercial activities, as well as augment Government revenues. - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanag .....

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