The Income Tax department has detected over Rs 19,000 crore in black money following investigations into global leaks including HSBC account holders in Switzerland, the government said on Friday. Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said investigations into information, put into public domain by the ICIJ,
pertaining to about 700 Indian persons allegedly linked to offshore entities based in no tax or low tax jurisdiction, have led to detection of more than Rs 11,010 crore of credits in undisclosed foreign accounts.“72 prosecution complaints in 31 such cases have been filed before the criminal courts,” he informed the Lok Sabha.
The government constituted a multi-agency group (MAG) in April 2016 for facilitation co-ordinated and speedy investigation in the cases of Indian persons allegedly having undisclosed foreign assets and whose names were reportedly included in Panama papers leak.
Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/panama-papers-it-department-detected-rs-19000-crore-black-money-says-arun-jaitley/
pertaining to about 700 Indian persons allegedly linked to offshore entities based in no tax or low tax jurisdiction, have led to detection of more than Rs 11,010 crore of credits in undisclosed foreign accounts.“72 prosecution complaints in 31 such cases have been filed before the criminal courts,” he informed the Lok Sabha.
The government constituted a multi-agency group (MAG) in April 2016 for facilitation co-ordinated and speedy investigation in the cases of Indian persons allegedly having undisclosed foreign assets and whose names were reportedly included in Panama papers leak.
Source: http://indianexpress.com/article/business/economy/panama-papers-it-department-detected-rs-19000-crore-black-money-says-arun-jaitley/
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