परदेशात लपविलेला काळा पैसा; केंद्रीय अर्थ राज्यमंत्र्यांनी दिली ही माहिती

नवी दिल्ली – गेल्या काही वर्षात, परदेशात लपविलेला काळा पैसा आणण्यासाठी सरकारने काळा पैसा (अघोषित परदेशी उत्पन्न व मिळकत) विरोधी व करआकारणी कायदा २०१५ अंतर्गत अनेक उपाययोजना केल्या. केंद्रीय अर्थ राज्यमंत्री पंकज चौधरी यांनी आज लोकसभेत एका लेखी उत्तरात हा खुलासा केला.
केंद्र सरकारच्या उपाययोजनांमुळे ३१ मे २०२१ पर्यंत पुढील परिणाम घडून आले, असे चौधरी यांनी सांगितले.

३१ मे २०२१ पर्यंत काळा पैसा विरोधी कायदा २०१५ अंतर्गत असलेल्या कलम १०(३)/१०(४) चा वापर १६६ केसेसमध्ये करण्यात आला व त्याद्वारे ८,२१६ कोटी रुपयांची मागणी करण्यात आली.
– HSBC केसमध्ये अंदाजे ८,४६५ कोटी रुपयांच्या अघोषित उत्पन्नावर कर आणि दंडाद्वारे १,२९४ कोटी रुपये आकारण्यात आले.
– ICIJ (आंतरराष्ट्रीय शोध पत्रकार गट) संबधीत केसेसमध्ये अंदाजे ११,०१० कोटींचे एकूण अघोषित उत्पन्न शोधण्यात आले.
– पनामा पेपर्स लीक केसेसमध्ये २०,०७८ कोटी रुपयांच्या अघोषित उत्पन्नाचा शोध लावण्यात आला.
– पॅराडाईज पेपर्स लीक केसेसमध्ये २४६ कोटी रुपयांचे अघोषित उत्पन्नाचा शोध लावण्यात आला.

याबरोबरच ही डिटेल्स माहिती सुध्दा दिली…

The Minister stated that Income Tax Department takes appropriate action under relevant laws against the tax evaders. Such action under direct tax laws includes searches, surveys, enquiries, assessment of income, levy of tax, interest, penalties, etc. and filing of prosecution complaints in criminal courts, wherever applicable.

Giving details of the number of people arrested/chargesheeted, the Minister tabled details of prosecution complaints filed during last 5 years by the Income Tax Department under Income Tax Act, 1961 are as under:

*Figures are provisional

Further, more than 107 prosecution complaints have been filed under the Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, the Minister stated.

Giving more details of the steps taken by the Government to bring back black money from outside the country to India, the Minister stated that the following number of measures have been taken:

1. Enactment of ‘The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015’ which has come into force w.e.f. 01.07.2015 to specifically and more effectively deal with the issue of black money stashed away abroad. Apart from prescribing more stringent penal consequences, this law has included the offence of willful attempt to evade tax etc. in relation to undisclosed foreign income/assets as a Scheduled Offence under the Prevention of Money- laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA).
2. Constitution of the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on Black Money under Chairmanship and Vice-Chairmanship of two former Judges of Hon’ble Supreme Court,
3. Proactively engaging with foreign governments with a view to facilitate and enhance the exchange of information under Double Taxation Avoidance Agreements (DTAAs)/Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs)/Multilateral Conventions.
4. India has been a leading force in the efforts to forge a multi-lateral regime for proactive sharing of financial information known as Automatic Exchange of Information which will greatly assist the global efforts to combat tax evasion. The Automatic Exchange of Information based on Common Reporting Standard has commenced from 2017 enabling India to receive financial account information of Indian residents in other countries.
5. India has entered into information sharing agreement with the USA under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act of USA.