Delhi capital, State of India

New Delhi, July 16 The Income Tax Department on Friday said it had carried out a search and seizure operation on July 7 on a Delhi and Mumbai based group, engaged in the business of hospitality, marble, lights trading and real estate.The official said that a total of 18 premises across Delhi, Mumbai and Daman were covered during the search action."During the course of the search operation, a large number of incriminating evidence in the form of hard copy documents and digital data have been found and seized. These evidence indicate that the group has parked its undisclosed money abroad in certain low tax jurisdictions. The group, through Malaysia based web of companies, has finally invested the funds in its hospitality business in India. It is estimated that quantum of such funds exceeds Rs 40 crore," the official said.The official further said that evidence gathered indicates that the group has invested in a few companies abroad, which were incorporated specially for commodity trading. The net worth of one such company including its profits earned were not disclosed by the group in its ITRs for the relevant period.Further, it was detected that the promoter of the group had invested in an immovable property in foreign jurisdiction which was not disclosed in his Income tax return.Besides these, certain offshore entities, set up for commodity trading, have been identified, which have also not been declared.The search action also revealed that the group was involved in out-of-books cash sales in its India operations.In its trading business of marble and lights, seized evidence indicate unaccounted cash sales to the extent of 50 to 70 per cent of the total sales. Undisclosed excess stock of Rs 30 crore has also been found.In its hospitality business, unaccounted sales have been detected more specifically in banquet division. So far, undeclared jewellery valued at Rs 2.5 crore has been seized.Disclaimer: This post has been auto-published from an agency feed without any modifications to the text and has not been reviewed by an editor

Delhi CapitalFOLLOW

Delhi capital, Latest News

Criticising the Centre over the alleged non-clearance of Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal's visit to Singapore to attend a global summit, Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) MP Sanjay Singh on Sunday said blocking Kejriwal's visit is infringing on his right. ...

Raipur, July 17 The year 2014 brought a big change in Indian politics as the BJP came to ... ...

Lucknow, July 17 Uttar Pradesh, until not so long ago, was known for its pot-holed roads that made ... ...

The 94th ICAR Foundation Day and Award Ceremony was organized on Saturday at A P Shinde Symposium Hall, NASC, PUSA, New Delhi. ...

New Delhi/Kohima, July 16 The Nagaland government headed by Chief Minister Neiphiu Rio on Saturday inched ahead making ... ...

New Delhi, July 16 Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday hit back at Prime Minister Narendra Modi's ... ...

Kolkata, July 16 With West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee all set to highlight her Trinamool Congress' national ... ...

New Delhi, July 16 The Income Tax Department on Friday said it had carried out a search and ... ...