Congress gets fresh notice from I-T dept, calls it 'tax terrorism'


New Delhi, Mar 29 (IANS): The Congress has received a fresh notice of Rs 1,823 crore from the Income Tax Department for its alleged failure in complying with the tax returns.

The notice, adding to the party's tax woes, comes a day after the High Court rejected its plea challenging tax notices.

The fresh I-T notice is for the Assessment Years 2017-18 to 2020-21 and also includes interest and penalty.

The grand old party has accused the BJP-led government of hatching conspiracy and squeezing its funds, ahead of the 2024 Lok Sabha elections.

"The systematic process to thwart Indian Democracy by the BJP proceeds at an alarming rate. Yesterday, we received fresh notices from the IT department to pay Rs 1823.08 crore. Already, the IT department has forcibly taken away Rs 135 crore from our bank account," the party said in a press note.

The Congress equated the I-T notice to "tax terrorism" and alleged that it was a blatant attempt to cripple the party financially ahead of the elections.

The party accused the I-T department of singling it out in tax recovery while bypassing BJP's tax violations to the tune of Rs 42 crore.

Addressing a press conference, Congress treasurer Ajay Maken said, "I-T dept snatched Rs 135 crore from Congress accounts for alleged violation of Rs 14 lakh but closed its eyes on a similar violation of Rs 42 crore by BJP,"

The Congress has already lodged a protest against the I-T department for freezing its bank accounts and imposing a penalty of Rs 200 crores in February. The party has spoken about its cash crunch and claimed in a recent press conference that it does not have money to fund its election campaign.

The party had also appealed against Rs 200 crore tax notice to Income Tax Appellate Tribunal (ITAT) but failed to get any reprieve as it was told to pay taxes and outstanding dues.

On Thursday, the party got another jolt as the High Court dismissed its petition challenging initiation of tax reassessment proceedings against it.

 

 

  

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  • SAN, Mangaluru

    Fri, Mar 29 2024

    When individuals get notice from IT dept, they get it sorted out with IT dept in whatever process that needs to be followed and close it....why congress cant do it?🤔

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  • Jossey Saldanha, Raheja Waterfront

    Fri, Mar 29 2024

    IT, ED & CBI report to FEKU ...

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  • Roshan, Mangalore

    Fri, Mar 29 2024

    BJP ploy to win election is no longer, win hearts and minds of people. It realized congress done that mistake and it can no longer afford, as people memory is short. So, it is simply destroying opposition by every means it has, blatently flouting all laws and rules. Tall leaders of opposition party, get some fake cases filed on them and kept busy. Investigating agencies give daily brief in media. Media daily runs report as if they run courts, tweaking stories as directed by BJP. If all fails then get EC and EVMs to play tango. If that too fails, buy them after win. So the no 400 what BJP keeps repeating is not far from truth. Is it good for the country? If 83perc of unemployed youth and their families, do not get pinched by the harsh reality, nothing will. It will be pay time.

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