Income tax refunds of Rs. 13,694 crore have been issued in 20,12,802 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs. 32,203 crore have been issued in 1,19,173 cases.
This bill is likely to settle disputes with Cairn Energy Plc, Vodafone Group Plc, and 15 other companies over retrospective tax demands raised by the Union Government.
On consideration of difficulties reported by the taxpayers and other stakeholders in the electronic filing of certain Forms, CBDT has decided to further extend the due dates for electronic filing of such Forms vide Circular No.15/2021 dated 03.08.2021.
Income tax refunds of Rs. 13,341 crore have been issued in 19,89,912 cases & corporate tax refunds of Rs. 30,651 crore have been issued in 1,12,567 cases.
As per the answer to Question no. 81 in the Rajya Sabha by FM on 27.07.2021, "Refunds are directly credited to the bank account of taxpayers making the end-to-end process from filing of ITR till receipt of refund seamless & fully electronic."
Shri Pankaj Chaudhary stated that the net direct tax collection in the 1st quarter of FY 2021-2022 is Rs. 2,46,519.82 crore as against Rs. 1,17,783.87 crore during the same period of previous FY 2020-21.
In the recent years, the Government has taken a number of measures to bring back the black money stashed abroad 'The Black Money (Undisclosed Foreign Income and Assets) and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015'.
While witnessing the 161st Income Tax Day on 24th July 2021, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman felicitated the Income Tax Department and said that "principles of equity, justice and fairplay in tax administration permeate our tax policy even today."
The 161st anniversary of Income Tax Day was observed by the Central Board of Direct Taxes and all its field offices across India on 24th July 2021. As part of the observance, the field formations held a range of activities.
On Thursday, 22nd July 2021, around 100 officials from the Income Tax Department conducted a raid at over 30 locations of the Media Group Dainik Bhaskar's offices in Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat.
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