CBDT Directs Income Tax Department to Monitor High-Value Cash Transactions at Hotels, Hospitals



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The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has instructed the Income Tax department to monitor significant cash transactions, particularly in sectors like hotels, hospitals, and luxury retail. This initiative, part of the 2024-25 action plan, aims to tackle tax evasion by verifying high-value spending against declared income. The CBDT is also forming special teams to recover a growing backlog of tax arrears.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has issued a directive to the Income Tax department, emphasizing the need for "non-intrusive" monitoring of rampant cash transactions in sectors such as hotels, luxury brand sales, hospitals, and IVF clinics. This move comes as part of the CBDT's Central Action Plan 2024-25, which aims to curb tax evasion and improve compliance in high-cash industries. Focus on High-Cash Sectors The CBDT has identified specific business sectors where cash transactio
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The CBDT has directed the Income Tax department to monitor high-value cash transactions, especially in sectors where such transactions are common, using a non-intrusive approach.

Sectors being targeted include hotels, banquet halls, luxury retailers, IVF clinics, hospitals, designer clothing stores, and NRI quota medical college seats.

The aim is to curb tax evasion, improve tax compliance in high-cash industries, and verify high-value consumption expenditures against taxpayer information.

The CBDT is forming special teams, led by Principal Commissioners, to focus on recovering tax arrears from the top 5,000 cases.

The department will use data mining and analytics to identify potential taxpayers, including non-filers and those with financial transactions not aligning with their tax returns.




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