The Income Tax Department recently conducted search and seizure operations on several healthcare groups operating hospitals in Haryana and Delhi-NCR. The investigation uncovered significant evidence of financial irregularities, including the maintenance of parallel accounts to under-report patient receipts, particularly cash payments. Some groups were found to be using bogus or inflated invoices for medical supplies, leading to suppressed profits and overcharging patients. Referral payments to doctors and clinics were also found to be unrecorded. The searches resulted in the seizure of over Rs 3.50 crore in cash and Rs 10 crore worth of jewellery, with estimated unaccounted income exceeding Rs 150 crore.
The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 27.07.2022 on several groups engaged in the healthcare services by running hospitals. A total of 44 premises were covered during the search action in Delhi-NCR.
During the course of the search operation, huge incriminating physical and digital evidence has been seized.
The analysis of evidences revealed that the one of the groups was maintaining a parallel set of books of account, indicating systematic under-reporting o
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The Income Tax Department carried out search and seizure operations on 27.07.2022.
The searches targeted several groups engaged in healthcare services by running hospitals.
A total of 44 premises were covered during the search action in Delhi-NCR.
Irregularities included maintaining parallel books of accounts to under-report receipts, using bogus or inflated invoices for medical supplies, claiming wrong deductions, unrecorded referral payments to doctors, and transactions of a benami nature.
Unexplained cash of over Rs. 3.50 crore and jewellery valued at Rs. 10.00 crore were seized. More than 30 bank lockers have also been put under restraint.
The unaccounted income detected in these operations is estimated to be more than Rs. 150 crore.