The income-tax department has launched searches at 64 Uflex offices across India, including its Noida headquarters. The operation is reportedly investigating allegations of tax evasion, where the packaging company is suspected of inflating expenses and suppressing income using fake bills. Tax officials have gathered digital evidence from the ongoing searches for further examination.
The income-tax department on Tuesday conducted searches at 64 locations related to packaging company Uflex across the country, including its Noida office.
The search operation is linked to alleged tax evasion by the company by using fake bills to inflate expenditure and suppress income to evade tax, officials from the department said.
The searches covered locations in several states including Delhi, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh, they
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The searches are linked to alleged tax evasion by Uflex, with suspicions of the company using fake bills to inflate expenditure and suppress income.
The income-tax department conducted searches at 64 locations related to Uflex across the country.
The searches covered locations in several states, including Delhi, Gujarat, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Jammu and Kashmir, and Uttar Pradesh.
Tax officials have collected much digital evidence during the search operation.
The company had not responded to queries from the press by Tuesday evening.