Cabinet approves Bill on black money
Sources Said That The Cabinet Approved The New Bill This Evening And It Could Be Presented In Parliament During The Ongoing Session.
To check black money menace, the Cabinet on Tuesday approved a new Bill that would give more powers to the tax department in tracking illicit wealth stashed abroad and provide for strict penal actions for such offence.Sources said that the Cabinet approved the new Bill this evening and it could be presented in Parliament during the ongoing session.Finance Minister Arun Jaitley had announced in his Budget speech on February 28 that the government would bring in a comprehensive law to check the black money menace by providing for a jail term of up to 10 years for hiding foreign assets and up to 300 per cent penalty.Jaitley had also said that a host of other tough measures including dis-incentivising of cash dealings in real estate and other transactions would be put in place.Under the proposed law, concealment of income and assets and evasion of tax in relation to foreign assets will be prosecutable with rigorous imprisonment of up to 10 years, Jaitley had said, while adding that the offence will be made non-compoundable and the offenders will not be permitted to approach the Settlement Commission.As regards curbing domestic black money, the Finance Minister had said a new and more comprehensive Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill would be introduced in the current session of Parliament.He had also proposed to amend the Income-tax Act to prohibit “acceptance or payment” of an advance of Rs 20,000 or more in cash for purchase of immovable property.
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