The Financial Intelligence Unit, country’s anti-money laundering agency, has helped the income tax authorities identify more than 60 big tax evaders who had been untraceable for several years.
Finance ministry officials said the I-T department is now planning a crackdown, hoping to step up collections to meet the total direct tax mopup target of Rs 5.33 lakh crore.
The FIU has linked more than 350 bank accounts with these evaders. These bank accounts had recorded “active transactions” during the surveillance, a ministry official said.
Some of these evaders had declared themselves bankrupt but this did not prevent them from acquiring fresh assets.
“Success rate with the FIU data has been very good,” the official said.
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