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After getting poor response to the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana (PMGKY), an income declaration scheme, the Income-tax department has again launched the second phase of operation ‘Clean Money’ to detect black money post-demonetisation; by issuing notices to 60,000 entities including 1,300 high-risk persons. IT Department detected Rs 9334 crore undisclosed income post-demonetisation till Feb 28 said CBDT.
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“All the cases where no response is received shall also be subjected to detailed inquiries,” the CBDT said. A senior officer said advanced data analytics has been used to identify suspect cash deposits before launching the latest edition of the operation. As part of the first phase of the ‘Operation Clean Money’, launched on January 31 this year, the department had sent online queries and investigated 17.92 lakh persons out of which 9.46 lakh persons have responded to the department. Several locations were raided in Delhi. 200 Shell companies were detected and mopst of them converted balck money.
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By this move, the IT department aims to catch hold of tax evaders who could have deposited large sums during the demonetization drive. While the first phase of the so-called Operation Clean Money scrutinized cash deposits of over ~10 lakh, the second phase will examine deposits between Rs 5 lakh and Rs 10 lakh. A data analytics firm has already started the analysis of such cash deposits made during demonetisation drive.
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While standalone deposits are not under scrutiny right now, IT department is also likely to ignore deposits below five lakhs. In this phase people who deposited unaccounted cash in denominations of Rs 500 and Rs 1000.
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