Finance Ministry to track tax defaulters through database of FIU-India

26 Dec 2012 Evaluate

The Finance Ministry is going to take help from the Financial Intelligence Unit-India (FIU-India) in tracking the evasion of central excise duty and service tax. In situations, where the tax defaulters are not traceable, the financial data of the FIU-India would be helpful to track the financial transactions or assets of defaulters of Central excise duty and service tax.

According to the finance ministry, once the data receive this will be used with the help of the concerned zonal chief commissioner, for realizing amount overdue of defaulters. It has been reported that the entire exercise is being closely monitored at the ‘highest level’ in the Ministry and any information shared with or received from FIU will be kept confidential and will not be used for evidential purposes.

FIU-India established in 2004 is the central, national agency responsible for receiving, processing, analyzing and disseminating information relating to suspect financial transactions to enforcement agencies and foreign FIUs.

The government is facing extreme pressure on the revenue collection, as tax collection is much lower than the budgeted target. During April-November period of the current fiscal total indirect tax collection stood at Rs 2.92 lakh crore, growing by 16.8 per cent against the budgeted target of 27 per cent.

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