Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the income-tax department would take penal actions only against those wilful defaulters whose names have been made public by the tax authorities.
Finance minister Arun Jaitley on Wednesday said the income-tax department would take penal actions only against those wilful defaulters whose names have been made public by the tax authorities.
“The names of the wilful tax defaulters have been published by I-T department. There are about 63 names, subject to verification. These include persons who are not traceable. Action will be taken against them,” he told reporters.
He further said that it would be wrong to club the names of wilful defaulters with those against whom the tax department has disputes.
The I-T department regularly comes out with list of tax defaulters with a view to ‘naming and shaming’ them. The list includes names of the defaulting individuals or entities, their last known addresses, PAN numbers.
