« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  Delhi HC Rules GST Registration Cannot Be Cancelled Retrospectively Without a Clear Show Cause Notice (SCN)  Belated income tax return AY 2026-27: How to file, late filing charges and what you may lose  Major Financial Changes from August 1, 2026: ITR Deadline, RBI MPC Meeting, Tatkal Ticket Rules & More  Government proposes to ease tax relief conditions for offshore funds  TallyPrime Connected Banking: Automating Banking and Accounting  ITR Filing Deadline 2026: Is July 31 the Last Date to File Your Income Tax Return? Latest Official Update  ITR filing deadline nears: How to file income tax return online on e-filing portal - quick 15-step guide  Will the ITR Filing Deadline Be Extended Beyond July 31 for FY 2025-26? Here's the Latest Update for Taxpayers  Income Tax Refund Delayed for AY 2026-27? 5 Common Reasons Your Refund May Be Stuck and How to Fix It  ITR Filing 2026: FM Nirmala Sitharaman Asks Tax Officials to Let Honest Taxpayers Correct Genuine Mistakes  Will Your FCNR Deposit Stay Tax-Free After Returning to India? Tax Rules Explained for NRIs «  `SEZ tax sops to cost over Rs 1 lakh cr in 4-yr period'... Finance ministry on terror money trail... » 450 exporters face revenue dept heat November, 24th 2006 Around 450 exporters are under the lens of the revenue department for possible misuse of supplementary drawback claims of Rs 15-20 crore over the last three years.    The move has been initiated following the detection of misuse of duty drawback benefits by some exporters.    Revenue department officials said the case came to light earlier this year when the department found some exporters were claiming supplementary drawback through special drawback rates, which had not been notified by the revenue department. Initially, the scale of the fraud was estimated at around Rs 8 crore.    In July this year the department referred the matter to the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI).    An outsourced worker handling the online system for the Customs department was arrested after he was found to be using the login identity of Customs officers without their authorisation.    Further investigation by the CBI found manipulation in the software of the National Informatics Centre, the government agency that handles data systems for the Central Board of Excise and Customs.    When contacted, a CBEC spokesperson said the CBI had made some arrests in the case. National Informatics Centre officials did not comment on the matter.    Officials said the department had already recovered Rs 10 crore. Following the case, the CBEC has also asked its field formations for suggestions on how to beef up the security of the data systems.    The revenue department has begun issuing showcause notices to all exporters who have made supplementary drawback claims in the last three years, according to Ajay Sahai, director-general, Federation of Indian Export Organisations.    Since the fraud has been detected in the Indira Gandhi International airport, the department should first verify with Punjab National Bank (the nodal bank for drawback on exports from the airport) to see how many claims have been made by exporters, he said.    Several supplementary drawback claims were made since the drawback rates were increased by the department with retrospective effect. The cases where one exporter has made more than half a dozen supplementary claims on the same shipping bill are the ones that should be examined, he said.    There are two kinds of drawback the all industry drawback rates and the brand rate of drawback.    The all industry drawback rate takes into account the yield ratio, which is the duty suffered on the item vis--vis the export price, while the brand rate is fixed for a company for a particular product.    However, officials added that there was no proposal to shift the systems operations from the National Informatics Centre to another organisation.