« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  ITR Filing 2025: These individuals are exempt from paying tax. Do they need to file returns?  Full List Of Trump's Reciprocal Tariffs Announced Wednesday  Top 5 tax-saving investment options for salaried individuals to consider before March 31, 2025  5 lesser lesser-known avenues of tax saving you can use to save income tax before March 31, 2025  March 15 is deadline for last advance tax installment: Know if you must pay   5 small savings options that save tax under Section 80C «  Net direct tax collections top Rs 1 lakh cr... Tax services or we will: Centre... » Income tax dept may scrutinise more returns December, 04th 2006 The income tax department is planning to raise the ceiling of two per cent for taking up returns for scrutiny to unearth tax evasion by individual and corporate tax payers.    The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has informed the Parliament's Standing Committee on Finance that in line with the recommendation of the committee, the IT department would consider increasing the ceiling of two per cent cases for scrutiny out of total returns filed every year.    More than four crore income tax returns are filed every year in the country. "Leaving a large percentage of tax returns unassessed might prompt the assesses to take a calculated risk in concealing their actual income," the committee, headed by BJP's B C Khanduri, noted in its 42nd report on 'Widening of Tax Base and Evasion of Tax'.