« Top Headlines » Open DEMAT Account in 24 hrs  BackBack Income Tax Act amendment on cards on tax treatment of MSME dues  ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 available for e-filing. Check details here  Income tax slabs FY 2024-25: Experts share these 8 benefits for taxpayers in new income tax regime  How To File ITR Online - Step by Step Guide to Efile Income Tax Return, FY 2023-24 (AY 2024-25)  Old or new tax regime for TDS on salary? This post-election 2024 event will impact your tax planning  What Are 5 Heads Of Income Tax?  Income Tax Dept releases interim action plan for FY25 on tax collection, refund approvals   Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Income Tax Return: 5 lesser-known tax-saving tips from Section 80  Why you need not rush to file your ITR immediately  Income tax returns: ITR-1, ITR-2, ITR-4 forms for FY 2023-24 available for e-filing «  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'.