Income Tax dept to go easy on Rs 5 lakh deposits by people above 70 years
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The official also said that verification is sought to be done online and any person of up to 70 years of age, who has deposited more than Rs 2.5 lakh in cash, has to go to I-T department website and explain the source of deposit. If the deposits match with previous income tax returns, the verification will be closed at the initial stage itself, he said, adding only if a depositor does not verify, or there is suspicion on deposits not matching with known sources of income, will further clarifications be sought.
“The threshold for further verification of cash deposits is Rs 2.5 lakh for persons up to 70 years age, and Rs 5 lakh for taxpayers above 70 years where the source of such deposits is household savings and savings from past income and the individual does not have any business income,” he said.
The official said that even the further non-statutory clarifications will be sought without issuing a show-cause or any notice. “No inquiry or third party verification will be initiated outside the e-verification.”
The online verification of deposits made is being done to reduce compliance cost for persons under verification, he said.
E-mail and SMSes were sent to persons under verification for submitting online response on the e-filing, he said, adding those who have not yet registered on the e-filing portal must do so immediately. #asansaar (IndianExpress)
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