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New Delhi: The Congress party has received fresh notices from the Income Tax department with tax demand amounting to over 1745 crore..
This comes days after the department demanded over 1823 crore in taxes from the party.o)..
In total, the Income Tax office has so far asked the Congress party to cough up 3,567 crore in taxes..
The news agency, quoting sources, reported that the fresh income tax notices are linked to the years 2014-15 ( 663 crore), 2015-16 (around 664 crore) and 2016-17 (around 417 crore)..
On Friday, the Congress had received notices from the department, seeking a whopping amount of 1823 crore in taxes..
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