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The Congress accused the income tax department of indulging in double standards by slapping it with income tax demand notice of Rs 1,823.08 crore while "overlooking bigger violations" by the ruling BJP which, it said, required the ruling party to pay Rs 4,600 crore...
All India Congress Committee treasurer Ajay Maken said at a presser that the Congress - whose latest plea in the Delhi High Court, challenging the tax reassessment proceedings against it for a period of four years, was rejected on Thursday - had received fresh notices from the income tax department to the tune of Rs 1,823..
We have calculated that Rs 4,600 crore should be taken from the BJP by the I-T department on the same basis as the income tax department has calculated for the Congress party and demanded Rs 1,823 crore."..
To a question as to why Congress did not adhere to the income tax tribunal's initial direction in 2021 to pay 20% of the total recovery demand, pending final settlement, and about the query by a Delhi High Court judge whether the Congress was sleeping then, Maken said, "When I-T department was asking for 20% of Rs 135 crore, it meant Rs 27 crore..
This was the first time in this regard that the Congress, which so far had been questioning the income tax notices by stating that political parties didn't have to pay income tax, elaborated on the mandatory provisions for parties to give an account of donations and on the penalties for violations..
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