Central Excise Intelligence

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  'Illegal' Chewing Tobacco Unit Evaded Rs 400 Crore Tax, Say Excise Officials

  The intelligence arm of the Finance Ministry has busted an illegal paan masala and 'gutkha' manufacturing unit in Karnataka's Kolar district.

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  Income Tax, Excise See Spike In Gold Sale In Tamil Nadu

  Income Tax and Central Excise Intelligence authorities today said they found discrepancies and a disproportionate spike in the sale of gold jewellery in Tamil Nadu after demonetisation of Rs 500 and Rs 1000 currency notes.

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  Income Tax, Excise Intelligence Raid Jewellery Outlets In Tamil Nadu

  Income Tax and Central Excise Intelligence sleuths are conducting raids at jewellery outlets across Tamil Nadu following information that there were heavy gold purchases after the demonetisation of high-value currencies.

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  Foreign Airlines Under Scanner for Alleged Service Tax Evasion

  Six foreign airlines have come under the lens of revenue authorities here for alleged underpayment of Service Tax believed to be worth several crores.

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  Foreign Airlines Under Scanner for Alleged Service Tax Evasion: Report

  Six foreign airlines have come under the lens of revenue authorities here for alleged underpayment of service tax believed to be worth several crores.

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  DLF Under Scanner for Alleged Service Tax Evasion: Report

  A case against DLF has been registered by the Directorate General of Central Excise Intelligence (DGCEI) for alleged non -payment of service tax over transfer of development rights to other firms, official sources said.

• Narendra Modi's rallies: embarrassed Centre drops service tax notice

  An embarrassed Central Excise Department on Tuesday hastily withdrew notices sent to four BJP offices demanding service tax on Narendra Modi's rallies after angry reaction from the party questioned the government's motive behind the move.

• Now, Centre wants Narendra Modi's rallies to be taxed

  The confrontation between the Congress and the BJP is likely to escalate with the Centre deciding to slap service tax on rallies being addressed by Narendra Modi.

• Economic intelligence agency detects Rs 3,000-crore black money in first half this year: report

  Black money totalling around Rs 3,000 crore has been detected in the country by the Central Economic Intelligence Bureau (CEIB) in the first half of this year, according to official sources.

• Finance Ministry detects tax evasion worth over Rs 2,150 crore

  Stepped up efforts by the Finance Ministry to check revenue leakage have resulted in a detection of evasion of over Rs 2,158 crore in direct and indirect taxes in the last quarter of 2012-13.

• Sleuths face 'dog attack' after detecting Rs 20 crore tax evasion

  A team of excise officials were allegedly attacked by dogs let loose during a search operation at the residence of a director of a private company in Uttar Pradesh for alleged excise duty evasion of Rs 20 crore.

• Taxmen detect over Rs 100 crore evasion by cigarette makers: report

  These were also undertaken in Koshikalan, Mirzapur, Ghaziabad, Kasganj, Meerut, Greater Noida and Ghaziabad (all in Uttar Pradesh), Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh) and in Mumbai (Maharashtra), they said.

• 'Polite letters' to service tax defaulters: Finance Ministry

  Service tax, customs and excise duty defaulters will get "polite letters" seeking information about their pending liability and any suspicious dealings carried out by them possibly with black money.

• Finance Ministry detects Rs 400 crore custom duty, tax evasion

  In its bid to plug revenue leakage, the Finance Ministry has detected custom duty and service tax evasion of at least Rs 400 crore between January and March this year.

• I-T department detects unaccounted assets worth over Rs 1,400 crore

  Stepping up its effort to unearth black money, the Finance Ministry has detected unaccounted income and assets worth over Rs 1,400 crore during the first three months of this year.