Time for action: India Inc\'s advance tax payment under I-T dept\'s lens

Time for action: India Inc's advance tax payment under I-T dept's lens

Many companies in sectors like pharma, tourism defer payment despite growth

Shrimi Choudhary  |  Mumbai 

The income-tax (I-T) department is set to crack down on dozens of marquee companies which are among leading advance tax payers, but paid less even when their business was doing well.

According to I-T sources, the department conducted an extensive analysis where it found that companies from sectors such as pharmaceuticals, hospitality, entertainment and tourism were deferring advance tax payments. The tax sleuths also discovered that there were lower payments even when growth was intact. “While examining the quarterly financial results to estimate these assessees’ ...

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First Published: Fri, November 02 2018. 23:12 IST