DNA ( 09 Aug ) carries
following report :
“ Over Rs 13.7K cr ( $ 2 Billion ) in undisclosed income detected “
The Income Tax department detected undisclosed income of Rs 13,715 crore through surveys in 2016
-17, Minister of State for Finance Santosh Kumar Gangwar said on Tuesday. Also,
as many as 1.26 crore new taxpayers were added last fiscal, he said in a
written reply in the Rajya Sabha.
All these efforts / time /
money , to uncover a paltry $ 2 Billion ?
At this rate , how many years will it
take to uncover $ 176 Billion that we need
for
And $ 1,000 Billion for all the Infrastructure Projects , over the next 10 years ?
The only way out is :
AMNESTY SCHEME for investment of BLACK MONEY in INFRASTRUCTURE SPVs
Here is a hint on how India can raise
that $ 1000 Billion for Infrastructure :
( Source :
Indonesia
Passes Law to Chase Tax Evaders Overseas
Indonesia moved a step closer to hunting down tens of billions of dollars
it believes its citizens have hidden
abroad after political parties agreed to seek a parliamentary approval for a
law that will give tax officials access to financial data held by other
countries.
A meeting of various political
parties on Wednesday agreed to seek the parliament approval to turn an emergency rule in lieu of
law, known as perpu, into a law at a plenary session on Thursday, said Johnny G. Plate, a lawmaker and
member of Commission XI.
The law will fulfill a requirement
for Indonesia to participate under the Organisation for Economic
Co-operation and Development’s Automatic Exchange of Information framework.
The law
will pave the way for Southeast Asia’s biggest economy to ramp up tax
collection by getting better access to information on any assets parked in
jurisdictions such as Singapore and Hong Kong.
While
a Tax Amnesty scheme ( pay tax @ 4 % - and that’s all ! ) launched last year uncovered more than $360 billion
Finance
Minister Sri Mulyani Indrawati has estimated another 185 trillion rupiah ( = $ 14 Billion ) in tax revenue could be
unlocked under the AEOI framework.
Indonesia,
which has a poor tax collection rate, has been facing a fiscal shortfall andneeds to shore up revenue to fund an ambitious infrastructure program.
While sitting on a pot of gold , how
long will we keep approaching the foreign investors with a “ begging bowl “ for FDI in infrastructure ?
09 Aug
2017
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