The CBI had arrested Dutta in July last year in connection with a different case related to alleged bribery in favouring people in income tax assessments, they said.
The new regime of e-communication is expected to be voluntary and taxpayers can take a call on whether to conduct their dealings over the e-system or through the existing procedure of manual submission of documents by visiting the tax office.
The provisional attachment action has been carried out to "recover outstanding tax demands", understood to be about Rs 85 crore, the officials said.
The department issued orders for provisional attachment of these accounts in various bank branches in Mumbai under the provisions of the Income Tax Act, 1961. There are around Rs 80 lakh in these accounts, official sources said.
Making details of the recent operation public, the department also said that it had detected the role of a Chinese firm, in some instances, in "paying commission" to local middlemen, outside India.
The net direct tax collections represent 69.2 per cent of the revised estimates of Rs 10.05 lakh crore for direct taxes in 2017-18.
Yoga guru Baba Ramdev today said that the middle class is not happy with the Union Budget 2018-19, which was presented by the Modi government on Thursday.
"Salaried taxpayers, pensioners need no documents, bills to claim Rs 40,000 standard I-T deduction on travel, medical expenses," Chandra said after Budget announcements.
Presenting the Union Budget 2018-19, the finance minister however proposed a marginal releif to tax payers by introducing new standard deduction of Rs 40,000 cr for salaried taxpayers.
In his Budget speech, Jaitley said this year, the focus is on strengthening agriculture sector and besides 'ease of doing business', the government is also focusing on 'ease of living' now.
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I-T sleuths had conducted searches in the office block and a room occupied by Sasikala, currently serving a prison term in a corruption case, at the Poes Garden residence.
The Delhi Directorate of the Income Tax Department made the huge seizure, which included bullion and jewelry, from a safe deposit vaults named U & I Vaults Limited.
The IT department said in a statement that it has stepped up action under the Prohibition of Benami Property Transactions Act, which came into force from November 1, 2016.
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I-T raided 130 premises of the business houses in Chennai, Hyderabad, Thrissur and locations in Kerala, Karnataka, Andhra Pradesh, Telangana, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Delhi and West Bengal, sources said.
As much as Rs 3.18 lakh crore has been received as advance tax up to December, 2017-18, reflecting a growth of 12.7 per cent over the year ago period.
Arun Jaitley said that cooperative banks function like any other commercial bank and the principle of mutuality, which was central to granting exemption, did not apply "because their area of operations extends even to non-members".
In the previous AY 2014-15, 1.91 crore, out of 3.65 crore who filed returns, had paid income tax. But the total income tax paid by individuals declined to Rs 1.88 lakh crore in AY 2015-16 from Rs 1.91 lakh crore in AY 2014-15.
The I-T department released statistics for assessment year 2015-16 showing that 59,830 individuals with gross total income of over Rs 1 crore had a cumulative income of Rs 1.54 lakh crore.
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