Lawgist59Declaration of undisclosed foreign asset
Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, any person may make, on or after the date of commencement of this Act but on or before a date to be notified by the Central Government in the Official Gazette, a declaration in respect of any undisclosed asset located outside India and acquired from income chargeable to tax under the Income-tax Act for any assessment year prior to the assessment year beginning on 1st day of April, 2016—
(a) for which he has failed to furnish a return under section 139 of the Income-tax Act;
(b) which he has failed to disclose in a return of income furnished by him under the Income-tax Act before the date of commencement of this Act;
(c) which has escaped assessment by reason of the omission or failure on the part of such person to make a return under the Income-tax Act or to disclose fully and truly all material facts necessary for the assessment or otherwise.
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- 59 Declaration of undisclosed foreign asset
- 60 Charge of tax
- 61 Penalty
- 62 Manner of declaration
- 63 Time for payment of tax
- 64 Undisclosed foreign asset declared not to be included in total income
- 65 Undisclosed foreign asset declared not to affect finality of completed assessments
- 66 Tax in respect of voluntarily disclosed asset not refundable
- 67 Declaration not admissible in evidence against declarant
- 68 Declaration by misrepresentation of facts to be void
- 69 Exemption from wealth-tax in respect of assets specified in declaration
- 70 Applicability of certain provisions of Income-tax Act and of Chapter V of Wealth-tax Act
- 71 Chapter not to apply to certain persons
- 72 Removal of doubts
