Lawgist25Wilful attempt to evade tax, etc
If a person wilfuly attempts in any manner whatsoever to evade collection or payment of any tax, penalty or interest chargeable or impossible under this Act, or to understate the aggregate of the chargeable expenditure, he shall, without prejudice to any penalty that may be imposable on him under any other provision of this Act, be punishable with rigorous imprisonment for a term which shall not be less than three months but which may extend to seven years and with fine.
Explanation.--For the purposes of this section, a wilful attempt to evade collection or payment of any tax, penalty or interest chargeable or imposable under this Act shall include a case where any person--
(i) has in his possession or control any books of account or other documents (being books of account or other documents relevant to any proceeding under this Act) containing a false entry or statement; or
(ii) makes or causes to be made any false entry or statement in such books of account or other documents; or
(iii) wilfully omits or causes to be omitted any relevant entry or statement in such books of account or other documents; or
(iv) causes any other circumstances to exist which will have the effect of enabling such person to evade collection or payment of any tax, penalty or interest chargeable or imposable under this Act.
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- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Application of the Act
- 4 Charge of expenditure-tax
- 5 Meaning of chargeable expenditure
- 6 Tax authorities
- 7 Collection and recovery of expenditure-tax
- 8 Person responsible for collecting tax to furnish prescribed return
- 9 Assessment
- 10 Best judgment assessment
- 11 Chargeable expenditure escaping assessment
- 12 Rectification of mistake
- 13 Time limit for completion of assessment and reassessment
- 14 Interest on delayed payment of expenditure-tax
- 15 Penalty for failure to collect or pay expenditure-tax
- 16 Penalty for failure to furnish prescribed return
- 17 Penalty for concealment of chargeable expenditure
- 18 Penalty for failure to comply with notice
- 19 Penalty not to be imposed in certain cases
- 20 Notice of demand
- 21 Revision of orders by the Commissioner
- 22 Appeals to the Commissioner (Appeals)
- 23 Appeals to Appellate Tribunal
- 24 Application of provisions of Income-tax Act
- 25 Wilful attempt to evade tax, etc
- 26 Failure to furnish prescribed returns
- 27 False statement in verification, etc
- 28 Abetment of false return, etc
- 29 Certain offences to be non-cognizable
- 30 Institution of proceedings and composition of offences
- 31 Power to make rules
- 32 Power to remove difficulties
- 33 Repealed
