Tuesday 20 December 2016

Deposits by individuals,entities to be dealt as per law: Finance Ministry

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley assured Unions leaders, hike in minimum pay would be looked into.

Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.

New Delhi: Finance Ministry today clarified that old currency deposits in bank accounts by any entity will be monitored and each case will be dealt as per law applicable in that case.

Amid reports that deposits by political parties is exempted from Income Tax, a Finance Ministry spokesperson said, "Any individual, or anybody including political parties, organisation can deposit any amount of old currency notes in their respective accounts but that does not mean it would be exempted for Income Tax Act automatically. Each case will be dealt as per law applicable in that case".

PTI

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