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Actor Sonu Sood evaded tax worth over Rs 20 cr, says I-T dept

by TLN Team September 18, 2021September 18, 2021
written by TLN Team September 18, 2021September 18, 2021
Actor Sonu Sood evaded tax worth over Rs 20 cr, says I-T dept

The Income Tax (I-T) Department has said Bollywood actor Sonu Sood has involved in tax evasion of over Rs 20 crore.

The department had conducted a search and seizure operation at various premises of Sood in Mumbai as well as a Lucknow-based group real estate group. Total 28 premises in Mumbai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jaipur, Delhi and Gurugram were searched over two days.

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said in a statement that “during the course of search at the premises of the actor and his associates, incriminating evidence pertaining to tax evasion have been found.”

It said the modus operandi followed by Sonu Sood was to route his unaccounted income in the form of bogus unsecured loans from many fake entities.

“Investigations so far have revealed use of 20 such entries, the providers of which, on examination, have accepted on oath to have given bogus accommodation entries. They have accepted to have issued cheques in lieu of cash. There have been instances where professional receipts have been camouflaged as loans in the books of accounts for the purpose of evasion of tax. It has also been revealed that these bogus loans have been used for making investments and acquiring properties,” the CBDT said.

It added that the total amount of tax evaded unearthed so far, amounts to more than Rs 20 crore.

The IT department has found foreign funds violations in actor’s Sood Charity Foundation, incorporated on July 21 last year when Covid-19 was at its peak and he was involved in a lot of relief work, particularly sending migrant workers to their homes.

The CBDT said that the foundation has collected donations worth Rs 18.94 crore from April 1, 2021, till date, out of which it has spent around Rs 1.9 crore towards various relief work while the balance of Rs 17 crore has been found lying unutilized in the bank account of the foundation.

“It is seen that funds to the tune of Rs 2.1 crore have also been raised by the charity foundation from overseas donors on a crowdfunding platform in violation of (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act) FCRA regulations,” the CBDT statement added.

I-T department had also conducted raids at various premises of the real estate firm, with whom Sood has entered into a joint venture real estate project and invested substantial funds. The raids, the CBDT statement said, have resulted in the unearthing of incriminating evidence pertaining to tax evasion and irregularities in the books of account.

It said the company is involved in bogus billing of subcontracting expenses and siphoning off of funds. Evidence of such bogus contracts worth Rs 65 crore has been found so far apart from unaccounted cash expenses, unaccounted sale of scrap and digital data evidencing unaccounted cash transactions.

“Further, it has been unearthed that the said infrastructure group has entered into a dubious circular transaction to the tune of Rs 175 crore with an infrastructure company based in Jaipur. Further investigations are being carried out to establish the full extent of tax evasion. Cash Rs 1.8 crore has been seized during the search (at a company) and 11 lockers have been placed under prohibitory order,” it said.

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