Ministry of Corporate Affairs, CBDT ink MoU for Automatic and Regular Exchange of Information

The Ministry of Corporate Affairs (MCA) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) have signed Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for automatic and regular exchange of tax information.
The purpose of the MoU is to curb the menace of shell companies, money laundering and black money in the country and prevent misuse of corporate structure by shell companies for various illegal purposes,

Key Facts

The MoU will facilitate sharing of data and information between MCA and CBDT on automatic and regular basis. It will enable sharing of specific information such as Permanent Account Number (PAN) data of corporates, financial statements filed with Registrar by corporates, Income Tax returns (ITRs) of corporates, returns of share allotments, audit reports and statements of financial transactions (SFT) received from banks relating to corporates.
The MoU will ensure that both MCA and CBDT have seamless PAN-DIN (Director Identity Number) and PAN-CIN (Corporate Identity Number) linkage for regulatory purposes. The information shared will pertain to both Indian corporates as well as foreign corporates operating in India.
In addition to regular exchange of data, CBDT and MCA will also exchange with any information available in their respective databases with each other, on request, for purpose of carrying out scrutiny, inspection, investigation and prosecution.
Under the MoU, Data Exchange Steering Group also has been constituted for initiative, which will meet periodically to review data exchange status and take steps to further improve effectiveness of CBDT and MCA.

Month: Current Affairs - September, 2017