Will exceed direct tax collection target for FY25: CBDT chief
Live MintNew Delhi: The government expects to exceed its ₹22 trillion direct tax collection target for this financial year, going by the current trend in tax receipts, Central Board of Direct Taxes chairperson Ravi Agarwal said on Monday. Nudging taxpayers Agarwal also said the government is nudging tax payers who have not disclosed their foreign assets, to update their tax returns. On Saturday, CBDT launched a ‘compliance-cum-awareness campaign’ to assist taxpayers to accurately complete the schedule ‘foreign assets’ and to report income from foreign sources in their income tax returns filed in the current assessment year. Compliance mandatory Compliance with this schedule is mandatory under the Black Money and Imposition of Tax Act, 2015, which requires the full disclosure of foreign assets and the income, the tax department said last week.