90% of pending income tax cases will be settled under ‘Vivaad Se Vishwas’, says Minister
The HinduThe government expects to resolve 90% of the income tax disputes through ‘Vivaad se Vishwas’ scheme announced in the Budget for 2020-21, Union Minister Anurag Singh Thakur said on Tuesday. “We hope more than 90% pending income tax cases will be settled under ‘Vivaad Se Vishwas’,” Mr. Thakur said, while speaking at an employment fair organised by a local non-profit, Sarthak. He said more than 95% cases involving disputes related to payment of indirect taxes through ‘Sabka Vishwas Yojana’ have been settled in the last two months, adding about ₹40,000 crore to the government kitty. He said over 41,000 cases related to income tax disputes in Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh are pending in various tribunals in which the government has to realise a huge amount.