KATHMANDU, JUNE 14
The Department of Revenue Investigation has registered 113 cases against 281 persons on the charge of tax fraud and foreign exchange irregularities recorded in the last eight months of the current fiscal year 2021-22.
The Department informed that cases had been registered against defaulters claiming fine of Rs 1.7 billion.
Under revenue leakage, a total of 69 cases have been registered against 203 persons claiming Rs 20.6 billion in fine. Among them, seven were civil service employees.
Similarly, 46 cases were registered against 78 people claiming Rs 1.1 billion in fine under the foreign exchange irregularities, the Department said.
The Department, issuing a notice here today, said that it was developing a system to identify individuals with high net worth as well as fraudsters through the digital forensic lab by investigating details in computers and mobiles used by such people and fraudsters. Furthermore, the Department urged consumers to remain alert and aware of those taking undue advantage of people's citizenship and hard economic conditions.
The Department said that it focused on the investigations of cases related to capital gains tax fraud, use of fake excise stickers and crypto currency and some new issues that had emerged during the current fiscal year.
A version of this article appears in the print on June 15, 2022, of The Himalayan Times.
