Poll expenses under taxmen's lens
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New Delhi: With the final phase of the general elections approaching on May 13, the income-tax department is gearing up to scrutinise all the income and assets details filed by the candidates before the Election Commission.
"The department will get the bulk of the tax returns of the candidates from across the country from the Election Commission soon. With the end of the polling on May 13 and counting of votes on May 16, the data would be dispatched to the Chief Commissioners and Commissioners in various parts of the country," a senior Finance Ministry official said.
The department has also directed its enforcement wings of intelligence, investigation and exemption to keep a check on the huge numbers of monetary figures filed by various candidates who are testing the electoral waters to join the country's 15th Lok Sabha.
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