Swaraj India leader Yogendra Yadav attacked the AAP on Tuesday, 28 November, over the IT notice issued to it, alleging that the Kejriwal-led party kept double accounts, concealed information and dodged tax authorities.
Yadav, however, noted that the notice was also a political vendatta against the Aam Aadmi Party (AAP).
“Of course its vendetta,” he wrote adding, “But a party that took on the entire political system should have known better,” Yadav tweeted.
The Income Tax Department recently served a Rs 30.67 crore tax notice to AAP.
The notice was served to the party after completing all assessment of its tax records.I-T Official
The notice cited that the AAP had not disclosed income worth Rs 13.16 crore. It said the party’s total taxable income calculated by it was Rs 68.44 crore for the financial years 2014-15 and 2015-16.
The IT department said the money received as donations in its bank account was not recorded in the books of accounts.
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal called it the “height of political vendetta”.
Why the Tax Notice?
The notice said the AAP had not recorded full details of at least 461 donors who had donated Rs 6.26 crore, each donation amount exceeding Rs 20,000. The IT department said the AAP had not disclosed donation of Rs 36.95 crore on its website, and the party had failed to respond 34 opportunities given to it.
The department has also initiated penalty proceedings against the AAP.IT Official
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