Sonu Sood’s troubles increased, IT department claimed tax evasion of more than 20 crores

Actor Sonu Sood, who became a messiah for people by helping people during the Corona period, is now seen to be in trouble. The Income Tax Department was serving the actor’s house for the last three days. Apart from Sonu Sood’s IT raid, the premises of his associates were also surveyed, in which the IT department has found evidence related to tax evasion.

The IT department has said that Sonu Sood and his associates have evaded tax of more than 20 crores (Sonu Sood tax evasion of over Rs 20 crores). According to a report in ‘Aaj Tak’, the IT department has said that Sonu Sood has evaded tax worth more than 20 crores. Apart from this, his charity organization has illegally received foreign donations of 21 million, which he collected through a crowdfunding platform in violation of the FCRA Act.

Actor Sonu Sood and his associates evaded tax worth over 20 crores: Income Tax Department

The troubles of actor Sonu Sood, who is facing a tough raid, are about to increase. After two days of raids on Bollywood actor Sonu Sood and his associated premises, the Income Tax Department on Saturday said that a case of tax evasion of over Rs 20 crore has come to light against Sonu Sood. The Income Tax Department said that apart from the violation of Foreign Contribution Regulation Act (FCRA), tax evasion of Rs 20 crore has been unearthed by Sonu Sood and his associates so far. The Income Tax Department on Friday raided several premises of actor Sonu Sood in Mumbai, Nagpur and Jaipur in connection with an alleged tax evasion case.

In a statement, the Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) said incriminating evidence related to tax evasion has been found during searches at the premises of the actor and his associates. The CBDT said that the actor deposited unaccounted money in the form of bogus and unsecured loans from bogus entities. The Income Tax Department had conducted a search and seizure operation at various premises of Sonu Sood in Mumbai as well as the Group Real Estate Group based in Lucknow. A total of 28 premises were searched in Mumbai, Lucknow, Kanpur, Jaipur, Delhi and Gurugram in two days.

The CBDT said that the investigation so far has revealed the use of 20 such entries whose providers have taken an oath to give fake housing entries. They have accepted to issue checks against cash. There are many instances where, professional receipts have been hidden as credit in the account for the purpose of tax evasion. It is also learned that these bogus loans have been used to make investments and acquire assets.

The IT department has found a violation of law in the transaction of foreign money in the Actor Sonu Sood Charity Foundation. The CBDT said that the foundation has collected donations of Rs 18.94 crore since April 1, 2021 till date, out of which they have spent about Rs 1.9 crore for various relief works, while the remaining Rs 17 crore is deposited in the bank account of the foundation in the bank. Found unused. The CBDT said in its statement that it has been observed that the charity foundation has also raised an amount of Rs 2.1 crore from foreign donors in violation of FCRA rules on crowd funding platform (Foreign Contribution Regulation Act).