Sudden rise in income while filing revised returns to be scanned by the I-T department

The Income Tax Department is all set to scan the incomes of people who showed a sudden spike in income at the time of filing revised tax returns after demonetisation.

Prior to this, around 1 lakh high-risk cases have already been identified by the department for scrutiny, as per data provided by banks.

"Questions need to be asked where there is a sudden spike in income and a revised return is filed," a senior income tax official told ET. "We will take them up for scrutiny."

To make the process more effective, there would be selective and focused scrutiny instead of a mass scanning of all accounts, and whatever accounts will be scrutinised, the process would be completely online, carried out via emails.

As per I-T officials, a higher revised income at the time of revised returns could indicate hidden non-tax paid incomes or income unaccounted from previous years which would be filed as a sudden rise in sales.