Domestic black money window: IT dept to launch campaign

The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has asked the top brass and regional heads of the tax department to ensure “sufficient publicity and wide newspaper and audio-visual media coverage”, including in regional language media, for the scheme.

The directives stipulate that regional IT heads should hold “outreach” programmes and sessions with market and trade associations in their jurisdiction to make the scheme successful.

“Under the new black money window, disclosures can be made at any designated office of the IT department in the country as against last year’s overseas black money window when declarations were supposed to be made only at a single office in Delhi. Hence, it was decided to create awareness in this regard and launch a media campaign is planned,” a senior official said.