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The income tax department has shifted its focus from civil consequences to criminal consequences in serious cases of tax evasion.
"In its crusade against black money and with a view to having credible deterrence against generation of black money, the Government has shifted its focus to successfully prosecute the offenders in shortest possible time", the CBDT said in a statement.
During the current fiscal, 628 prosecution complaints have been filed up to December 2014.
As many as 56 of such prosecution complaints relate to offences concerning undisclosed foreign income.
The focus of the income tax department had so far been on civil consequences--revenue augmentation.
During 2014-15 (up to December 2014), the income tax department had conducted searches in 414 groups and seized undisclosed assets of Rs 582 crore.
Undisclosed income of Rs 6,769 crore has been admitted by the taxpayers during such searches, the CBDT has said.
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