IRS officer, two CAs caught in bribe trap

Ahmedabad | Monday | 17th December, 2018

Summary:

And when the officer and client are often corrupt, CAs too become corrupt. And as soon as December begins, they start calling CAs to the income tax offices to discuss assessment. The IRS officer asked the complainant to hand over the money to his contact, CA Sumeet Singhania, who resides at Dev Aurum Residency in Prahladnagar. They had promised to show leniency to the owner, who was facing possible action from the department for tax evasion. GST officer Kanchan Pitambar Sagar and CA Abhishek Nitin Vakhariya were arrested on bribery charges and the amount was recovered.The entire amount of the bribery was Rs 1.10 lakh..