- I Paid A Bribe
- 13 years ago
- 726 views
BRIBE AND THOU SHALL GET YOUR IT REFUND!!
- Income Tax
- Income Tax Refund
- Paid INR 5,000
My husband had an IT refund of about INR 59,000 due for the AY2009-2010. He had given the details of his salary account at Citibank when he filed the returns. After he changed his job, this account was hardly used and we were incurring a fee for not maintaining the minimum balance and so we closed the account. When we followed up with IT department through our auditor, we got to kow that the direct credit did not happen because of the account closure. Since the refund amount was this high, the officer demanded Rs. 5000.00 for changing the account details. There was another refund of Rs 25000 due for the following year and since the total refund due was high, we had to bow to the officer's demand. To cut the story short, we got the refund in a week's time and the next one within 2 weeks after that- but the cheque was on the same Citibank account. We have sent a mail with the details once again to CPC Bangalore. Hopefully we will not have to pay any more bribes.