Compounding of offences under the provisions of the Direct Tax Laws - modification of para 10 of the existing guidelines issued vide CBDT letter F.No.285/90/2008-IT(lnv.)/12 dated 16.05.2008

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.... Department of Revenue, Central Board of Direct Taxes ARA Centre, E-2, Jhandewalan Extn., New Delhi-110055. Dated: 19th March, 2012 To All CCsIT(CCA)s/DGsIT/CCsIT(Central) Sir/Madam, Sub :- Compounding of offences under the provisions of the Direct Tax Laws - modification of para 10 of the existing guidelines Comprehensive guidelines on compounding of offences hav....

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....stablishment expenses" while compounding the offence is highly disproportionate to the fees payable by the Department to the prosecution counsel and therefore, deserves to be appropriately reviewed. 3. The matter has been examined and it has been decided to modify the para 10 of the said guidelines as under: "ln addition to the compounding fee, the compounding charges shall include pro....