Indulgence in serious criminal cases of money laundering, terror financing, corruption, possession of benami properties and undisclosed foreign assets will virtually shut a person's chances of getting relief in an income tax evasion offence beginning Monday, a latest directive issued by the CBDT said. The policy-making body for the tax department has issued a revised 32-page guideline for 'compounding of offences under direct tax laws, 2019' which will be executed under the I-T Act, 1961.
