No routine telephone tapping by Income Tax – govt clarifies

By Vijay Kumar

Are you apprehensive that Big Brother is hearing your conversation and watching your every movement? You don’t really need to worry if you believe the government which has clarified that:-

++ There are some misconceptions regarding telephone interception by the Investigation Wing of the Income Tax Department.

++ Phone interception is done only in very exceptional and the rarest of cases after obtaining due authorisation from the appropriate authority.

++ Reports suggesting that the interception facility is used for routinely tapping corporate conversations or keeping a tab on top bracket taxpayers are totally baseless.