Performance audit done by CAG of India’s private hospitals has revealed that a majority of the institutions are evading tax. The report by the Comptroller and Auditor General (CAG), released on Friday, pointed out that data on ‘non-filers’ of income tax was available only in three states — West Bengal, Assam, and Gujarat. The auditors found that Delhi, Kerala, Rajasthan and Tamil Nadu had no process of identifying hospitals that were evading tax.
“The detailed list of non-filers along with action taken thereof could be furnished in respect of West Bengal, Assam and Gujarat only, where out of 18,333 cases, Income-Tax Department had closed 3,627 cases and the remaining 14,706 cases were “under verification/action pending” or were yet to be closed. The audit found that no such process of identification on non-filers through a monitoring system existed in Delhi, Kerala, Rajasthan and Tamil…
