Do Political Parties Pay Income Tax? Here's Why I-T Dept Is After Congress

The Congress claims that they are being wrongly targeted by the I-T Department ahead of Lok Sabha polls and said that no national party including the BJP pay Income Tax. Here's all you need to know:

The Congress claimed that they are being wrongly targeted by the I-T Department and said that no national party pays Income Tax. ( Image Source :PTI )

The Congress party has found itself embroiled in a legal tussle with the Income Tax Department ahead of the Lok Sabha Elections 2024. On February 16, the Congress treasurer Ajay Maken alleged that the Income Tax Department has frozen four of its bank accounts and has  demanded Rs 210 crore in connection with the party's income tax returns in 2018-19. Maken said that 2018-2019 was the election year, and the deadline to submit account details was December 31, 2019. The Congress party was