Operation Clean Money-Traders top cash depositors during demonetization period. Income Tax Thematic Report on Taxpayer Segment Analysis
The Income Tax Department on the occasion of launch of Operation Clean Money Portal by Finance Minister placed Operation Clean Money (OCM) Thematic Report #1 of May, 2017 related to Taxpayer Segment Analysis which is as under:
Objective
Provide an overview of share of cash deposits (during the period 9th Nov to 30th Dec 2016) for various taxpayer and business segments.
Methodology
1. Account level deposit information from banks and post offices was aggregated for the PAN.
2. The reported cash transactions of banks were removed to avoid double counting.
3. PAN holder was classified in broad taxpayer segment as under:
Proprietor (Small) | Individual filing return in ITR 4S/Sugam |
Proprietor | Individual filing return in ITR 4 |
Non-Corporate | Non-Corporate having business income (ITR 5) |
Corporate | Corporate having business income (ITR6) |
Salaried person | Individual having salary income > 50% of Total Income |
Partner | Individual filing return in ITR 3 |
Other Individual/ HUF | Individual/HUF not in above categories |
Non-Profit Organization | Entity filing return in ITR7 |
Government | G(Government) or L (local authority) in PAN Database |
No return | PAN with no return available |
4. PAN holders doing business were classified on the basis of nature of business mentioned in the last available return.
Limitations
Taxpayer Segment Analysis
This section contains breakup of reported cash deposits for various taxpayer segments. Table 1 provides percentage of ‘distribution of PANs and ‘total cash deposit’ across taxpayers segments. Further, the table provides average reported cash deposits per PAN for taxpayer segments.
Table 1:Taxpayer Segment Analysis
Tax Payer Segment | PANs | Cash Deposits | Average Deposit per PAN (in Rs lakh) |
Business | |||
Proprietor (ITR 4S) | 14.7% | 6.1% | 4.9 |
Proprietor | 26.6% | 35.4% | 15.9 |
Non-Corporate | 4.1% | 14.4% | 42.3 |
Corporate | 2.0% | 22.6% | 137.4 |
Non-Business | |||
Salaried person | 6.7% | 2.4% | 4.3 |
Partners | 1.6% | 1.3% | 9.6 |
Other Individual/ HUF | 7.8% | 2.8% | 4.3 |
Others | |||
Non-Profit Organization | 0.5% | 1.8% | 44.4 |
Government | 0.1% | 0.7% | 161.5 |
No Return Filed | 36.1% | 12.5% | 4.1 |
100.0% | 100.0% | 11.9 |
Salient Features
Business Segment Analysis
This section contains breakup of reported cash deposits relating to business for various business segments (as mentioned in ITR by taxpayers). The following table provides percentage of ‘distribution of PANs and ‘total cash deposit’ across nature of business. Further, the table provides average cash deposits per PAN by nature of business.
Table 2: Business Segment Analysis
Nature of Business | PANs | Cash Deposits | Average Deposit per PAN (in Rs lakh) |
Trading | 53.4% | 60.8% | 22.5 |
Manufacturing Industry | 8.6% | 11.6% | 26.6 |
Service Sector | 13.1% | 9.9% | 15.0 |
Financial Service Sector | 1.3% | 6.2% | 94.6 |
Contractors | 7.2% | 3.0% | 8.1 |
Professionals | 6.7% | 2.5% | 7.5 |
Commission Agents | 3.9% | 1.8% | 9.1 |
Builders | 1.2% | 1.5% | 24.6 |
Entertainment Industry | 0.4% | 0.3% | 15.4 |
Others | 3.9% | 2.4% | 12.4 |
Not available (Blank) | 0.4% | 0.1% | 4.8 |
100.0% | 100.0% | 19.8 |
Salient Features
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