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The Finance Ministry on Saturday (December 13, 2025) introduced that the Earnings Tax Division has began sending SMS and electronic mail advisories to taxpayers relating to unfair deduction claims associated to unrecognized political events and charities.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) stated that by way of knowledge evaluation, it was confirmed that enormous quantities of pretend claims had been being made for donations to registered unrecognized political events (RUPPs) and charities, decreasing tax legal responsibility and likewise making faux refund claims.
“Focused NUDGE marketing campaign has been launched as a taxpayer-friendly measure, providing taxpayers a possibility to replace their ITRs and withdraw any incorrect claims. SMS and electronic mail advisories might be issued to such taxpayers from December 12, 2025 on their registered cellular numbers and emails,” the finance ministry stated in an announcement.
The CBDT stated proof gathered from enforcement actions reveals that many in RUPP should not declarants, don’t function from registered addresses, should not concerned in any political actions, and are used as conduits for routing funds, hawala transactions, cross-border remittances and issuing faux receipts for donations. The CBDT stated it has performed follow-up investigations into a few of these RUPPs and trusts and picked up incriminating proof relating to faux donations by people and pretend CSR by firms.
CBDT knowledge evaluation has proven that many taxpayers are suspected of indulging in claiming deductions for donations to doubtful organizations or failing to offer related info to confirm the authenticity of the organizations.
It added that many taxpayers have already amended their earnings tax returns for 2025-26 and filed up to date ITRs for earlier years.
“All taxpayers are suggested to make sure that their submissions to the ministry embody their appropriate cellular ID and electronic mail ID to keep away from lacking out on communications,” the CBDT stated.
