Govt hoping for windfall gains from tax amnesty scheme

At a time when the government is scurrying for every penny that counts - because of fiscal uncertainty arising out of a slowing economy - it can hope to get some help from unlikely quarters, the tax litigants. The government has recently launched an amnesty-cum-dispute resolution scheme - Sabka Vishwas (Legacy Dispute Resolution) Scheme, 2019 - which seeks to resolve pre-GST excise and s…