"Personal income in November and December was boosted by accelerated and special dividend payments to persons and by accelerated bonus payments and other irregular pay in private wages and salaries in anticipation of changes in individual incometax rates, " the Commerce Department's Bureau of Economic Analysis said.
In his query filed to the taxdepartment last December, Mr Gopalkrishnan had sought details of Mrs Gandhi's incometax for the last 10 years, beginning in 2000.