GST investigation arm unearths Rs 40 crore tax evasion by pan masala/gutkha manufacturing unit
4 years, 6 months ago

GST investigation arm unearths Rs 40 crore tax evasion by pan masala/gutkha manufacturing unit

India TV News  

The GST investigation arm DGGI unearthed Rs 40 crore tax evasion by an unregistered pan masala/gutkha manufacturing unit in the national capital. Even as manufacturing, storing, sale and distribution of gutkha is banned by the Delhi government, data from seized documents revealed that the unregistered factory was carrying out operation even during the lockdown period. Based on specific intelligence input, the Directorate General of Goods and Service Tax Intelligence carried out searches in the company's manufacturing unit, an official statement said. The main beneficiary of the unregistered pan masala/gutkha factory was arrested on June 27, 2020 under the provisions of CGST Act, 2017, and placed under judicial custody of 14 days.

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Did panipuri vendor get GST notice for earning Rs 40 lakh? Here's the truth
4 days, 7 hours ago

Did panipuri vendor get GST notice for earning Rs 40 lakh? Here's the truth

India Today  

A panipuri vendor from Tamil Nadu got a notice from GST authorities after he reportedly received online payments amounting to Rs 40 lakh during the financial year 2023-24. A source in the Tamil Nadu GST department said the notice was misrepresented and was to inform the vendor to get a registration certificate, and come under the GST purview, by getting …

Allegation of Manufacturer 'Clandestinely' Clearing Goods To Escape Tax Must Be Based On 'Tangible Evidence': Delhi HC
1 month ago

Allegation of Manufacturer 'Clandestinely' Clearing Goods To Escape Tax Must Be Based On 'Tangible Evidence': Delhi HC

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has held that where a manufacturer is booked by the tax authorities for clandestinely clearing its goods to escape tax, the charge must be based on “tangible evidence”. “In the absence of any tangible evidence which would indicate that there was clandestine manufacture and clearance of the goods from the premises of the respondent, we hold …

Fake registration drive: GST officers detect 10,700 bogus firms, more than ₹10,000 crore evasion
3 months, 2 weeks ago

Fake registration drive: GST officers detect 10,700 bogus firms, more than ₹10,000 crore evasion

The Hindu  

“Tax officers have detected around 10,700 fake registrations under the GST, involving evasion of ₹10,179 crore in the ongoing all-India drive against fake companies set up to defraud the exchequer,” a senior official said on Tuesday. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs member Shashank Priya said Aadhaar authentication of GST registration is already in place in 12 States and …

GST evasion worth ₹2.02 lakh crore detected in 2023-24; over 40% from online-gaming
3 months, 3 weeks ago

GST evasion worth ₹2.02 lakh crore detected in 2023-24; over 40% from online-gaming

The Hindu  

Goods and Services Tax sleuths detected taxevasion worth almost ₹82,000 crore by 78 real money online gaming firms in 2023-24, but that translated into a voluntary recovery of just ₹53 crore. The online gaming industry is reckoned to have evaded the highest GST levies last year, even as overall detection of indirect tax evasion surged to almost ₹2.02 lakh crore, …

Gurugram man in Australia gets GST evasion notice, finds shell firm in his name
4 months, 2 weeks ago

Gurugram man in Australia gets GST evasion notice, finds shell firm in his name

Hindustan Times  

A 25-year-old man from Gurugram, who has been living in Australia since 2018, received a show-cause notice from the Income Tax department for GST evasion on March 31. The notice, sent to Divyrup Singh Mann via email, revealed financial transactions worth over ₹133 crores, leading to the discovery of a shell company fraudulently operating under his name in Delhi, police …

Delhi GST refund scam: Seven arrested including GST officer, advocates
4 months, 3 weeks ago

Delhi GST refund scam: Seven arrested including GST officer, advocates

New Indian Express  

NEW DELHI: The Anti-Corruption Branch has arrested seven people, including a GST officer in the Delhi government and three advocates who were allegedly linked to an alleged GST refund scam worth Rs 54 crore. The accused were identified as Babita Sharma, Raj Singh Saini, Narender Kumar Saini and Mukesh Saini, Manoj Goyal, Surjeet Singh and Lalit Kumar. ACB chief Madhur …

GST officer among 7 held in Delhi for forging receipts of ₹718 cr
4 months, 3 weeks ago

GST officer among 7 held in Delhi for forging receipts of ₹718 cr

Hindustan Times  

A 54-year-old Goods and Services Tax officer was arrested in Delhi along with six associates for allegedly forging invoices worth ₹718 crores with the Delhi government’s trade and taxes department in order to receive more than ₹54 crore in refunds, said officials said on Monday. The three others arrested included a man who was “running” these bogus firms and two …

Pan masala makers to come under new penalty regime
5 months ago

Pan masala makers to come under new penalty regime

Live Mint  

New Delhi: Makers of pan masala will face a new penalty regime, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs said, moving against an industry that is known for tax evasion. The CBIC set 1 October 2024 as the date for implementing the penalty regime for the pan masala industry for any violation in registering their machinery. As per the …

Infosys gets ₹3,898 crore partial GST tax relief for FY 2017-18 out of the ₹32,403 crore tax notice for 2017-22
5 months ago

Infosys gets ₹3,898 crore partial GST tax relief for FY 2017-18 out of the ₹32,403 crore tax notice for 2017-22

Hindustan Times  

Infosys Ltd has been given a tax relief of ₹3,898 crore for the financial year 2017-18, the IT major wrote in a company filing to the exchanges on Saturday. Infosys Ltd has been given a tax relief of ₹ 3,898 crore for the financial year 2017-18 “The Company had received and responded to a pre-show cause notice issued by DGGI …

Irregularities of Rs 1,170 crore unearthed in scrap trade
7 months, 2 weeks ago

Irregularities of Rs 1,170 crore unearthed in scrap trade

New Indian Express  

THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The GST department has unearthed irregularities committed through fake billing to the tune of Rs 1,170 crore. The drive ‘Operation Palm Tree’ on 180 scrap business dealers detected GST evasion of Rs 209 crore. The inspections were started on Thursday early morning at 5 am with 300 GST department officials taking part in it. During the inspections, it was …

State GST department unearths fake billing racket linked to metal scrap trade; ₹1,170 crore worth of tax evasion detected
7 months, 2 weeks ago

State GST department unearths fake billing racket linked to metal scrap trade; ₹1,170 crore worth of tax evasion detected

The Hindu  

The State Goods and Services Tax department has unearthed massive tax evasion in the metal scrap trade sector where fake GST invoices were created to illegally claim input tax credit. A preliminary assessment pegged the fraudulent transactions at ₹1,170 crore, causing tax loss of ₹209 crore, the State GST Department said on Thursday. The tax evasion cartels operate by creating …

Noida: Three more gang members held in ₹10K-cr GST fraud
7 months, 3 weeks ago

Noida: Three more gang members held in ₹10K-cr GST fraud

Hindustan Times  

The Noida police said on Saturday that they have arrested three more members of a gang allegedly involved in a ₹10,000 crore Goods and Services Tax fraud that came to light in June last year, bringing the total number of people apprehended in the case to 44. On June 1, 2023, the Noida police had claimed to have busted a …

Modi govt’s big business push? India considers easing arrest threshold for GST tax evasion
1 year, 1 month ago

Modi govt’s big business push? India considers easing arrest threshold for GST tax evasion

Firstpost  

The proposal seeks to increase the threshold from the current ₹2 crore to ₹3 crore as part of an initiative to decriminalize specific aspects of tax evasion. This initiative is part of a broader effort to decriminalize specific aspects of tax evasion, aiming to alleviate undue pressure on businesses and create a more favourable environment for conducting operations. However, the …

In GST Regime All Details Are Available On Portal Of GST Department, Department Must Verify: Allahabad High Court Quashes Penalty Order
1 year, 2 months ago

In GST Regime All Details Are Available On Portal Of GST Department, Department Must Verify: Allahabad High Court Quashes Penalty Order

Live Law  

The Allahabad High Court has held that in the GST regime all details and returns filed are available on the portal of the GST Department and the authorities can verify from the portal the amount of tax deposited after filing of GSTR -1 and GSTR 3 B. Since the petitioner had not availed any input tax credit, action could not …

GST Evasion: Government expecting ₹50,000 crore mop-up on recovery of dues
1 year, 2 months ago

GST Evasion: Government expecting ₹50,000 crore mop-up on recovery of dues

Live Mint  

The Indian government is expected to recover ₹50,000 crore in evaded Goods and Services Tax in FY24, Business Standard reported. A substantial portion of this recovery is expected to come from incorrect claims of input tax credit by insurance companies, GST payments on expatriate services under the reverse charge mechanism, illicit clearances of tobacco products, and property transactions, the report …

Detected GST evasion of ₹57,000 crore since April 2020: Finance ministry
1 year, 2 months ago

Detected GST evasion of ₹57,000 crore since April 2020: Finance ministry

Hindustan Times  

NEW DELHI: The Directorate General of GST Intelligence has detected Goods and Services Tax evasion of ₹57,000 crore from April 2020 to September 2023 involving over 6,000 fake instances of input tax credit claims leading to the arrest of 500 people, a finance ministry statement said on Wednesday. Detected GST evasion of ₹ 57,000 crore since April 2020: finance ministry …

UP labourer gets GST notice on 'Rs 1.36 crore turnover', case registered in Noida
1 year, 5 months ago

UP labourer gets GST notice on 'Rs 1.36 crore turnover', case registered in Noida

India Today  

The Gautam Buddha Nagar Police filed a case following a complaint from a laborer in Bulandshahr who claimed that he had received a GST notice suggesting that his businesses had generated a turnover of Rs 1.36 crore in 2022-23 fiscal. The labourer, Devendra Kumar, 22, a resident of Udaygarhi Bangar under Naraura police station in Uttar Pradesh, also stated that …

Rs 15,000 crore tax evasion detected, over 4,900 fake GST registrations cancelled
1 year, 6 months ago

Rs 15,000 crore tax evasion detected, over 4,900 fake GST registrations cancelled

Op India  

On the 5th of July, a senior tax official stated that the GST authorities have cancelled over 4,900 fake GST registrations, since the 16th of May, 2023. He stated that in the drive against fake registration, till July 4, over 69,600 GST Identification Numbers have been selected for physical verification by field tax officers. Speaking at the ASSOCHAM’s National Conclave …

GST fraud of ₹175 cr. unearthed, mastermind nabbed at Bengaluru airport
1 year, 6 months ago

GST fraud of ₹175 cr. unearthed, mastermind nabbed at Bengaluru airport

The Hindu  

Directorate-General of GST Intelligence, Chennai Zonal Unit, has busted a fake Input Tax Credit racket running into ₹175 crore involving 59 companies. A 34-year-old resident from Chepauk, the mastermind behind the scam, was nabbed at the Bengaluru airport during his attempt to flee the country and subsequently arrested, according to a statement from DGGI, the apex intelligence and investigative agency …

Ahead of GST Appellate Tribunal’s launch, an SOP for investigations
1 year, 9 months ago

Ahead of GST Appellate Tribunal’s launch, an SOP for investigations

The Hindu  

With Parliament clearing the decks for the establishment of Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal to resolve rising disputes under the nearly six-year-old indirect tax regime, the Revenue Department is in the process of finalising a standard operating procedure for officers undertaking intelligence and investigation work. “With the legal landscape of indirect taxes getting transformed, the need arises to prepare …

Delhi GST officers detect ₹17 crore tax evasion by issue of fake invoice, arrest two people
1 year, 9 months ago

Delhi GST officers detect ₹17 crore tax evasion by issue of fake invoice, arrest two people

The Hindu  

GST officers in Delhi have unearthed a fake invoicing racket involving tax evasion of ₹17 crore and arrested two persons, the Finance Ministry said on March 18. Central Goods and Service Tax Delhi South Commissionerate conducted inspection at the registered premises of three bogus firms/company, namely M/s. "Preliminary enquiry conducted so far into the transactions of these firms has revealed …

India digs out Rs 62,000 cr GST evasion in 3 years
2 years ago

India digs out Rs 62,000 cr GST evasion in 3 years

Deccan Chronicle  

New Delhi: Tax authorities have detected over ₹62,000 crore worth of goods and services tax evasion, using fake invoices during the past three years, said a top official of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs on Monday. Activities of some unscrupulous traders came to notice when the government kept such offences out of the increased monetary threshold of …

Tax deposited During Search Not Voluntary: Delhi High Court Directs GST Dept. To Return Rs.1.80 Crores With Interest
2 years ago

Tax deposited During Search Not Voluntary: Delhi High Court Directs GST Dept. To Return Rs.1.80 Crores With Interest

Live Law  

The Delhi High Court has directed the GST department to return the amount of Rs. 1.80 crores along with 6% interest as the recovery of tax made during the search was not voluntary.The division bench of Justice Rajiv Shakdher and Justice Tara Vitasta Ganju has observed that no recovery of tax should be made during search, inspection, or investigation unless …

Maharashtra businessman held for availing Input tax credit of over Rs 40 crore
2 years, 5 months ago

Maharashtra businessman held for availing Input tax credit of over Rs 40 crore

India Today  

The Maharashtra Goods and Service Tax Department on Thursday arrested an operator of three firms for availing an Input Tax Credit of Rs 41.67 crores using fake bills of Rs 231.49 crores. The state GST department arrested a man identified as Brijesh Vanitlal Shah, an operator of Om Impex and two other firms under the special investigation operation carried out …

Indore: 5 held from Gujarat for operating 550 fake firms for GST fraud
2 years, 7 months ago

Indore: 5 held from Gujarat for operating 550 fake firms for GST fraud

Hindustan Times  

Five persons have been arrested for allegedly operating 550 dummy firms from a room in Gujarat's Surat city to pull off Input Tax Credit fraud worth several crore rupees under the GST system, officials said in Indore in Madhya Pradesh on Monday. The accused have used the names of daily wagers and even that of a retired MP director general …

CGST officials bust fake input tax credit racket of Rs 12 crore, one arrested
2 years, 10 months ago

CGST officials bust fake input tax credit racket of Rs 12 crore, one arrested

India Today  

A team of CGST Commissionerate, Raigad, Mumbai Zone, busted a fake input tax credit racket and arrested the proprietor of a Kalamboli-based firm named Ashok Metal Scrap. The firm was engaged in availing and passing on fake GST input tax credit of Rs 12 crore, by using bogus invoices of more than Rs 64 crore. Based on a tip-off from …

Mumbai: CGST busts fake invoices racket, one arrested
2 years, 11 months ago

Mumbai: CGST busts fake invoices racket, one arrested

India Today  

Officers of Central Goods and Services Tax, Mumbai, busted a network of fictitious firms that issued fake invoices of bullion of around Rs 1,650 crores and fake Input Tax Credit of Rs 49.7 crore and arrested an accused. These three entities had collectively availed and passed on a fake ITC of Rs 29.4 crore to another entity, Gajamukhi Bullion, which …

Thane: Couple arrested for GST evasion of Rs 12.23 crore
2 years, 11 months ago

Thane: Couple arrested for GST evasion of Rs 12.23 crore

India Today  

The anti-evasion wing of Central Goods and Services Tax in Thane arrested a couple on Thursday for alleged tax evasion of Rs 12.23 crore. The couple was arrested as a part of an anti-evasion drive launched by CGST, Mumbai Zone, against tax evaders and fraudsters. The CGST Thane Commissionerate has detected tax evasion of Rs 1,023 crore, recovered Rs 17 …

₹347 crore GST billing scam unearthed in Delhi
3 years ago

₹347 crore GST billing scam unearthed in Delhi

The Hindu  

The GST Department of the Delhi government on Saturday unearthed a ₹347 crore fake GST billing scam spread across 11 firms. “This is the first arrest by the Delhi GST Department and we hope that it sends a strong signal to tax evaders,” said Prince Dhawan, Special Commissioner of the Delhi GST Department. “The proprietor of Ms. Super Steel India …

After WazirX, several cryptocurrency providers raided for GST evasion
3 years ago

After WazirX, several cryptocurrency providers raided for GST evasion

Op India  

The Directorate General of GST Intelligence has conducted searches at the offices of major cryptocurrency providers in the country, reported ANI. The development comes a day after the GST Mumbai East Commissionerate recovered ₹49.20 crore cash of evaded Good and Service Tax from renowned cryptocurrency provider WazirX. While speaking to ANI, sources informed, “Around half dozen offices of Cryptocurrency Service …

2 more arrested in ₹484 crore GST billing scam in Ludhiana
3 years, 9 months ago

2 more arrested in ₹484 crore GST billing scam in Ludhiana

Hindustan Times  

Two more persons were arrested on Thursday in the ₹484 crore Goods and Services Tax billing scam that was unearthed in Ludhiana recently. 2 more arrested in ₹ 484 crore GST billing scam in Ludhiana The accused were identified as Gurtej Singh and Sagar, proprietors of two of the 19 firms involved in the fake invoicing racket run by Baljinder …

I-T dept after raids Mumbai-based gutka group, detects Rs 1,500-cr undisclosed transactions
3 years, 10 months ago

I-T dept after raids Mumbai-based gutka group, detects Rs 1,500-cr undisclosed transactions

India TV News  

The Income Tax Department has detected unaccounted transactions of about Rs 1,500 crore and assets in a tax-haven country after raiding a Mumbai-based group involved in hospitality business and manufacturing of gutka and pan masala, the CBDT said on Monday. "The search action has led to detection of unaccounted transactions of around Rs 1,500 crore, so far," the CBDT said, …

GST officers bust network of 46 fake firms used to fraudulently claim Rs 82 crore input tax credit
3 years, 10 months ago

GST officers bust network of 46 fake firms used to fraudulently claim Rs 82 crore input tax credit

India TV News  

GST officers have busted a network of 46 fake firms which used to generate fake invoices and fraudulently avail input tax credit worth Rs 82.23 crore, the finance ministry said on Tuesday. Through the use of extensive data analytics, officers of Delhi East GST were able to identify and unravel a network of 46 fake firms which were operating since …

Govt Launches Crackdown on 7,000 GST Evaders; 185 Arrested
4 years ago

Govt Launches Crackdown on 7,000 GST Evaders; 185 Arrested

News 18  

Armed with data analytics and information from agencies, the government has launched a massive crackdown on GST evaders, initiating action against 7,000 entities including arrest of 187 — a campaign that contributed to buoyancy in tax collection, Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said on Sunday. The government netted a record GST collection of Rs 1.15 lakh crore in December 2020, …

Massive crackdown on GST evaders: Govt initiates action against 7000 entities, 5 CAs among 187 arrested
4 years ago

Massive crackdown on GST evaders: Govt initiates action against 7000 entities, 5 CAs among 187 arrested

India TV News  

In a massive crackdown on GST evaders, the government has initiated action against 7,000 entities including the arrest of 187 -- a campaign that contributed to buoyancy in tax collection. In an interview to PTI, Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said action against fake invoicing racket in last one-and-a-half month hs led to arrest of 187, including five chartered accountants …

GST officials detect over Rs 830 cr tax evasion by Delhi-based pan-masala manufacturing unit
4 years ago

GST officials detect over Rs 830 cr tax evasion by Delhi-based pan-masala manufacturing unit

India TV News  

Central GST authorities have detected a tax evasion of over Rs 830 crore by an illegal pan-masala manufacturing unit here and arrested a person for his involvement, according to an official statement. The firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco products without any registration and payment of duty, it said. …

GST Officials Detect Over Rs 830 Crore Tax Evasion by Delhi-based Pan-masala Manufacturing Unit
4 years ago

GST Officials Detect Over Rs 830 Crore Tax Evasion by Delhi-based Pan-masala Manufacturing Unit

News 18  

Central GST authorities have detected a tax evasion of over Rs 830 crore by an illegal pan-masala manufacturing unit here and arrested a person for his involvement, according to an official statement. The firm was evading the payment of Goods and Services Tax by manufacturing and clandestinely supplying gutkha/pan masala/tobacco products without any registration and payment of duty, it said. …

GST transactions worth Rs 1 lakh crore being probed
4 years, 1 month ago

GST transactions worth Rs 1 lakh crore being probed

Hindustan Times  

The Directorate General of Analytics and Risk Management, which mines Goods and Services Tax data to expose tax evaders, has compiled a list of over 12,900 business entities, including some big companies and export firms suspected to have availed of input tax credit through fake invoices worth over Rs 1 lakh crore since July 1, 2017, when the new indirect …

DGGI Sleuths Arrest Two for Rs 170 Crore Fraudulent Transactions in Maharashtra
4 years, 1 month ago

DGGI Sleuths Arrest Two for Rs 170 Crore Fraudulent Transactions in Maharashtra

News 18  

The Directorate General of GST Intelligence has arrested two proprietors of trading firms from Aurangabad in Maharashtra in connection with alleged fraudulent transactions of over Rs 170.35 crore, as per an official release. A specific Intelligence was developed by officers of the DGGI, Aurangabad Regional Unit, that two proprietorship firms involved in trading of MS waste/scrap were availing and passing …

Jharkhand man chased for Rs 3.5cr GST fraud turns out to be a daily wage worker
4 years, 1 month ago

Jharkhand man chased for Rs 3.5cr GST fraud turns out to be a daily wage worker

Hindustan Times  

A daily wage labourer earning Rs 198 per day under the rural jobs guarantee scheme or MGNREGS was in shock when a police team reached his thatched house in Raipahari village under Mosaboni block of East Singhbhum district in Jharkhand on Thursday to arrest him for alleged non-payment of Rs 3.50 crore in goods and services tax. 48-year-old Ladun Murmu, …

GST Officers Arrest One for Rs 129 Crore Tax Evasion Through Illegal Manufacture, Supply of Cigarettes
4 years, 1 month ago

GST Officers Arrest One for Rs 129 Crore Tax Evasion Through Illegal Manufacture, Supply of Cigarettes

News 18  

Officers of GST investigation arm DGGI have arrested a Haryana resident on charges of manufacturing and supplying cigarettes illegally and thereby evading taxes of over Rs 129 crore, the Finance Ministry has said. "The Directorate General of GST Intelligence Gurugram Zonal Unit, Haryana has arrested one Satyender Sharma, resident of Haryana, on charges of manufacturing and supplying illegally manufactured cigarettes …

GST Officials Arrest Person for Trading Fake Invoice, Generating ITC Worth Rs 52.19 Crore
4 years, 2 months ago

GST Officials Arrest Person for Trading Fake Invoice, Generating ITC Worth Rs 52.19 Crore

News 18  

GST officials have busted a fake invoice trading racket and arrested a person for passing on input tax credit of over Rs 50 crore, a source said on Sunday. The Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Pune Zonal Unit, has arrested Tusshar Ashok Munoat who was into 'trading of fake invoices' and used to generate fake invoices on commission basis for …

Pan-India Fake Invoice Racket of Nearly Rs 434 Crore Unearthed by DGGI
4 years, 4 months ago

Pan-India Fake Invoice Racket of Nearly Rs 434 Crore Unearthed by DGGI

News 18  

A pan-India fake invoice racket involving transactions of about Rs 434 crore by 23 firms has been busted by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, Nagpur, an official release said on Wednesday. Rs 78.13 crore of fraudulent input tax credit was availed by those involved in the racket, it said. Probe revealed that 23 firms across India, from Tamil Nadu …

GST Intelligence Detects Over Rs 17 Crore Tax Evasion by Cement Manufacturer in MP
4 years, 4 months ago

GST Intelligence Detects Over Rs 17 Crore Tax Evasion by Cement Manufacturer in MP

News 18  

The GST intelligence officials have detected over Rs 17 crore tax evasion by a major cement manufacturer in Satna and arrested one of its directors, according to an official statement issued on Wednesday. “In this process, as per preliminary estimates about Rs 15.1 crore of GST is suspected to have been evaded during the seven-month period from January till July, …

Indore-based cigarette manufacturer in trouble over Rs 105 crore tax evasion
4 years, 6 months ago

Indore-based cigarette manufacturer in trouble over Rs 105 crore tax evasion

India Today  

GST intelligence officials have detected tax evasion of Rs 105 crore by a cigarette manufacturing firm in Indore in the last one year, according to an official statement issued on Monday. "Investigations conducted by the DGGI has unearthed a major tax/ duty/ cess evasion estimated to be about Rs 105 crore only for the period since April, 2019 till May, …

Pak man held for selling tobacco evading GST worth Rs 19 crore
4 years, 7 months ago

Pak man held for selling tobacco evading GST worth Rs 19 crore

India TV News  

A Pakistani man has been arrested by Central GST intelligence officials for illegally selling pan masala worth crores of rupees in parts of Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra and neighbouring states even during the lockdown period, officials said on Thursday. "Unaccounted stock of pan masala /tobacco having total estimated value of about Rs 2.25 crore was seized during the search operation," a …

Indore: DRI and DGGI raid Mata family for GST fraud and profiteering during lockdown
4 years, 7 months ago

Indore: DRI and DGGI raid Mata family for GST fraud and profiteering during lockdown

Op India  

After four days of joint raids and unstopped search operations conducted by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence and Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Paan Masala baron Sanjay Mata, a Pakistani national, has been sent to judicial custody till 17 June on the allegations of tax fraud. The Mata family runs a Paan Masala business and it is accused that during …

Delhi GST unit unearths racket that issued fake invoices for tax benefits
5 years, 1 month ago

Delhi GST unit unearths racket that issued fake invoices for tax benefits

India TV News  

The revenue department on Friday said it has unearthed a racket involving issuances of fake invoices for availing tax benefits worth Rs 22 crore under GST and arrested two persons in this regard. Central GST Delhi North Commissionerate has unearthed the racket of issuance of fake invoices without actual supply of goods and services, the revenue department said in a …

GST fraud worth Rs 138 crore unearthed in Odisha, 4 arrested
5 years, 2 months ago

GST fraud worth Rs 138 crore unearthed in Odisha, 4 arrested

India TV News  

Tax authorities in Odisha on Friday claimed to have unearthed a Rs 138-crore GST fraud and arrested at least four persons for being part of a racket that created fictitious firms and fake invoices. Investigations revealed that between August 2018 and September 2019, the fictitious firms used fake invoices and made purchases of over Rs 603 crore and sale of …

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