The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has detected GST evasion of Rs 1.36 lakh crore so far during the current financial year involving “voluntary payment” of Rs 14,108 crores. The investigation agency under Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime has been working on identifying “masterminds and syndicates” operating across the country since June this year after having carried out an anti-evasion drive earlier, it said, adding that cases have been booked using data analysis aided by advanced technical tools.
The DGGI statement comes as several tax notices have been sent to companies under GST. Over the last few months, companies in sectors ranging from fast-moving consumer goods to automobiles to mattresses makers and insurance companies have received a spate of show cause-cum-demand notices from the GST authorities for issues relating to “short payment” of taxes, “wrongful availment” of credit and mismatch of details in their returns dating back to 2017-18. In addition, online gaming companies and casinos have also received GST demand notices.
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