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26K GST Offences Till February 2023

26K+ GST Offences Report INR 3.11 Lakh Crore Fraud in India

The main reasons for the rise in GST-related offences in the nation today are tax evasion, fake invoices for goods that haven’t been delivered, cyber frauds using Goods and Services Tax (GST) identification numbers, creation of shell companies, fabrication of business transactions, failure to deposit required taxes with authorities, and illegitimately claiming input tax credit […]

Uttarakhand GST Dept Finds Fake GST Invoices Using for Timber Sales

Uttarakhand GST Department Catches Fake Bills Eluding Taxes on Timber Sales

According to officials, a gang of merchants who would set up fictitious companies to provide a legal cover for their unlawful trade in timber and related products and escape Goods and Services Tax (GST) amounting to crores of rupees have been caught by Uttarakhand tax authorities using digital tracking and electronic surveillance. According to them, […]

Mostly Fake Aadhaar-based GST Registration from Gujarat

Gujarat at the Top for Scam-linked GST Enrollments by Aadhaar

The state goods and services tax (SGST) department’s probe into the newly uncovered Rs 4,120 crore bogus billing fraud revealed that the data from 1,545 Aadhaar cards had been improperly altered. Afterwards, 2,721 GST registrations were obtained using these cards. Of these registrations, Gujarat accounted for 1,662, or around 61%. Aadhaar data for around 1,545 […]

Legal Proceedings Against Online Insurance Intermediary for Fake GST Invoices

GST: DGGI Starts Legal Proceedings Against Top e-Insurance Intermediary

A leading online insurance intermediary is being sued by the Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities for allegedly creating fictitious invoices for marketing and sales services totalling about Rs. 100 crore. The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) issued a criminal notice to the intermediary with offices in Bengaluru. The company’s senior management has since […]

GST Wing Signs MOU with Forensic Sciences University

Forensic Sciences University and GST Wing Sign MOU to Stop Tax Fraud

National Forensic Sciences University (NFSU) and the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) have signed the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) for the establishment of digital forensic laboratories and food sharing details, the advancement of the technology and the skill development for the digital forensic field. The MoU was signed by the Pr. Director General of […]

Furnace Industry Wants GST Reduction on Scrap

Furnace Industry Urges to Reduce GST on Scrap 5% from 18%

Punjab’s furnace industry has petitioned the state and federal finance ministers to reduce the GST on scrap from 18% to 5%. Businessmen assert that this would halt the harassment of legitimate businessmen and put a complete end to the fraudulent invoicing and tax evasion of several thousand crores that are being carried out by fraudsters. […]

Test Purchase for Checking GST Evasion

GST: Retailers Expect Govt to Stop Conducting ‘Test Purchase’

The traders, particularly those who function on a low scale, would seek that the State Government leave the practice test purchase that the commercial tax department performed, under provisions of the Goods and Services Tax. In Tiruchi district, the department performed Test Purchases at about 165 outlets over a 3-week period complying with the issuance […]

Center May Decriminalize GST Offences

Govt Thinking to Decriminalize GST Offences for Evasion up to 2 Crore

“A proposal is under consideration to raise the threshold to Rs 5 crore for initiating criminal prosecution. The matter will be put up before GST Council soon” said the senior officials. GST evasion with Rs 2 to 5 cr shall draw three years in jail. If the tax evasion is up to Rs 2 crore […]

GST Council Strategies to Curb Fake Invoices

Council May Work on 3 Strategies to Restrain Fake GST Invoices

The clarifications seek the applicability of the demand and the penalty provisions on the transactions invoicing the bogus invoices. The GST officials in their next week’s meeting seem to acknowledge a proposal to draw clarity on the actions with respect to the entities engaged in Input Tax Credit claims that becomes a bigger source of […]

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