By Prashant Dongre,
Although, Government had claimed that there would be no tax evasion under the new regime of Goods and Services Tax (GST) still those who are habitual tax evaders did not comply with any rules. In a major exercise, the newly formed Nagpur Zonal Unit of Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) has detected payable taxable GST revenue evaded to the tune of Rs 100 crore in a span of two months. The exercise commenced in the month of December 2018.
The investigation was undertaken under section 132 of GST Act in various sectors like iron and steel, chemical manufacturing, commercial coaching classes, construction and infrastructure and pharmaceutical manufacturing. Those who came under the scanner of the DGGI include M/s 3A Chemie, Nagpur which manufactures pharmaceutical, M/s Supreme Infra Products, Butibori is doing business of construction and infrastructure, Anandi Institute of Career Development, Akola which runs commercial coaching classes, M/s Shanti Metalfab Pvt Ltd, Nagpur manufacturing Iron and steel, M/s SBL Energy Limited, Nagpur, a chemical manufacturing factory, Rajkamal Luckychand Jewellers, Nashik and Videocon Industries, Aurangabad. Of these companies, Videocon Industries evaded GST worth Rs 25 crore.
The total taxable value of detection made are approximately Rs 400 crore to Rs 500 crore. The GST Nagpur Zone covers 25 districts including Nashik and Aurangabad. From Nagpur, there were 6 senior intelligence officers (SIOs), 6 intelligence officers (IOs) and 5 SIOs from Aurangabad, who detected this massive evasion. Under the GST regime, sources said, there is computer-based on-line and portal procedure where there is lesser chance to evade taxes.
Sources said that the decision to impose penalty by the Nagpur Zonal Unit of Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence is under consideration. Government is taking utmost care to increase the revenue in the indirect taxation regime of the GST.
Source: http://thehitavada.com/Encyc/2019/2/16/DGGI-detects-GST-evasion-of-Rs-100-crin-Nagpur-Zone.aspx
