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- Dggi Unit (gurugram) Arrests 3 Persons For Running Multiple Fake Firm & Evading Gst Of More Than Inr 48 Crore
- In A Continued Effort To Curb Fraudulent Gst Activities, Tax Authorities Have Intensified Their Nationwide Crackdown, Exposing Significant Tax Evasion And Introducing New Compliance Measures.
DGGI Unit (Gurugram) arrests 3 Persons for running multiple fake firm & Evading GST of more than INR 48 Crore
- Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) of Gurugram Zonal Unit (GZU) has arrested 3 persons on charges of running multiple fake firms on the strength of fake documents in two different cases under the provisions of the GST Act.
- on 5th and 9th October 2021, 2 Persons were arrested from Delhi on charges of orchestrating a fake billing racket involving more than 20 fake enterprises where more than INR 22 crore of fraudulent ITC was taken thereby defrauding the exchequer.
- Both persons were arrested & produced before Chief Metropolitan Magistrate (CMM) of Delhi, and were subsequently sent to 14 days Judicial Custody.
- Similarly a case of fake billing a resident of Pataudi, Haryana, was also arrested. The Person was found to be in possession of huge cache of incriminating documents like cheque books, fake stamps of Government Departments and toll receipt book, ATMs of multiple fake firms, fictitious transporters booklets, “Dharam Kanta” or Weighing station booklets etc.
- The same were being used to show evidence of fake supply of goods on which fake ITC was generated and passed on through these slew of fake firms.
- On 23rd Oct 2021, Based on the evidence, the person was arrested under the provisions of the GST Act on charges for defrauding the Government of more than INR 26 Cr of GST. Above said arrested person has been sent to 14 days Judicial Custody.
- Moreover further inquires & investigations in above both cases are underway.
In a continued effort to curb fraudulent GST activities, tax authorities have intensified their nationwide crackdown, exposing significant tax evasion and introducing new compliance measures.
Tax authorities have launched a nationwide GST compliance drive, uncovering 10,700 fake GST registrations, leading to ₹10,179 crore in tax evasion. The GST Nationwide Drive also introduced Aadhaar-based GST registration in 12 states and enhanced physical verifications, revealing that 27% of identified GSTINs were non-existent. As of September 22, Rs 2,994 crore in ITC was blocked. Future compliance enhancements include GSTR-3B locking and launching an Invoice Management System (IMS) on October 1 for accurate ITC claims. Following GST Nationwide Drive are made by GSt dept:
- Risk-Based Taxpayer Restrictions
- Invoice Matching System Launch
- Physical Verifications Underway
- Fake GST Registrations Exposed
- Second Nationwide Drive Results
- Future Compliance Enhancements
- Aadhaar-Based GST Registration
