In a significant legal development, the Economic Offences Court in Jaipur has rejected the bail plea of Naveen Yadav, the alleged mastermind behind a massive Rs 4,000 crore GST evasion racket.
The Income Tax Department seized a truck suspected of involvement in GST evasion during a targeted raid in Srirampur. The operation, carried out by a special team, intercepted a vehicle transporting tobacco (Gutkha) worth over Rs 1 crore.
Central GST officers have detected tax evasion of Rs 1.95 trillion in 25,397 cases in the April-January period of the current fiscal, Parliament was informed on Monday.
The Hon’ble Madras High Court in the case of Annai Angammal Arakkattalai (Pre Mahal) dismissed the petition filed by the Assessee wherein the entire claim against the Assessee was arisen of its failure to register itself under GST and only pursuant thereto, the Assessee remitted tax. On perusal of the orders indicate that there was deliberate attempt to evade payment of tax by not registering and issuing receipts as donation to trust and only after inspection Assessee agreed to pay tax. The orders did not call for any interference and therefore, instant petition was to be dismissed.
A partner of a Pollachi based retail jewellery firm was arrested by GST officials on Wednesday for tax evasion to the tune of Rs.6.53 crore.
The Special Economic Offence Court in Jaipur, Rajasthan, has granted bail to Ghasi Lal Chaudhary in connection with an alleged ₹700 crore Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion case.
Central GST officers detected tax evasion of over ₹1.88 lakh crore between April and December 2024, Minister of State for Finance Pankaj Chaudhary informed the Lok Sabha on Monday (February 10).
SGST officials recently uncovered tax evasion of Rs. 9.2 crore in a crackdown on pan masala and tobacco dealers in Ahmedabad, following specific intelligence inputs.
An officer from the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) headquarters can now send takedown notices to intermediaries to block online money gaming apps and websites that evade Goods and Services Tax (GST) under Section 79(3)(b) of the Information Technology Act, the government said in a notification on Monday.
The Gujarat State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Department on Tuesday said it had raided 11 coaching institutes and found “evasions” to the tune of Rs 7.49 crore in preliminary investigations, with a total liability of around Rs 11.33 crore.
