2 firms evade Rs 41.78-cr GST; 6 booked

Sunit Dhawan

Tribune News Service

Rohtak, January 8

The local excise and taxation authorities have detected evasion of Goods and Services Tax (GST) to the tune of Rs41.78 crore and registered cases against six proprietors or managers of two bogus firms in this connection.

The action was taken after RK Gupta, Excise Taxation Officer (ETO), Rohtak, wrote to the Superintendent of Police in connection with the involvement of two Rohtak-based companies issuing fake invoices and claiming input tax credit without the actual receipt and supply of goods.

In a complaint lodged at the Meham police station in Rohtak district, the ETO alleged that five persons — Gurugram resident Suman Devi, proprietor of Priya Industries, Meham; two brothers Parveen Kumar and Naveen Kumar of Akbarpur village in Rewari district; Charan Singh of Raliawas village in Rewari district; and Anupam Singla of Sirsa — had evaded tax to the tune of Rs40.76 crore by way of getting a registration certificate under the GST Act, 2017, by means of fraud and suppression of facts.

They have been booked under Sections 420, 406, 467, 468 and 471 of the IPC and Section 132 (1)-BC of the GST Act at the Meham police station.

“The accused have shown purchases from non-existent GST dealers within and outside Haryana without supplying goods and further issuing fake tax invoices to non-existent dealers. These persons have fraudulently claimed input tax credit for disposal of output tax liabilities without the actual payment of tax, resulting in a loss of revenue to the state,” the ETO alleged.

Another FIR under same sections has been registered at the Arya Nagar police station in Rohtak on the basis of a similar complaint lodged by the ETO against Vinod of Jatuwas Bithwana village in Rewari district. Vinod claimed to be the proprietor of Vishal Industries, Rohtak.

During inquiry, it was found that the company was bogus. He had “fraudulently” obtained the registration under the Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, to evade tax, resulting in a loss of Rs1.02 crore to the state exchequer.

Rs 51.7-crore evasion detected

The GST Commissionerate in Rohtak has detected an evasion of Rs 51.70 crore during the 2018-19 fiscal up to December 31, 2018. In four cases, fake invoices were issued which led to an evasion of Rs 32-crore GST. Most of the other cases pertain to the clandestine removal of goods without billing. Of Rs 51.70 crore, Rs 19.69 crore has been recovered. GST Commissioner Vijay Mohan Jain said strict measures against the GST evasion were being taken and the recoveries would be expedited.