The Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) has unveiled 1,700 fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) cases involving a sum of Rs. 18,000 crore in the current financial year up to December 2023.
A total of 29,273 bogus firms involved in suspected Input Tax Credit (ITC) evasion of Rs 44,015 crore have been detected since mid-May 2023, an official statement issued by the Finance Ministry said on Sunday.
In a letter to Union Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, as part of its pre-budget recommendations by the apex real estate body, it further sought other budgetary support and relaxations, including allowing input tax credit under GST and incentives for rental housing, in order to achieve
According to an official press release from the Ministry of Finance, "Overall in FY2023-24, Rs 1.36 lakh crore has been detected as overall GST evasion (including fake ITC) and voluntary payment of Rs 14,108 crore has been made for the same."
The Law Committee will examine suitable amendments in the law to exclude ENA for use in the manufacture of alcoholic liquors for human consumption from the ambit of GST.
Officials at the CGST Delhi West Commissionerate have busted a fake GST invoice nexus and found multiple firms accumulated ineligible 'input tax credit' of more than Rs 50 crores.
In a release, the Ministry of Finance said the syndicate was operating 569 fake firms and through them created huge fraudulent Input Tax Credit of Rs 1,047 crore.
A senior official of a Chinese smartphone maker in Maharashtra's Thane was arrested on Wednesday for allegedly fraudulently availing input tax credit (ITC) worth Rs 19 crore through fake invoices, an official said.
The Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Delhi South Commissionerate has busted a racket of firms fraudulently claiming Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Rs 17 crore and arrested two people in connection with the matter.
A team of officers of anti-evasion, CGST and Commissioner, Navi Mumbai, conducted enquiry against the firm. The firm had availed and utilised ITC of Rs 10.48 crore which has been received from bogus/fake entities on the strength of bogus invoices received and passed on the same