Chandigarh registers 208 GST evasion cases in 4 years
The ministry shared that a total of two bogus firms were detected in Chandigarh during the quarter ending December last year, and a tax evasion of Rs.5 crore was suspected, out of which Rs.1 crore have been recovered A total of 208 cases of goods and service tax (GST) evasion have been registered in the city in the past four financial years, revealed the data shared by Union minister of state for finance Pankaj Chaudhary during the ongoing budget session of Parliament.
In reply to a question raised in Lok Sabha, Chaudhary stated that 60 cases of GST fraud have been registered in Chandigarh in 2020-21, 71 in 2021-22, 47 in 2022-23 and 30 till December 2023-24.
To another query, Chaudhary replied that the GST collection in the city have increased substantially in the past three years. The UT reported Rs.1,651 crore gross GST collection in 2020-21, Rs.1,979 crore in 2021-22, Rs.2,365 crore in 2022-23 and Rs.2071 crore for the fiscal year 2023-24.
To a question raised in Rajya Sabha, on bogus firms involved in suspected input tax credit (ITC) evasion, the ministry shared that a total of two bogus firms were detected in Chandigarh during the quarter ending December last year, and a tax evasion of Rs.5 crore was suspected, out of which Rs.1 crore have been recovered.
