Over 20k taxpayers still evade GST regime
Hyderabad: Even after six years of introduction of the GST regime, 23,374 taxpayers have continuously been under the composition scheme (not coming under GST intentionally by showing turnover of less than 20 lakh) for more than three years, the commercial taxes department has found out. The department’s exercise to curb leakages in the system found that 19,277 taxpayers have not filed returns right from the date of registration.
Given these anomalies and after cross-checking various bills, the commercial taxes department has launched a special drive for GST registration for 10 days from July 15.
Based on the information provided by analytics of e-Way bills purchased by unregistered persons, banks, income tax department and digital payment platforms, the commercial taxes department came across instances of several dealers handling transactions in cash to evade GST .
