Tax Dept unearths Essel group s alleged Rs 392 cr input credit fraud
As per the initial probe, a layer of genuine-looking fictitious intermediatory companies was created to pass on bogus ITC from non-existent and fake firms to the Essel Group companies without actual supply of any goods or services.
BusinessToday.In | March 5, 2021 | Updated 16:04 IST
Accused were not working with Essel officially but were passing on inadmissible input tax credit to it
The Delhi Central Goods and Services Tax commissionerate has unearthed a massive network of fictitious firms created allegedly by two former Essel group employees to generate and avail fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Goods and Services Tax. The accused have been identified as Naresh Dhoundiyal and Devender Kumar Goyal, a chartered accountant. Both were former employees of Essel Group. Though they are presently not working with the Essel group officially, however, they are passing on inadmissible ITC to the said group, an I-T
The Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi (East) had unearthed a network of fictitious firms set up to generate and avail fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of GST.The network of fictitious companies was being operated by one .
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Highlights
The officers of CGST Commissionerate, Delhi East have held a man for the Input Tax Credit fraud of Rs 38.91 crore.
The investigation revealed that the multilayered network was being operated by him.
He has also confessed to having created a fake firm in his own name.
New Delhi: The officers of the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Commissionerate, Delhi East have arrested a man for the Input Tax Credit (ITC) fraud of Rs 38.91 crore.
In the ongoing drive to counter the menace of fake billing operators, information from analytics tool NETRA (Network Exploration Tool for Revenue Augmentation), was developed by the officers of CGST Commissionerate, Delhi East to unearth a network of fictitious firms used to generate and pass on fake ITC of GST.
Man held for input tax credit fraud of Rs 38.91 crore in Delhi
NEW DELHI: In the ongoing drive to counter the fake billing operations, the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Commissionerate arrested an accused for creating a network of 38 fictitious firms to generate and pass fake Input Tax Credit (ITC) of Goods and Service Tax (GST) amounting to Rs 38.91 Crore.
“Information from analytics tool NETRA (Network Exploration Tool for Revenue Augmentation), was developed by the officers of CGST commissionerate, Delhi East to unearth a network of fictitious firms used to generate and pass on fake ITC of GST,” said an official release.