RAIPUR: In a major drive against firms engaged in issue of fake ITC (Input Tax Credit) invoices under GST, Raipur, CGST Commissionerate has booked seven cases and unearthed tax evasion of Rs 68.04 crore.
The seven firms are BizoticDevelopers Pvt Ltd, Golden Traders, ARL Trading Company, Devi Trading Co, Badri Enterprises, Kumar Traders and Singh Brothers.
These fake entities were engaged in receiving and passing on ITC to several taxpayers within and outside Chhattisgarh without any actual supply of goods. It is expected that the persons behind operationalizing the fake ITC racket would soon be identified and strict action would be taken as per law.
The racket of such fake firms is active in many states including Chhattisgarh. These people claim input tax credit of GST with the help of bogus bills. Such cases have been caught in Chhattisgarh in the past as well. In August itself, the Central GST had also arrested two businessmen. In April also, documents of tax evasion worth crores were found from a businessman. Last year, two Raipur-based businessmen were caught running a racket of fake input tax credit invoices.
