Around 30% of the dealers registered with Tamil Nadu’s Commercial Taxes Department (3.26 lakh) did not pay a single rupee in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) during 2021-22. Besides, about 1.94 lakh dealers had paid less than ₹1,000 throughout the year.
These findings have been made through a recent study done by the Department of the tax remittances. There are about 11 lakh registered dealers in the State, of whom 6.72 lakh come under the State jurisdiction and the rest under the Centre. The threshold for the registration of taxpayers dealing in goods is ₹40 lakh and for those dealing in services ₹20 lakh.
