In the ongoing drive against availment of inadmissible ITC , officers of Central Goods and Services Tax ( CGST ) Commissionerate , Delhi East unearthed a multi – layered network of fictitious firms being used to generate and pass on fake ITC .
Through the use of extensive data analytics , officers identified and searched 21 premises , between 15/01/2021 to 17/01/2021 , which led to the unraveling of a network of fake firms that were operating since 2017 to pass on fake ITC .
The network of fake firms was being operated by one Arvind Kumar who used to pass fake ITC for a commission of 4 to 4.5 % of the invoice amount. Investigation conducted so far has revealed 46 firms to be fictitious which were being controlled by Arvind Kumar and his associates . These firms had no business activity and had been created solely for the purpose of passing on fake ITC.
The total fake ITC quantified so far is Rs 82.23 Crores generated out of the fake billing to the tune of Rs 541.13 Crores which is expected to increase as the investigation progresses.
Shri Arvind Kumar was arrested under Section 69 ( 1 ) of the CGST Act , 2017 and produced before the Duty Magistrate on 17/01/2021 who remanded him to judicial custody of 14 days till 31/01/2021.
Further investigation in the case is under progress.
It is pertinent to mention here that since the inception of GST Central Tax , Delhi Zone has made 19 arrests in various cases involving GST evasion amounting of more than 3766.69 Crores.
Source: Press Release
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