A campaign is being run across the country to eliminate fraud in GST filing and increase compliance with the rules. This campaign is being run by state governments and CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs).
Under this, action is being taken against those issuing fake registration and fake invoices without supply of goods. This campaign started in mid-May 2023.
Fake ITC worth more than Rs 44,000 crore
The government said that till now a total of 29,273 fake companies have been identified, which were involved in taking fake input tax credit, these companies have claimed ITC of Rs 44,015 crore during the 8 months till December 2023.
Government saved Rs 4,446 crore
A total of Rs 4,646 crore has been saved through this campaign. In which tax of Rs 3,802 crore has been collected by stopping fake ITC, while the remaining Rs 844 crore has been collected through recovery.
In the quarter ending December 2020, 4,153 firms have been identified on suspicion of committing ITC fraud of Rs 12,036 crore. Of these, 2,358 have been identified by the Central GST Authorities. Due to this, a total revenue of Rs 1,317 crore has been saved. In which Rs 997 crore has been received from ITC blocking. Whereas Rs 319 crore has been recovered.
Total 41 people arrested
Including all the cases, 41 people have been arrested so far, out of which 31 people have been arrested by the Central GST Authorities.
The government has taken several steps to strengthen the GST registration process. Under this, pilot projects of biometric based Aadhaar identification at the time of registration have also been launched in Gujarat, Puducherry and Andhra Pradesh.
Under this campaign, maximum tax evasion has been detected in Delhi, Maharashtra and Uttar Pradesh in the quarter ending December. ITC fraud worth Rs 3,028 crore has been detected in Delhi, Rs 2,201 crore in Maharashtra and Rs 1,645 crore in Uttar Pradesh. 11 people each have been arrested in these cases in Delhi and Maharashtra.
