Rajasthan footwear artisan earning Rs 15,000 a month received Rs 6 cr tax notice: A fake export firm in TN with Rs 6.7 crore GST dues was allegedly registered using his PANRajasthan footwear artisan Jitendra Kumar Jingar, who earns Rs 10,000 to 15,000 a month making traditional leather shoes in Balotra distric...
31 Jul, 2026, 09.55 AM IST
ITC fraud worth Rs 74,782 crore detected in FY26; Maharashtra, Gujarat leadCentral GST officers detected over 30,000 input tax credit fraud cases in 2025-26. These cases involved approximately Rs 74,782 crore and l...
28 Jul, 2026, 09.26 PM IST
GST law panel clears proposal to shield buyers' input tax credit from supplier defaultsA GST Council proposal will protect buyers from losing input tax credit. This protection applies if suppliers fail to deposit taxes with th...
10 Jul, 2026, 11.56 PM IST
GST officers detect Rs 15,851 cr fraudulent ITC claims in April-June, total 3,558 fake firms uncoveredGST officers uncovered a significant surge in fake input tax credit (ITC) claims, reaching Rs 15,851 crore in the first quarter of FY26, a ...
20 Jul, 2025, 11.01 AM IST
Tax fraud: ₹25,000 GST evasion by 18,000 bogus companies uncoveredTax authorities have uncovered approximately 18,000 fraudulent companies registered under GST, resulting in an estimated tax evasion of Rs ...
05 Nov, 2024, 04.17 PM IST
21,791 fake GST registrations, suspected tax evasion of Rs 24,000 cr detected in special drive: FM SitharamanFinance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman informed the Rajya Sabha that during a two-month special drive against fake GST registrations, GST offi...
05 Dec, 2023, 04.41 PM IST
Over 4,900 fake GST registrations cancelled since May 16Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) member Shashank Priya said in the drive against fake registration, till July 4, over 69,...
05 Jul, 2023, 12.38 PM IST
Ecommerce operators face problem in GST drive to check fake registrationCentre and state GST authorities have on May 16 launched a two-month drive to check fake registration under Goods and Services Tax (GST). T...
03 Jul, 2023, 04.49 PM IST
Geotagging may become must for GST registrationsCBIC is planning to use geotagging for verification in the Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration process. This move aims to prevent the...
02 Jul, 2023, 11.07 PM IST
GST Council likely to vet CBIC's plan for additional validations in return filing to check evasionThe CBIC last week introduced validation and risk rating for GST registrations, as it looks to curb fake entities issuing fake bills just t...
18 Jun, 2023, 01.31 PM IST
Penal action likely for fake GST bills"We are thinking of some other measures and we will take them through the due process of the law committee and GST Council," Central Board ...
17 Jun, 2023, 01.00 AM IST
FM asks tax officers to strengthen GST registration process further by using technology"Smt @nsitharaman instructed that the GST registration process may be further strengthened using technology to curb entry of such fake enti...
16 Jun, 2023, 10.23 PM IST
GST evasion of Rs 30,000 crore unearthedThe identities of beneficiaries of PM Kisan and other social security schemes were allegedly used to operate 4,000 shell companies and 16,0...
15 Jun, 2023, 10.58 AM IST
Centre, state tax officers launch special drive to identify fake GST registration, curb evasionThe GST Policy Wing had earlier this month written to Principal Chief Commissioners of Central Tax highlighting that fake/ non-genuine regi...
16 May, 2023, 03.07 PM IST
Taxmen to conduct two-month special drive to weed out fake GST registrations, identify mastermindsThis menace of fake registrations and issuance of bogus invoices for passing fake ITC has become a serious problem, wherein fraudulent peop...
05 May, 2023, 07.27 PM IST
Centre, states look to tighten GST registration processA meeting of the law committee of the GST Council has been convened on Wednesday to discuss these issues, finance ministry sources said.
17 Nov, 2020, 09.05 PM IST
Further tightening of GST registration process likelyThe move follows a nationwide crackdown by the tax authorities on invoice frauds and the arrest of 25 people.
17 Nov, 2020, 08.42 AM IST