New Delhi: In Uttarakhand, a case of fraud worth one thousand crore rupees has come to the government by stealing GST. When the case came to light, FIRs have been made against the accused firms. It is also important to note that in this case, departmental officers are flouting their responsibility and blaming the flaw of the system.
This major case of GST scam has come to light in Udham Singh Nagar district of the state. Two separate FIRs have been conducted by the state tax department in Rudrapur and Kashipur Kotwali. According to the FIR lodged in Rudrapur Kotwali, 40 firms have committed tax evasion of Rs 473 crore. Similarly, according to Kashipur Kotwali report, 34 firms have hit the government with Rs 529 crore. In this way, this scam is worth more than one thousand crore rupees. Most of the firms are from Kashipur and Rudrapur. However, some firms are also reported to be in the capital, Dehradun.
It is being told that these firms had registered online. All also submitted their papers online and obtained registration. After this, other states started sourcing goods by generating an e-way bill. But the GST amount was not deposited. Departmental officers did not conduct any survey or terrestrial inspection of any firm. As per rules, any firm has to deposit tax amount at the end of every month based on the details of GSTR-1 and Form 3-B. These fake firms continued to defraud the government and departmental officers could not even get a sense of it. Neither the responsible officers tried to know why the return forms are not coming even after registration and why GST is not being submitted.
