Nagpur: The
Directorate General of GST intelligence (DGGI) Nagpur Zonal Unit
Thursday said it has detected good and services tax (GST) evasion
amounting to Rs 300 crore across Nagpur zone, which includes Vidarbha,
Marathwada and Nasik regions of Maharashtra. The Directorate General of
GST intelligence, which became functional in December 2018 has booked
around 50 cases and detected GST evasion of about Rs 300 crore resulting
in recovery of approximately Rs 250 crore in six months. The major
sectors where the tax evasion was detected include real estate, food
industry, jewellery and restaurants.
Official sources further
informed that a major jeweller was raided and was found to be evading
GST withone unregistered premises resulting in tax evasion of about Rs
2.5 crore. Similarly, offences were registered against real estate
developers for not having occupancy certificates and unpaid GST. Around,
Rs 2 crore of tax evasion was also detected from 3 major players in
real estate sector alone.