According to the latest data from the
central government, so far around Rs 20,000 crore of Goods and Services (GST)
has been stolen in the country, in which about half of the amount has been
recovered. But in the investigation till date, the government has also detected
many new methods of theft, which are increasingly being used. Many of these
have been duplicated, while for some, legal changes are being made in the GST
system.
So far, Delhi GST officials, who have
collected tax evasion of about 1500 crore, said that for the provisions of the
new indirect tax system tax thieves have also removed many types of patterns,
whose patterns resemble the VAT regime. But the point of concern is that the
ways of escaping from the strict measures like e-bill are also being adopted.
According to officials, a large number of
small traders are trying to use railways instead of sending goods from trucks
for the purpose of tax evasion to avoid e-bills. As the trucks did not have to
go through any checking in the way of trucks, in this case, there is no need
for more formalities for multi-state transition. This has been discussed in the
previous council meetings and the railway is updating the freight system for
this.
Apart from this, many traders were also
using different tax rates on the same item for tax evasion, but this route has
been closed to a great extent recently after the rate rationalization. The
official said, "On the shirt of 1000 rupees, the first 12% was GST, while
below 5%. The dealer used to show two shirts of Rs 700-700 for a shirt costing
Rs 1400. In the same way tax is being stolen in utensils, auto components and
many types of machinery.
According to officials, a common method has
also come to the fore that with the help of Sailor Bayer, many times the goods
are supplied on the same bill. If there is no inquiry in the way, then do not
record that bill in the account. In some lightweight items, the use of courier
and postal access to avoid e-bill is also common. The Delhi government also
made a half-year compulsory mandatory return for the courier companies in the
VAT regime, in which the details of items were to be given.
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