This story is from August 12, 2020

One held for tax evasion of Rs 9 crore

The enforcement wing of the state goods and services tax (SGST) department on Monday arrested Radhan Govind Dangar, for his alleged involvement in a fake billing scam involving tax evasion of around Rs 9 crore. According to senior SGST officials, Dangar fraudulently obtained documents of poor people to obtain multiple GST registrations and float four bogus firms.
One held for tax evasion of Rs 9 crore
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AHMEDABAD: The enforcement wing of the state goods and services tax (SGST) department on Monday arrested Radhan Govind Dangar, for his alleged involvement in a fake billing scam involving tax evasion of around Rs 9 crore. According to senior SGST officials, Dangar fraudulently obtained documents of poor people to obtain multiple GST registrations and float four bogus firms.
Four firms based in Bhuj and Rajkot were registered.

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These included Akash Enterprise, Rajkot, which was involved in tax evasion of Rs 2.53 crore ; Bhavya Enterprise, Rajkot, with tax evasion of Rs 2.47 crore and Superior Ceramics (Rs 2.56 crore) and Skyhigh Ceramics (Rs 2.16 crore) in Morbi.
Explaining the modus operandi, a senior official said, “E-way bills reflecting movement of ceramic goods worth Rs 54.81 crore were generated by the firms, and fake bills were used to claim input tax credit worth Rs 9.73 crore. The amount was misdeclared.”
The incident came to light last week when a transporter allegedly assaulted an official who was performing his duty at a checkpost at Samakhiyali in Kutch. An FIR was also filed with regard to the case and on further investigation the fake billing racket came to the fore.
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