Delhi's Keventers eatery evading tax: Government

Delhi's popular eatery Keventers has been found to be evading taxes by grossly under-reporting its sales, the city government said on Thursday.

"As per returns filed by Keventers, the dealer is showing sales of approx Rs.25,000 per day whereas during 5-6 hours of survey, the dealer made a sale of Rs.60,500. The cash amount found was 40 times of the daily sales reported," a city government statement said.

Based on "credential information" that the dealer was suppressing sales, a recce of the premises and videography was done for two days of M/s R.K. & Co. -- popularly known as Keventers.

A team from the trade and taxes department was sent for detailed survey on Wednesday, in which Rs.10,62,700 was found in the eatery's cash counter, the statement added.

The dealer was confronted with evidence gathered there, following which the dealer agreed to deposit tax of Rs.5 lakh forthwith. The same was deposited on Thursday.