Experts for staggered payments, liberal input tax credit norms, and expediting e-invoicing
This was done by a network of 23 shell companies. Two people were arrested for the same on February 29
The accused were found to be operating 42 fake firms created to facilitate fraudulent Input Tax Credit (ITC), thus defrauding the exchequer
The CAG has said that invoice matching has made the system prone to input tax credit fraud
Acting on specific intelligence regarding fraudulent availment and utilisation of ITC under GST regime, officials conducted simultaneous searches at 14 different business and factory premises
CGST Ahmedabad-South Commissionerate officials also arrested a 38-year-old city-based businessman for issuing bogus invoices worth Rs 175 crore for availing ITC worth Rs 32 crore fraudulently
Move in response to falling GST revenue collections
Last month, GSTN had launched an offline Excel format for businesses to keep their invoice records