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GST, central excise and service tax evasion of Rs 48,555 crore detected in April-December

09 Jan 2019 Evaluate

Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap Shukla has said that Goods and Services Tax (GST), central excise and service tax evasion worth Rs 48,555 crore detected in 8,917 cases during the April-December period of 2018-19, the highest in two years.

The Minister has stated that of this, investigation in 3,626 cases of GST evasion/violations was initiated till December in the current financial year by Central GST (CGST) formations. He pointed out that on the basis of investigation conducted so far, it emerges that the amount of tax involved in these 3,626 evasion/violations cases is estimated to be Rs 15,278.18 crore. He added that an amount of Rs 9,959.29 crore of GST evasion has been recovered during the nine-month period.

Shukla further said that in FY18, 6,815 cases of central excise, service tax and GST evasion were detected involving an amount of Rs 32,204.49 crore. He also indicated that in FY17, 10,212 cases of central excise and service tax evasion were detected involving an amount of Rs 23,618.52 crore. He added that the recovery during 2016-17 and 2017-18 stood at Rs 6,107.88 crore and Rs 4,579.94 crore, respectively. He added that up to December this fiscal, recovery in evasion cases of GST, excise and service tax stood at Rs 13,907.83 crore.


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