Taxes Department has issued notices to various business houses for depositing tax penalties under the GST.
According to a spokesman of the taxes department, the notices have been issued as a part of the intensified drive launched by the department on the directions of Commissioner, State Taxes, PK Bhat to ensure tax compliance and non-evasion of GST revenue.
Giving details, the spokesman said that notice under Section-74 of the JKSGST Act has been issued to Addison Resort (Punjabi Haveli) National Highway, Suketar, for depositing tax and penalty of Rs 27,04,853. “Proceedings were initiated as the business establishment has failed to deposit the amount after it was noticed that it had wilfully short-paid the tax for the period from July, 2017 to March, 2018,” he said.
Meanwhile, the state taxes department, Jammu also inspected Neeru Hardware at Bhaderwah and detected huge tax evasion worth Rs 39 lakh. “As per the sale records seized from the business establishment, the total sales from July 2017 to December 2018 were approximately of Rs 2.29 crores,” he said and added that the business establishment has not complied with the GST provisions and notice under Section 76 has been issued for depositing the tax amount and penalty worth Rs 39 lakh thereof.
He said the taxes department has also started confiscation proceedings of vehicle No: JK02AP-8660 along with the textile/made-up items which were seized/detained during a routine check at Jammu. “Confiscation proceedings have been initiated in view of failure of the owner of the vehicle and the commodities in depositing the tax amount and the penalty as provided under the GST law,” he said and added that as per the proceedings initiated, the owner has been directed to deposit an amount of Rs 12.24 lakh in lieu of confiscation.
He said the team of State Tax Officers who conducted the inspections include Mohit Raina, Mohammad Riyaz, Neeraj Sharma, ArvindSawhney, Abdul Rehman, Anissa Nabi, Ajit Kumar, KuldipJandial, Javed Iqbal, Saba Noor, Ramneek Singh and Inspectors of the Department.