Rs 1.85 crore fine realised from tax evaders

The State Tax Department, Enforcement Wing Jammu North (Udhampur), has realised highest ever penalty of Rs 1.85 crore and e-way bill verifications of Rs 2.47 lakh during the current financial year after detecting 272 cases in contravention of Goods & Services Tax (GST) Act/Rules.

Regular enforcement activities were carried out based on inputs generated from data analytics and surprise inspections on the goods/conveyance in transit under the close supervision of Deputy Commissioner, Enforcement Jammu North (Udhampur), Anil Kumar Chandail to curb the violations, especially in sensitive high tax prone commodities.

“This achievement has been made possible due to the technical guidance of Commissioner State Taxes, J&K, PK Bhat and Additional Commissioner State Taxes, Jammu, Namrita Dogra,” an official spokesperson said.

The major commodities on which penalty was realised during the current financial year include scrap goods, cement, granite/marble, TMT bars, tobacco products, electronic goods & furniture items for violations like movement of goods without e-way bills, e-invoices, wrong declaration of tax rate, mismatch in quantity, use of fake GSTIN.

Commissioner, State Taxes, appreciated the efforts of Enforcement Udhampur for breaking the nexus of the scrap dealers, especially between J&K and Punjab, who were violating the provisions of the GST Act and underscored the Department’s commitment to foster a culture of accountability and compliance to GST regulations.