GST duty evasion worth Rs 4 7 crore

Kolkata | Wednesday | 1st July, 2020

Summary:

were recovered by the Kolkata zonal unit. The raid was conducted on the basis of information and instructions provided by DGGI, New Delhi. The Kolkata unit is taking steps to protest the government revenue. The other zonal units of DGGI are also investigating similar allegations of duty evasion on account of misclassification. Some distilleries in states like Maharashtra, West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Odisha, Delhi etc have been allegedly classifying DGS under the chapter heading 2309 claiming incorrect exemptions from payment of GST instead of classifying them under the chapter heading 2303 attracting 5 percent GST..