LUDHIANA: Central GST commissionerate Ludhiana’s anti-evasion wing and ANI Technologies, the parent company of Ola Cabs that has its office in the city, are caught in a tax tussle. While the commissionerate has accused the company of underpaying GST of Rs 2.31 crore from June 2017 to March 2018 for its operations in Punjab, the latter called the allegations baseless. According to the Central GST Act, the companies that fall under the category of electronic commerce operators (taxi aggregators) should issue a single tax invoice at 5% GST without claiming ITC or else they should issue tax invoice at 12% GST if they want to claim ITC. The DGGI has also been requested to probe the tax avoidance angle in all 23 states where the firm operates.Ashutosh Baranwal, Ludhiana Central GST commissioner, said, “Ola was availing ITC on 18% GST collected by it, which is against the rules. As per the department, it should have been close to Rs 4.9 crore.
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