- One person arrested for Rs 20 crore tax evasion through GST fraud in the chewing tobacco business
- JD International, based in Ahmedabad, availed input tax credit and claimed IGST refunds without supplying physical goods
- Harsh Patel, a manager of the firm, was arrested
- The firm procured chewing tobacco of the Baghban brand and sent it to two manufacturing companies for processing on a job-work basis
- The investigation revealed fraudulent/irregular invoices without actual supply of goods
- Search operations at 15 premises led to the recovery of incriminating documents
- The firm unlawfully obtained input tax credit of Rs 20 crore and claimed it as IGST refund for exporting branded tobacco
- Statements from company employees, suppliers, agents, and workers confirmed the fraudulent activities
- Patel was arrested on October 13 and remanded in judicial custody for 14 days.
Source: a2ztaxcorp.com
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