- DGGI has completed investigation of nearly 300 cases of pre-GST tax evasion worth over Rs 5,000 crore
- Recovery in these cases has been a few hundred crores
- Most cases probed are in power, automobile, and infrastructure sectors
- DGGI likely to disband unit for probing pre-GST cases by March-end
- Tax expert mentions sector-based issues like tax on construction services and liquidated damages in infrastructure contracts
- Some cases of tax evasion amount to Rs 500 crores
- DGGI detected 6,084 cases of evasion in 2023-24 amounting to Rs 2.01 lakh crore, double the amount detected in the previous fiscal
- Sectors most prone to evasion are online gaming and BFSI, with Rs 81,875 crore evasion in online gaming and Rs 18,961 crore in BFSI in FY24
Source: a2ztaxcorp.com
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