Total indirect tax evasion adds up to Rs 75,000 crore during April-October, 2018

New Delhi, Dec 29 (KNN) The total amount of evasion in indirect taxes (GST, service tax, excise and customs) during April-October period 2018-19, adds up to about Rs 75,000 crore, said Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance.

In a written reply in Lok Sabha, Shukla said “The government has detected GST evasion worth Rs 38,896 crore in 6,585 cases in the April-October period of 2018-19.”

Shukla informed the members that the government has unearthed central excise evasion of Rs 3,028.58 crore in 398 cases during the seven-month period, while service tax evasion of Rs 26,108.43 crore was detected in 3,922 cases. 

He said “Customs evasion was detected in 12,711 cases involving Rs 6,966.04 crore and Goods and Services Tax (GST) evasion worth Rs 38,895.97 crore was unearthed in 6,585 cases.”

During the seven-month period, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) recovered evasion worth Rs 9,480 crore in GST, Rs 3,188 crore in service tax, Rs 1,600.84 crore in customs and Rs 383.5 crore in central excise, Shukla informed.