The Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) department of the Jammu and Kashmir Government is all set to initiate proceedings against 1300 dealers for not filing GST returns since the rollout of the new tax regime from July 2017.
The Government is planning a special drive for 1,300 dealers identified by the department who have made purchases worth Rs 718.72 crore. According to reports, the drive is against the non-filers of GST returns who have failed to file returns and also such business units who have made purchases worth crores of rupees but have not filed the GSTR-3B returns.
The process of collection of data regarding all the business establishments in the state has been initiated and for this purpose, various teams are conducting spot verification of every business unit and recording the required data, a spokesman of the department said on Tuesday.
The department Tuesday initiated action against Messrs Dogra medical hall here for suppressing the sales to evade GST, the spokesman said.
“During inspection and verification of sale documents, it was found that the drug store had an approximate sale of Rs 1.5 crores for the year 2017-18. However, the sales had been suppressed and sales only to the tune of Rs 72 lakh were reflected in the GST returns, he said.
He said action under Section 67 of the J&K SGST act has been initiated against the dealer.
The team also inspected Asian Roadways, a transport agency at Transport Nagar in the city and confiscated over 4000 kg of polythene, the spokesman said.