154 Persons arrested so far for GST Evasion in FY 23-24

The Minister of State SHRI PANKAJ CHAUDHARY in the Ministry of Finance in a written reply to a question raised in Rajya Sabha, “154 Persons arrested so Far for GST Evasion in FY 23-24”.

SHRI SUSHIL KUMAR MODI asked these questions in Rajya Sabha:

Will the Minister of FINANCE be pleased to state:

(a) the details of GST evasion detected, amount recovered and persons arrested in last five years including current financial year, State-wise and year-wise;

(b) the number of overseas online gaming companies registered in the country since October;

(c) the amount of tax evasion and number of show cause notices issued to online gaming companies; and

(d) the name and tax evaded by ten top defaulters?

The Minister of State replied:

(a): Details of GST evasion detected, amount recovered and persons arrested, year wise and State/UT wise, for the last five years including current financial year (upto October 2023) are given in Annexure-I to V.

(b): Nil since October 2023.

(c) and (d): 71 show cause notices involving GST to the tune of Rs. 1,12,332 Cr. have been issued to online gaming companies during financial years 2022-23 and 2023-24 (upto October 2023). As these notices are pending adjudication, the respective GST demand is not yet determined under the provisions of CGST Act, 2017.

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