Egg Seller and Juice Vendor received Tax Notices of Worth Crores

An egg seller in Madhya Pradesh and a juice vendor in Uttar Pradesh have received a GST notice and an Income tax notice from their respective departments. Both of these men were the only ones in their families who earned money.

An egg seller, Prince Suman, from Madhya Pradesh’s Damoh district, said that he had received a Goods and Services Tax (GST) notice worth Rs.50 crore, which has shocked him. In notice, the government clarified that he owes Rs.6 crore as Goods and Services Tax (GST).

The Income Tax Department in the notice disclosed that a firm, “Prince Enterprises,” was registered in Zone 3 of Delhi State, Ward 33, in Mr. Suman’s name in the year 2022. The firm was related to the leather, wood, and iron trading business, and it allegedly carried out a large number of transactions in the last two years.

Mr. Prince Suman, who lives in Pathariya Nagar, said, “I only sell eggs on this cart and had never been to Dehi, let alone started a business there.

Mr. Prince Suman’s father, Shri Dhar Suman, also runs his own small grocery shop; he explained it to the Income Tax officer, “If we actually had 50 crores, then why would they struggle to spend on their daily expenses?

Mr. Prince Suman’s family lawyer said that his personal documents were misused. The lawyer said that someone frauduently misused Prince’s personal documents, and they have informed both police and tax authorities and asked them to investigate the case.

The Income tax department’s notice on March 20 asked for a detailed list of financial transactions amounting to Rs. 49.24 crore. They also requested documents such as bills, purchase receipts, transportation records, and bank statements for the financial year 2022-23.

Mr. Prince Suman is not the only one who has received an Income Tax Notice. Md. Rahees, a juice vendor in Uttar Pradesh’s Aligarh, has also recently received a GST notice from the GST department of more than Rs.7.5 crore, which has created confusion in the minds of him and his family members.

Mr Rahees said he didn’t understand why he had received this notice. He only sells juice and has never handled such a large amount of money. What should he do next?

He further said that he has approached the government to help him. He is just a poor man and should not be engaged in a false case.

The notice mentioned “fake” transactions worth crores in his name from 2020-21. As a result, he owed the government a GST amount of Rs.7,79,02,457.

Mr. Rahees, who used to live in Tar Wali Gali under the Banna Devi police station, said that he also approached the Income tax department, where they asked the juice seller if he had ever shared his personal documents with anyone. He responded that he had not.

Mr. Rahees’s mother said that they face difficulties in bearing their daily meals. If they had that much money, then why would his son be working so hard?

Sources say that similar to Mr. Prince Suman’s case, Mr. Rahees’s documents were misused fraudulently for donating crores of rupees for the Punjab assembly elections of 2022.

The juice seller’s friend, Sohail, said, if Rahees is a millionaire, why would he run a juice shop?