Based upon specific intelligence, the officers of the Anti Evasion branch of CGST Commissionerate, Delhi (East) have unearthed a case of availment/utilization and passing on of inadmissible ITC through bogus GST invoices
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs will make available Form GSTR-2B in the afternoon of 14th November as its generation commences after the end of the due date of GSTR-1/IFF filing on 13th November.
The gross GST revenue collected in the month of October 2021 is Rs. 1,30,127 crore of which CGST is Rs. 23,861 crore, SGST is Rs. 30,421 crore, IGST is Rs. 67,361 crore and Cess is Rs. 8,484 crore.
After taking into account earlier release of Rs. 1,15,000 crore, total amount released in the current financial year as back-to-back loan in-lieu of GST compensation is Rs. 1,59,000 crore.
Two persons were arrested from Delhi on 5th and 9th October 2021 on charges of orchestrating a fake billing racket involving more than 20 fake firms where more than Rs 22 crore of fraudulent ITC was taken thereby defrauding the exchequer.
Form GSTR-2B is an auto-drafted ITC statement which is generated for every normal taxpayer on the basis of the information furnished by their suppliers in their respective GSTR-1/IFF, GSTR-5 and GSTR-6.
As per Section 16(4) of CGST Act, 2017, no taxpayer shall take ITC in respect to records (invoices and debit notes) for the supply of goods or services for FY 2020-21 after the due date of furnishing the return for the month of September 2021.
Mr Chirag Goel masterminded a deep-rooted conspiracy to defraud the Government and committed offences specified under Section 132(1)(c) of the CGST Act, 2017 which are cognizable and non-bailable.
This release of Rs 40,000 crore is funded from borrowings of GoI in 5-year securities, totalling Rs 23,500 crores and 2-year securities for Rs 16,500 crore issued in the current FY, at a Weighted Average Yield of 5.69 and 4.16% p.a. respectively.
The blocking of EWB generation facility has now resumed on the EWB portal for all the taxpayers. Going forward, from the tax period August 2021 onwards, the System will periodically check the status of returns filed in Form GSTR-3B.