Excelsior Correspondent
UDHAMPUR, Dec 14: State Tax Department, Enforcement Wing Jammu North (Udhampur) has realized highest ever penalty of Rs 2.08 crore and E-Way Bill verifications of 2.62 Lakh during the current FY 2024-25.
The Department detected 284 cases in contravention of Goods & Services Tax (GST) Act/Rules. Regular enforcement activities are being carried out based on inputs generated from data analytics and surprise inspections on the Goods/conveyance in transit under the close supervision of Deputy Commissioner Enforcement Jammu North (Udhampur) Anil Kumar Chandail to check the violations especially in high tax prone commodities like Tobacco products, scrap goods, cement, granite/marble, TMT bars and electronic goods etc.
This significant achievement has been made possible due to the technical and administrative guidance of Commissioner State Taxes, J&K, P K Bhat and Addl Commissioner State Taxes, Jammu, Namrita Dogra.
The major commodities on which penalty was realised during the current financial year include, scrap goods, granite/marble, TMT bars, tobacco products and electronic goods for violations like movement of goods without E-Way Bills, e- invoices, wrong declaration of tax rate, mismatch in quantity, use of fake GSTIN, etc.
Commissioner State Taxes appreciated the efforts of team Enforcement Udhampur for breaking the nexus of the scrap dealers especially between J&K and Punjab who were violating the provisions of the GST Act.
The enforcement teams consist of Inspectors, Sub Inspectors and Guards, led by State Tax Officers (STOs) Babu Pardeep Kumar, Ayush Sharma and Sahida Akhtar.
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