CBIC instructs its officers to co-ordinate with state authorities to detect GST evasion in illegal mining cases
In order to curb GST evasion, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs has instructed its filed formation to have a structured co-ordination with state authorities on sharing information related to illegal mining and transportation of minerals. “Timely sharing of information relating to illegal mining and transportation of minerals would facilitate identification of cases involving possible suppression of taxable supplies, non-payment or short payment of GST, wrongful availment of input tax credit and other violations of the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017,” the board said in an instruction to its field formation. This instruction will lead to the cross-departmental data sharing between CGST formations, State Mining Authorities and tax administrations. Such an exercise would enable mining records to be compared with E-Way Bills, e-invoices and GST returns.
