Pan masala worth lakhs confiscated by state taxation department

LUDHIANA: In yet any other motion in opposition to tax evasion the investigation wing of state taxation division on Friday impounded two vans at Ludhiana which were wearing Pan Masala value lakhs without invoice. These vans had been sent from Uttar Pradesh and had been to be offloaded at Gill Road and other location in Ludhiana from the place the consignments had been to be distributed in small batches to shops by means of the company which ordered them.

In a shocker these vans had been ferrying the consignment without any bill and after being stuck one of the crucial drivers tried to befool the tax officers by means of appearing them a pretend e-way invoice of some other goods meant for Himachal Pradesh. According to assets the total price of the consignments is being estimated between Rs 15-20 lakh and the GST applicable on Pan Masala is 88 per cent which means that tax to the tunes of Rs 15-17 lakh was being evaded by means of the individuals running the racket of transportation of goods without invoice.

Giving extra information about the catch, Joint Director of investigation wing HPS Ghotra said, “This was any other successful operation by means of our group as the facilitators of those goods had been operating in such hi-tech way that they first used to despatch an advance birthday celebration on the route to be sure that there is not any kind of checking or any tax authentic on inspection. But this time they had been outsmarted by means of our group led by means of excise and taxation officer Major Manmohan Singh who stuck cling of 1 truck at Gill Road and any other near Sherpur Chowk which the driving force and his companion had been looking to disguise within the streets.”