UP News: Indefinite ban on raids against GST evasion, decision taken in view of traders’ anger A to Z Counsel

Closed shops and protesting traders.
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The campaign against GST evasion being run by the State Tax Department was put on indefinite hold. According to the information received from the sources, this decision has been taken in view of the anger of the traders. Traders are agitated and protesting against the raids. In many areas of Lucknow city, traders have closed shops in protest.

State Tax Commissioner Ministry S. The campaign against GST evasion was going on on the instructions of On the sixth day of this campaign, many businessmen were raided in all 71 districts and their transactions were checked. Tax evasion was being caught on a large scale in a simultaneous operation by 248 teams. In this series, on the sixth day also more than 180 traders were raided and investigated.

Earlier, raids on business establishments continued on Sunday as well. While the officials detected tax evasion of Rs 19.05 crore in raids on the sixth day, Rs 1.37 crore fine was also deposited from all the traders. The seizure of goods etc. was not done on the sixth day.