Unearthing major tax evasion, Delhi Government has detected swindling of tax to the tune of staggering Rs 230 crore by mobile phone dealers who imported handsets from China and sold them “illegally”. Top officials in the tax department said apart from evasion of tax, the dealers were found selling Chinese mobile phones not having the mandatory International Mobile Equipment Identity (IMEI) number, which could pose a major security threat.
“We have detected evasion of Rs 230 crore by 59 mobile phone dealers in the city. These dealers were selling the handsets without payment of Value Added Tax (VAT). We have now issued notices to them,” an official told PTI.
The tax department had conducted a series of raids on the mobile phone dealers in Karol Bagh and Gaffar market in the last few months after getting inputs from the Customs department.
