After the big bank ‘PNB scam’, another scam came into picture on March 1, 2018 in Mumbai, but this time this fraud is under Goods & Services Tax (GST). In this write-up, the author explains the actual case in a layman language along with the intention behind this fraud.
The Union Cabinet on 1st March 2018 approved the establishment of much awaited NATIONAL FINANCIAL REPORTING AUTHORITY. This created one post of Chairperson and three posts of Full Time Members against a provision of fifteen members in law and one Secretary for NFRA.
Thus, in order to manage the upcoming month, I had compiled the important due dates for the month of March 2018, and the list of events or work which needs to be completed within the said deadline as below:
In Ramdev Trading Company & Another v. State of U.P. & 3 others (2017) 12 TMI 341 (Allahabad), where the goods of assessee were detained by detaining authority and also a penalty imposed on the ground that goods were mis described, it was observed that at the stage of seizure the detaining authority had not applied his mind, nor formed any opinion as to intention to evade tax and the only allegation made in the seizure order was to the effect that the Transit Declaration Form (TDF) was absent
No more adjournments. No more tareek pe tareek. Enough is enough. That a Court will endlessly grant adjournments is not something that parties or advocates can take for granted. Nor should they assume that there will be no consequences to continued defaults and unexplained delay
Till the time disciplinary inquiry is concluded, and the role of all those who acted in fiduciary responsibility is established in the matter, it would not be prudent to draw any conclusion against the profession.
It is not uncommon these days to hear expressions of grave concern within our profession about losing the dignity of the profession and a general decline in intra profession courtesy. At the same time, leaders of our Government are criticizing our profession for inefficiency and not delivering the result at par with their expectations.
We have seen many financial scams during the last few years from Satyam, Saradha, Kingfisher (Mr. Vijay Mallya), NSEL to PNB where public money running into thousands of crores of rupees has been involved. There may be many such scams which still hidden in dark room. These scams have shattered the faith of investors, citizens & other stake holders.
Whether the Multi-National Accounting Firms (MAFs) are operating in India in violation of law in force in a clandestine manner, and no effective steps are being taken to enforce the said law. If so, what orders are required to be passed to enforce the said law.
As a number of IGST refunds are stuck due to invoice mismatch and other mismatches, an interface has been developed in ICES where Customs officers can process refund claims and sanction refund. All the concerned Chief Commissioners are requested to ensure that all pending refund claims arising due to invoice mismatch or other mismatch which need rectification by trade/our officers are processed and settled on a priority basis.
