According to news source, the Commercial Taxes department has sealed off an undeclared warehouse with imported goods worth Rs 4 crore in Bengaluru with 60 GST registrations linked to a Chinese national from Wuhan.
The officials found 25,446 China-made electronic & fast-moving consumer goods worth Rs 4 crore stored in the warehouse which was not declared to the tax authorities.
Commissioner of Commercial Taxes Srikar said in a press note that the officers noticed one person from Wuhan City, China, got the premises in Benglauru on lease. They also found that about 60 registrations (both Centre and State jurisdictions) under the GST Act in the name of a number of persons for online trading of imported China-made goods had a single address which was vacant.
Most of the registrations were found irregular in filing of returns and payment of tax. Majority of the firms either filed nil returns or were non-filers. The registration data showed that one business was registered in 2017-18, 43 in 2018-19, 14 in 2019-20 and two in 2020-21. Most of the 60 firms were private limited companies and 24 persons were interchangeably directors in 58 firms.
No one was available at the time of raid, and at the business premises and no one came forward to participate in the proceedings in spite of providing sufficient time. It is learnt that the Chinese national is operating the business from Wuhan City since January 2020 with the assistance of some of his agents/employees in Bengaluru. It is also learnt that multiple registrations are being taken for better rating on ecommerce platforms.
