According to a recent report, nearly 1280 private firms in Haryana state registered by the excise taxaion department for GST has been suspected involved in fraud for amount worth Rs 1181 crore. In a recent seminar held by the state government decision was taken for physical verification of all suspected registered organizations in the state and all District Excise & Taxation Commissioners (DETC) were directed to submit detail of all registered firms in their district by July 26 this year to take stern action against fake firms cheating government by earning input credit tax illegally.
It was deteceted that large number of fake firms were registered in Haryana state on-line when GST was introduced in the country without physical verification in 2017 and there is a long list of fakely registered firms in every district across the state, suspected involved in embezzlements most of them allegedly collecting input creadit tax fakly which would now be physically checked by the excise & taxation department officials in every district and very sern acdtion will be taken against those running fake firms registered on fake documents functioning in the state earning huge amount in past years as input credit tax collected from customers as told by a spokespersons of the department. It has been detected that countless fake firms in the state having GST number, filing GST return, despatching goods from one state to another through fake e-bills  in sale and purchase of goods shown in their record, thus earned huge amount towards input creadit tax as observed during  preliminary investigation by the vigilance team will not be spared at any cost.
Meanwhile, recently Special Investigation Team at Sirsa has arrested two Excise & Taxation Department officials officials identified as a retired DETC G.C. Choudhary and Ashok Sukhija a ETO allegedly involved in benefitting fake firms, both were found involved in as many as 15 cases if irregularities and fraud by SIT in which three fake firms alleged registered in 2011-12 includinga firm in the name of JC Enterprises shown owned by Madan Lal purchasing cement tiles and cigarettes from Rajasthan shown selling goods in the state, whereas no such firms existed and the verification of the same was found conducted falsely by both officers.  Investigation further revealed that both officers of excise & taxation department were owning three fake firms at Sirsa in the name of their near and dears to earn money and the alleged G.C. Choudhary had purchased two plots at Rohtak, whereas Ashok Sukhija had purchased a plot at Kaithal with the illegal money. However, Special Investigation Team arrested both, produced them in the court which remanded both on a day police remand.