Deepinder Goyal-led Everlasting has obtained a GST a complete demand order of Rs 1.34 crore for the monetary yr 2021–22, the corporate mentioned in a inventory change submitting.
The Deputy Commissioner of State Tax, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, handed the order on August 6 below Part 74 of the CGST and UPGST Acts. The whole quantity consists of Rs 67.25 lakh as tax demand and an equal quantity as penalty, along with relevant curiosity.
The demand was raised on account of alleged brief cost of output tax and extra availment of enter tax credit score, the corporate mentioned.
“We imagine that we’ve got a robust case on deserves and the corporate can be submitting an enchantment towards the order earlier than the suitable authority,” said Everlasting in a submitting.
In December final yr, Zomato was slapped with an order from the federal government for non-payment of products and companies taxes (GST) on supply fees. The order, given by the Joint Commissioner of CGST & Central Excise, Thane Commissionerate, calls for about Rs 401 crore of GST with curiosity together with a penalty of round Rs 401 crore, amounting to a complete of over Rs 803 crore in unpaid tax dues and penalty.
In February earlier this yr, Zomato mentioned that tax authorities dropped their demand for Rs 5.9 crore unpaid GST from the corporate. It obtained a beneficial order from the Extra Commissioner, Central Items and Companies Tax, Gurugram, for the interval July 2017 to March 2021, to forgo a Items and Companies Tax (GST) quantity of Rs 5.90 crore.
Edited by Jyoti Narayan
