India Income Tax Department uncovered large tax evasion within restaurant sector. Moreover investigation wing initiated nationwide survey on Sunday. Authorities examined nearly seventy restaurants across country. Additionally officials aim to detect hidden sales worth seventy thousand crore rupees.
Officials suspect restaurant operators manipulated billing software systems. Consequently businesses allegedly concealed significant revenue from tax authorities.
Billing Software Manipulation Exposed
Investigators discovered serious irregularities inside billing systems. Moreover several restaurant operators altered backend software functions.
After providing bills to customers, operators edited cash invoices. Additionally some owners completely deleted transaction records. Consequently systems failed to show actual cash revenue.
Survey Conducted Across Multiple States
Authorities detected tax evasion cases across several states. These states include Andhra Pradesh Delhi Maharashtra Karnataka Gujarat.
Meanwhile survey locations extend across nearly forty five cities nationwide. Cities range from Madurai toward Shimla. Additionally operations stretch from Godhra toward Guwahati. Delhi Mumbai also appear within survey network.
Investigators suspect hidden sales worth nearly seven hundred crore rupees within surveyed establishments.
Cities Covered During Survey
Officials conducted surveys across several cities nationwide. In Andhra Pradesh operations occurred in Rajahmundry Nellore Visakhapatnam.
Meanwhile Maharashtra locations included Mumbai Thane Pune Amravati. Haryana inspections occurred inside Gurugram.
Additionally Uttar Pradesh surveys happened within Noida Hapur Ghaziabad Lucknow. Tamil Nadu operations occurred across Chennai Coimbatore Madurai.
Furthermore Chhattisgarh inspection occurred inside Korba. Haryana survey extended toward Samalkha.
Himachal Pradesh operations took place within Shimla. Punjab locations included Jalandhar Amritsar Ludhiana.
Odisha inspections occurred across Puri Cuttack Bhubaneswar. Rajasthan operations covered Jaipur Ajmer.
Kerala surveys took place within Malappuram Kozhikode. West Bengal inspections included Kolkata Siliguri.
Assam authorities inspected Guwahati. Bihar operations included Patna Saran. Jharkhand survey covered Koderma.
Income Tax Department Uses AI Tools
Investigators deployed artificial intelligence alongside data analytics technology. These tools helped identify hidden financial records.
Officials analysed nearly sixty terabytes transactional data. Consequently investigators recovered deleted server information.
Additionally authorities examined six years transaction records. Investigators compared customer UPI payments against restaurant GST returns. This comparison exposed concealed transactions.
Bulk Delete Feature Used For Tax Evasion
Investigators found restaurants exploited software feature called bulk delete. Operators used feature to erase cash payment records entirely. In several cases owners edited invoice values drastically. For example bill amount two thousand rupees appeared later as twenty rupees.
Moreover some establishments removed complete monthly sales records. Consequently businesses attempted avoiding GST tax payments.
States With Highest Tax Evasion
Investigators discovered highest tax evasion within Karnataka Telangana Tamil Nadu. Additionally Maharashtra Gujarat also showed similar irregularities. Authorities continue expanding investigation across restaurant sector nationwide.
