Odisha: Driver receives Rs 4.31cr tax evasion notice | News – Times of India Videos

A driver in Raurkela has been accused of cheating the government of taxes and served a Rs 4.31-crore tax evasion notice from the GST office, Cuttack. The notice says that Rajendra Pallai claimed input tax credit using fake invoices drawn in name of a fake company. Pallai, a resident of Sector 20 here, recently received the letter, which refers to him as the owner of a firm, RP Enterprises, and adds that this the company has a tax liability of Rs 4.31 crore. The letter (as seen by TOI) says RP Enterprises received taxable goods amounting to Rs 23,96,64,843 and claimed input tax credit of Rs 2,15,69,836 under CGST and Rs 2,15,69,863 under SGST on the basis of tax invoices issued by the company. Pallai said he had fallen victim to identity theft. “I had handed over my Aadhaar card and other personal documents to a person who claimed he would engage me in a job where I would get a monthly salary of Rs 10,000. I came to know that some fake company has been formed in my name with the help of my documents,” he added. “I appeal to the authorities to initiate a probe into the case,” he said.