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Firms face I-T heat over GST evasion charges; L&T, Zee offices 'surveyed'

The crackdown is part of coordinated action against thousands of entities identified by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, which recently shared the information with the I-T department

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According to sources, companies based in cities including Hyderabad, Delhi, Pune, and Bengaluru will also be covered in this nationwide crackdown | Illustration: Binay Sinha

Shrimi Choudhary New Delhi
About two dozen Mumbai-based companies and businesses have come under the scanner of tax officials for possible violations of provisions related to goods and services tax (GST) and alleged tax evasion through fake bills in the past two financial years. This resulted in a “survey action”, initiated by the Income-Tax (I-T) department along with a GST team, on Monday against two major business groups —construction major Larsen & Turbo (L&T) and Essel Group’s Zee Entertainment. 

The crackdown is part of coordinated action against thousands of entities identified by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence, which recently shared the information with

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