Act against GST evaders irrespective of jurisdiction: CBIC to tax officials

The CBIC's move to step up enforcement actions will help in expediting enforcement action against erring taxpayers and also increase collection by plugging leakages

The CBIC has asked tax officials of the Centre as well as state governments to initiate enforcement actions against GST evaders irrespective of jurisdiction with a view to checking revenue leakage.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), in a communication to the field formations, has said that "intelligence-based enforcement action" against a taxpayer can be initiated by Central and state officials even if the assessee does not fall under the official's jurisdiction.

Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime, which was rolled out from July 1, 2017, the taxpayers were assigned to Central and state officials on the