Audits Comptroller & Auditor General
CAG finds ₹998.85 crore tax loss in Haryana revenue audit
This audit examined the revenue receipts and tax administration of the Government of Haryana for the period ended March 2024.
₹ 998.85 croreCAG reported a total loss of revenue of ₹ 998.85 crore due to under assessment and short levy of taxes.
It focused on compliance in State Excise, Sales Tax/VAT, Stamp Duty, and Vehicle Taxes.
Who it concerns: Government of Haryana (Departments: Excise and Taxation, Stamp Duty and Registration, Transport)
What the auditor found
- CAG found under assessment/short levy of tax/loss of revenue aggregating to ₹ 998.85 crore in 7,144 cases across various departments.
- Departments acknowledged deficiencies of ₹ 814.62 crore but recovered only ₹ 0.24 crore during the year.
- Subject Specific Compliance Audit on Works Contract/Construction services under GST revealed compliance irregularities of ₹ 389.07 crore.
- CAG noted that granular records for 18 out of 30 taxpayers were not produced, preventing examination of ₹ 37.69 crore in identified risks.
- Non-levy of tax on closing stock resulted in a loss of ₹ 6.67 crore.
- Application of lower tax rates led to under assessment of ₹ 3.31 crore plus leviable interest of ₹ 2.47 crore.
- Allowing concessional rates without verification resulted in under assessment of ₹ 0.98 crore and leviable penalty of ₹ 2.93 crore.
- Incorrect grant of Input Tax Credit (ITC) resulted in a loss of ₹ 2.32 crore including penalty.
- Stamp duty short realisation of ₹ 34.08 crore due to using agricultural land rates for residential/commercial plots.
- Short levy of stamp duty of ₹ 30.65 crore due to misclassification of collaboration agreements.
- Non/short levy of stamp duty of ₹ 9.93 crore on mortgage deeds.
- Irregular exemption of stamp duty of ₹ 4.90 crore on non-bonafide compromise decrees.
- Suspected misappropriation of Government money of ₹ 5.43 crore in the Regional Transport Authority, Panchkula.
- CAG recommended instituting a mechanism for obtaining granular taxpayer records and ensuring strict application of tax provisions.
Also in the document
- CAG reported a total loss of revenue of ₹ 998.85 crore due to under assessment and short levy of taxes.
- CAG identified a suspected misappropriation of ₹ 5.43 crore in the Regional Transport Authority, Panchkula.
- CAG noted that departments recovered only ₹ 0.24 crore against acknowledged deficiencies of ₹ 814.62 crore.
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