Crackdown on tax violations: 10,000 fraud GST registrations turn up in first week of drive

Central and state goods and services tax officials have detected about 10,000 fake GST registrations in the first week of a joint drive. The officials are conducting door-to-door physical verification of addresses before initiating any action, people aware of details said.

The campaign against fraudulent invoices and registration began May 15 and will run until July 15. "In the first week of the drive so far we have detected about 10,000 fake GST registrations," a senior official told.