Hunt for fake GST registration may turn heat on minnows of e-commerce

Small businesses that sell goods through e-commerce platforms fear a recently launched drive against fake GST registrations could hit them hard because many of them run operations through co-working spaces or shared warehouses—practices that may pose a hurdle during verification.

Central and state indirect tax authorities launched a two-month drive on 16 May to weed out entities that secure GST registrations wrongfully, generate fake invoices and pass on bogus tax credits to other entities without any actual sales