Representations have been received in the Board that, subsequent to the aforesaid judgment, many field formations have initiated proceedings for the alleged evasion of GST on the issue of secondment under section 74(1) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘CGST Act’).

Reference is invited to the provisions of section 52, section 73, section 74, section 122, section 123, section 124, section 125, section 127, section 129 and section 130 of Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (herein after referred to as the CGST Act), as per which a notice is required to be issued by the proper officer to a person for demand and recovery of any amount of tax not paid or short paid/ amount of input tax credit wrongly availed/ amount of refund erroneously made, for recovery of interest and/ or for imposition of any penalty or fine on the said person.

Consumer Welfare Fund (CWF) has been constituted under Section 57 of the Central Goods & Service Tax (CGST) Act, 2017. The provision for utilization of CWF has been made in Section 58 of the CGST Act, 2017

It has been observed that in many cases of issuance of fake invoices and availment of ITC on the basis of fake invoices, the persons who have orchestrated/perpetuated these fraudulent acts are seeking judicial intervention through Hon’ble High Courts especially by challenging the power of arrest in terms of Section 69 of the CGST Act, 2017.