DGGI ends FY18 GST proceedings against Infosys
Infosys said late Saturday that the Directorate General of Goods and Services Tax Intelligence (DGGI) had ended “the pre-show cause notice proceedings for the financial year 2017-2018,” adding that “the GST amount as per the pre-show cause notice for this period was Rs 3,898 crore”.
The development comes three days after Infosys acknowledged receipt of a notice for alleged evasion of over Rs 32,000 crore ($3.8 billion) in integrated goods and services tax (IGST) between July 2017, when the levy was rolled out, and FY22. On Friday, Karnataka withdrew the pre-show cause notice it had sent to the company on the matter and asked Infosys to submit further responses on the demand to DGGI.
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There wasn’t any clarity on the demand pertaining to the period between FY19 and FY22 in Saturday’s statement. Infosys didn’t respond to queries.
“The company had received and responded to a pre-show cause notice issued by DGGI for the period July 2017 to March 2022,” the company said in the Saturday exchange filing.
The tax demand had sparked a backlash. On Thursday, industry lobby group Nasscom said it reflected the GST enforcement mechanism’s lack of understanding of the IT industry operating modelas this wasn’t ‘import of service’ by a head office from a branch. Nasscom had asked the finance ministry for a clarification so that the industry could avoid litigation risk.
CA Parag Mehta, Partner, indirect tax, N A Shah Associates LLB, said, the
