The income tax department issued an income tax notice to a 40-year old e-rickshaw driver in Mathura, demanding him to pay tax of Rs 3.47 crore for his annual turnover of Rs 43.44 crore in the 2018-19 financial year. E-Rickshaw Driver, Pratap Singh filed a police report on Sunday, but no FIR has been registered yet though.
MP Singh, the city’s Superintendent of Police (SP), informed that during the investigation, police discovered a Delhi-based firm registered using Pratap Singh’s PAN number. The inquiry is continuing, and a FIR will be registered based on information acquired throughout the investigation, according to the SP.
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Pratap Singh said in his police complaint that someone may have stolen his identity because he doesn’t have even a fraction of such a large turnover. “I have been driving an e-rickshaw for the past four years and earn Rs 400-500 a day, which is barely sufficient to feed five family members, including our three children. I can’t even think of such a huge amount in my wildest of dreams ,” a shocked Singh told.
On October 19, Singh said he received a call from the income tax department asking him to come into their office. “When I reached there, they served me the tax notice of Rs 3.47 crore,” he stated in his complaint.
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When he informed the I-T department about his work, they advised him to file a police complaint because someone had obtained a GST number in his name and used it to start a business. In 2018-19, the company’s yearly turnover was Rs 43.44 crore, and a tax assessment of Rs 3.47 crore was made against the provided PAN number, which was registered in Pratap Singh’s name. Pratap, a Bakalpur village resident, explained that he required a PAN card for banking purposes and went to a Jan Suvidha Kendra in March 2018 to obtain one. After a month, he was promised he would receive the PAN card.
He contacted the center again when he didn’t receive it. A man named Sanjay Singh later gave him a coloured photocopy of the PAN card. “Because I am uneducated, I was unable to distinguish between the original PAN card and the photocopy,” Pratap stated in his complaint.
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According to the assessment order issued by the income tax department, “Information was received on INSIGHT portal under high risk no-filer case wherein it has been shown that the assessee reported a turnover of Rs 43.44 crore in GSTR-1.However, the assessed tax was not filed in his ITR within the due date of filing of ITR.” the assessee was issued and served with a notice under section 142 (1), dated February 25, 2020, requiring the filing of the ITR for the assessment year 2019-20. As a result, the assessee was subjected to scrutiny under section 144 of the Income Tax Act.
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