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The Directorate General of GST Intelligence is the investigation wing of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs for GST evasion.
7 storiesLatest 28 Aug 2026, 12:35 IST
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In GST, a buyer's right to input tax credit depends on the supplier actually paying the tax. When a supply chain turns out to be invoice-only, the credit is reversed at the buyer's end — and recent DGGI arrests show the enforcement now reaching the professionals who built the structures.
Enforcement
The Supreme Court held on 27 May 2026 that GST on casino and online-gaming stakes is valid, reviving DGGI tax demands that Delta Corp had challenged before it as confiscatory.
Enforcement
The Supreme Court on 27 May 2026 restored the DGGI's roughly Rs 21,000 crore GST notice to Gameskraft, setting aside the Karnataka High Court order. It is a civil tax dispute, not a criminal charge.
Enforcement
The Directorate General of GST Intelligence says its Pune unit uncovered a network of shell firms that allegedly passed Rs 1,196 crore in fake input tax credit, and has arrested one person.
Enforcement
The Directorate General of GST Intelligence says it arrested a Delhi man on 11 November 2025 after uncovering 229 dummy firms allegedly used to pass Rs 645 crore in ineligible input tax credit.
Enforcement
The Enforcement Directorate provisionally attached 10 properties worth Rs 15.41 crore in a PMLA case alleging a 135 shell-company fake-invoice racket; four accused are arrested and deny it.
Enforcement
The Directorate General of GST Intelligence blocked 357 offshore online money-gaming websites and provisionally attached Rs 122.05 crore in a GST-evasion crackdown reported on 22 March 2025.
