Report of the Comptroller and Auditor General of India on Revenue Sector for the year ended 31 March 2020
This Report contains 15 illustrative audit paragraphs relating to non/short levy of taxes, interest, penalty, non/short levy of excise duty, stamp duty etc. with revenue implications of ₹99.36 crore.
The total revenue receipts of the State Government for the year 2019-20 were ₹ 67,858.13 crore as compared to ₹ 65,885.12 crore during the year 2018-19. Test check of the records of 163 units pertaining to Sales Tax/Value Added Tax, State Excise duty and Stamp Duty and Registration fees conducted during the year 2019-20 brought out under assessment/short levy/loss of revenue aggregating to ₹ 1,422.55 crore in 2,805 cases.
Audit findings related to tax administration of Value Added Tax/Sales tax and brought out under assessments and other deficiencies involving ₹ 96.01 crore.
Audit of the administration under Excise Duty and compliance audit findings related to non/short recovery of license fee and interest and other irregularities involving of ₹ 1.97 crore.
Audit of tax administration under Stamp Duty and Registration Fee and contains compliance audit finding related to non/short levy of stamp duty and registration fee and other irregularities involving ₹1.38 crore.