How To Identify GST Fraud in Restaurants? How to Complain about GST Fraud?

GST means Good & Service tax. In this post, I will talk about more important things which will benefit you all and also increase your awareness. I would like to talk about how you can recognize the GST fraud. Sometimes you go to a restaurant for your meal and the restaurant owner charges you for GST tax but he is not even registered with GST. And in the name of the tax he is filling up his own pocket. How can you recognise such frauds? and how can you complain about it? I will make you aware of that in this post.

How To Identify GST Fraud in Restaurants

How To Identify GST Fraud in Restaurants?

1. Is Your Dealer Registered With GST?

First of all Friends, you need to recognise whether your dealer has been registered with GST or not? This can be identified very easily by glancing at your bill. On your bill, a GST number should be printed. Whenever you go to any restaurant for food or buy any item from any shop then you must see the bill. If the bill doesn't include the printed GST number then your dealer is not registered by GST. Usually the GST number is 15 digits. Either it is printed on top of the bill or at the bottom. If in your bill you can't find this GST number anywhere, then your dealer is not registered with GST. If you are still being charged with GST tax then it's a fraud.

2. Is the GST Number Fake?

Secondly, some people print the GST number but it's a fake number printed by them. Now, how can you recognize that the printed GST number is fake or not? That can be done easily by visiting this website.👉https://services.gst.gov.in/services/searchtp So, here you can easily enter this number to see whether your GST is real or your GST number is fake. There is something unique about this GST number that it's 6th digit can tell you whether the GST number has been registered by an individual person or a company. Example GST Number: 27ABCDE1234F2Z5. If it's an individual person then the 6th digit will be "P" and if it's a company then the 6th digit will be "C".

3. What are the GST Rates?

Third thing you need to notice is that how much GST is been charged to you. If you are at a non-alcoholic serving, Non-AC restaurant then it should be charged 12%. If you are eating at an AC restaurant or a hotel or any alcohol serving restaurant then it will be 18% GST charge. If you are taking food from any takeaway counter, even though it will be 18% charged. If alcohol is been served at the restaurant, then there is NO GST on alcohol. Alcohol will be levied with VAT, which is different for every state.
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4. Do I Need to Pay Service Charge?

The fourth thing is the service charge. Service charge is not any kind of tax to give this or not is your own wish. No one can force you for that. If your bill includes service charge and you don't wish to give then you can even deny that to the restaurant. But if the restaurant forces you to pay then you can even file a complaint against them in the consumer court. So, through these 3-4 ways you will get to know that you have been targeted with the GST fraud.

How to Complain about GST Fraud?

Now, let's talk about how to complain against such GST frauds. Basically there are 5 different ways to complain against it. The first one is that you can call at this number (1800114000) or else you can send a SMS to this number (8130009809). The second way is to lodge a complaint at this website👉 https://consumerhelpline.gov.in/public/. The third way is to write an email to consumer-helpline@gov.in or else nch-ca@gov.in. The fourth way is that you can complain at the GST portal helpdesk@gst.gov.in or call at these help desk numbers 0120-4888999, 011-23370115. The fifth way is that you can contact them through Twitter. Twitter handles- @jagograhakjago @consaff @askGST_Goi , @FinMinIndia So, these are the twitter handles which you can contact.
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These are some of the ways you can complain about the GST fraud. If the GST fraud is caught then, there is a fine of 100% of the tax amount. Or upto 5 years of jail. Hope that through this post you've got to know a lot. To spread this awareness, Kindly share this post. Thank you.