Excelsior Correspondent
KISHTWAR, Jan 17: The State Tax Department today conducted an extensive inspection of business units (BUs) at Kishtwar and seized their sale records for scrutiny in view of noticing some suspicious tendencies.
The main business units inspected include New Vishal Enterprises, Zam Zam Sweets, Shiva Medicos, Azad Cement and Dazzling Glass House. Sale records of these units were seized for scrutiny in view of noticing some suspicious tendencies to evade tax. Besides, more than 30 business units were inspected on random basis.
The inspecting team included 6 State Tax officers namely Mohammed Ashfaq, Javaid, Neeraj, Arvind, Mohit, Riyaz and Inspectors and Sub Inspectors of the Department. All the business establishments inspected were exhorted to implement the GST laws in letter and spirit to avoid initiation of penalty proceedings against them.
The drive was conducted under the directions of Commissioner, State Taxes, J&K, P K Bhat and under the command of Additional Commissioner, State Taxes, Administration and Enforcement Jammu, Mohammed Shahid Saleem with a motto to reach out to the traders in remote areas to listen to their genuine concerns and lend a helping hand to them to ensure implementation of GST laws.