State Taxes Department raided more than 20 coaching centres in Srinagar, seized documents

State Taxes Department raided more than twenty coaching centres in Srinagar, Seized documents.

State Taxes Department on Thursday raided more than twenty coaching centres and other business premises on complaints of tax evasion in central Kashmir’s Srinagar.

As per sources on the directions of Additional Commissioner, State Taxes Department J&K Shakeel Maqbool (ICAS), more than twenty teams led by State Taxes Officers raided coaching centres in Parraypora and other areas of Srinagar district.

Department had received complaints of tax evasion by these coaching centres. During searches, Tax officers seized books of accounts and electronic gadgets for ascertaining the tax evaded, sources said. It is pertinent to mention that 18% GST is chargeable on coaching classes.