UP Confectioner Earning Rs 12,000 Per Month Gets Income Tax Notice For Rs 141 Crore, Case Filed

UP Confectioner Earning Rs 12,000 Per Month Gets Income Tax Notice For Rs 141 Crore, Case Filed

In a bizarre case of negligence, a small confectioner in Uttar Pradesh’s Bulandshahr district has been served an Income Tax notice of a massive Rs 141 crore, leaving his family shocked and distressed.

The notice, amounting to Rs 1,41,28,47,126, was sent to Sudhir Gupta, the shopowner of modest sweet shop in the Nayaganj area of Khurja Nagar Kotwali in Bulandshahr, news agency IANS reported.

Gupta said his family went into shock on seeing the notice. He said that he runs the confectionery from his home in Khurja and earns between Rs 10,000 and 12,000. He said that he had never carried out such massive transactions

“It is unimaginable. I am just a small businessman. I have never done business of crores, let alone billions of rupees. Suddenly, such a big notice came, and my entire family is devastated,” Gupta told the news agency.

Preliminary investigations have revealed that some Delhi-based companies allegedly misused his Aadhaar and PAN information to carry out transactions worth billions.

By fraudulently using his documents, the companies showed large-scale business dealings and shifted the liability of tax evasion onto him.

Now, the victim has filed a complaint at the local police station, following which an FIR was registered and an investigation initiated.

Gupta added that this was not the first such incident — he had received a similar notice in 2022 as well.

“We request the police to ensure justice and take strict action against the culprits. It seems someone used my Aadhaar and PAN to open firms and carry out huge transactions without paying taxes,” Gupta added.

Police officials said the matter is under investigation and assured the family that corrective action would be taken.

(Source: News18 & msn.com)