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I would like to report the Tax evasion (Service Tax, Income Tax…

Reported on December 13, 2014 from Agra , Uttar Pradesh  ι Report #48246

I would like to report the Tax evasion (Service Tax, Income Tax and Sales Tax), Forgery, Bribe collection for RTO, activities of M/S NITIN AUTO SALES (Tin No. 09300121886 ), Mr. Navneet Bansal who is the owner of the M/S NITIN AUTO SALES are doing the illegal activity at their Showroom.

1. They are collecting bribe of Rs. 350 on behalf of RTO on each bike.
2. They are selling bike accessories but did not providing the accessories Invoice in order to do the tax evasion.
3. They are charging in excess on account of accessories and making people fool.

I have purchase I-smart bike on 7th Sep, from M/S NITIN AUTO SALES they quote me 3875 RTO charges, I asked why it is 3875, because 7% should be charged as a RTO charges so the charges should be around 3533, Dealers employee replied that it is a bribe for the RTO which you have to pay if you want to purchase a bike else we would not deliver you the bike, then I sent a email to Hero motor official . I got a call from Abhinav Sharma(Area Sales Manager Hero Moto Corp), which I have recorded in which he said yes it is a bribe and you have to pay and now it's your choice either you want to escalate this or not. We won't stop you. Thereafter I have been forced to pay this bribe however I have already told to Abhinav Sharma that I will escalate this issue to the concerned authorities. After purchasing the bike I tried to file a FIR against this illegal activities and mal-practices of the Dealer but still it is in process and I also email my concern to the Hero Moto Corp too, there after Mr. Nitin called me and asked me to get the refund of Rs 350 but I asked him to refund the amount to all the customer from whom you have collected this amount, but Dealer denied and then Mr. Navneet Bansal called me and accepted that they are taking bribe and offered me refund of Rs 350.

Dealers and Hero Moto officer all have accepted that they are collecting bribe on behalf of RTO and it is recorded in my cell phone, Now Hero Motors Area Sales Manager replied me on email that it is a service charge which is collected by M/S NITIN AUTO SALES, however he himself accepted earlier this that is a bribe. If it is a Service charge then why dealers called me for refund and where is the service charge invoice. Why it is not given at the time of purchasing.

After purchasing the bike I have noticed that they have not given me the complete bill, so I phoned Mr. Sanjay Lavania (Manager @ M/S NITIN AUTO SALES), he told me your bill has been generated but we forget to deliver the same to you yesterday now please come and collect the same. I have received my accessories bill but when I have checked with my friend who have purchased the same bike from M/S NITIN AUTO SALES, I found that they have taken cash for accessories but did not provided the bill to my friend and charged Rupee 2013.00 in excess from him for the same bike with same accessories, thereafter I have check so many case and in all the case it was identified that Nitin Auto Sales is charging more than 2000 on each bike.

On 23 Nov’14 I have sent one of my another friend Rajeev Jain who also purchased a bike from Nitin Auto sales in order to get the bill , because Rupees 2300 bills was not provided to them, My friend visited showroom and asked for the bill, Nitin auto sales employee Ravi kumar generated fake bill printout instantly and showed them in order to satisfy and later denied from providing the hard copy bill to the Rajeev Jain, which itself show they are cheating with them, This incident video footage is available with us.

So It is confirmed that they are not providing bill to the customers for accessories in order to manipulate the tax liability or Tax evasion and they are collecting bribe of Rs 350 on each bike from last decades. If you reconcile their cash receipt with the invoice then all thing will be clear itself,

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