Income tax dept surveys offices of Flipkart arm Instakart, Swiggy

The Income Tax Department is conducting a survey at Instakart (a group company of Flipkart) and food ordering and delivery company Swiggy here in connection with an alleged bogus input tax credit (ITC) connected to an external vendor, sources informed on Thursday.

According to sources, the survey was conducted on the input provided by the Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) who is currently running a nationwide drive against GST evaders to minimise the misuse of the system. DGGI has found GST invasion and referred the case to income tax to check the income tax evasion.

A Flipkart spokesperson confirmed the survey being conducted by the IT department and said that the company is ensuring full compliance.