Trader gets GST notice for 17-pt decimal error

In a case of extreme intolerance for any discrepancy in Good and Services Tax (GST) returns under scrutiny, the proprietor of a Ahmedabad based engineering company, Sanjay Ghosh (name changed to protect privacy), has received a notice from the state tax department stating there was a discrepancy of Rs 0.77999999999883585 in his tax payment.  The discrepancy was based on the sales (GSTR-1) and…