1.3 lakh defaulters, but UP second in GST collection

The UP  commercial tax department has identified 1.30 lakh tax defaulters who have not filed returns for the month of June. Around 71,000 of these are assessees who have not filed returns for the past six months. Despite this, the state has been second in the country in  GST collection , the collection being Rs 5,272.38 crore in August. This, said commercial tax officers, was possible be…