As per Section 74 of the CGST Act if the tax officer feels that tax is not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised by reason of fraud or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax, then the concerned tax official shall serve a notice on the taxable person for the tax which has not been so paid or which has been so short paid or to whom the refund has erroneously been made, or who has wrongly availed or utilised input tax credit, requiring him to show cause as to why he should not pay the amount specified in the notice along with interest payable at rate of 18% or as recommended by the GST Council.
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