The Kerala commercial taxes department has put a fine of up to Rs 54 crore on e-commerce players for evasion of sales tax in 2012-13 and 2013-14. The companies which have been fined include Flipkart, Jabong, Vector e-commerce which has a stake in Myntra.com and Robemall apparels which operates Zovi.com The Financial Express reports that Flipkart was fined Rs 47.15 crore, Jabong was fined Rs 3.89 crore, Vector e-commerce was fined Rs 2.23 crore and Robemall was fined Rs 36 lakh. The report added that other e-commerce players will come under its scanner. It is worth noting that earlier in June last year, e-commerce players had stopped deliveries to Kerala due to issues with the state's sales tax department as they had banned cash on delivery services . E-commerce players also ran into trouble with the Karnataka government last year, most notably Amazon. The Karnataka government is now planning to amend the Value Added Tax Act to bring transactions on e-commerce sites under its ambit. Through this amendment, the government is expected to classify online marketplaces as “commission agents” since they charge a commission from third-party sellers for using their platform and their delivery & warehousing services. The Punjab government too is taking stock of the loss of revenue to the state from online shopping. The Punjab government has asked the websites to furnish details of items they have sold to people living in Punjab. They also plan to ask these companies to set up warehouses in the state so that it can…
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