The State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) department conducted searches on multiple locations including 17 hotels and resorts in and around Sasan-Gir lion sanctuary.
The offices of two booking agents operating out of Ahmedabad and found Rs 11.97 crore of income without proper tax compliance.
The hotels and resorts in Sasan-Gir were found to have projected lower room tariff, missing accounts of services provided, and paid tax under lower slabs, stated an official statement from the department on Saturday.
The department demanded Rs 3.04 crore from erring hotels and resorts, including pending taxes and penalties, and has already recovered Rs 2.14 crore.
The department is still looking into documents seized from two other resorts.