India, Feb. 19 -- The GST department has asked HDFC Bank and ICICI Bank to provisionally attach the operative bank accounts of coworking space provider Awfis over claiming excess input tax credit (ITC).

In an exchange filing, Awfis said it has received copies of orders from Mumbai's joint commissioner of state tax directing the banks to attach the accounts under Section 83 of CGST Act, 2017.

The section gives the GST department the authority to attach provisionally any property, including bank accounts, belonging to the entity concerned.

The tax authority issued Form GST DRC-22 to the banks on February 18 for the attachment of the bank accounts due to excess input tax credit (ITC) of INR 4.42 Cr claimed by Awfis.

The company informed ...