Haryana Tax Dept Turns Lens on Shell Cos Experts warn that intrusive methods of GST verification may hurt smaller cos Haryana excise and taxation department has asked its officers to find out whether premises companies from the state have mentioned in goods and services tax network registration are authentic, a move that seems to be aimed at identifying shell companies. Experts, however, warn that this could create problems for several genuine companies, mainly smaller ones, and may even prompt them to deregister from the GST network. “Success of GST depends on smaller entities as their non-inclusion in the GST value chain will significantly impair the reform,“ said MS Mani, partner at Deloitte India. “Usage of intrusive methods for verification of their registration would, at this initial stage, impact their acceptance of the reform. It is expected that all tax authorities would go all out to encourage smaller businesses to embrace GST without any concerns of a heavy handed