The great billing heist: How powerful 'delete' tool helped eateries hide crores from tax net

2026-02-19 - 17:13

Tax investigators in Hyderabad have uncovered a powerful 'delete' function in restaurant billing software, enabling widespread sales suppression. This feature, allowing deletion of up to a month's sales history, has led to probes into numerous eateries, with some accused of evading taxes on crores annually. AI tools are aiding the crackdown.