56% assessees file GST returns for October

Panel formed to simplify return-filing process, take feedback from stakeholders, experts

As many as 4.37 million assessees have filed summary returns for the goods and services tax (GST) by the deadline on Monday. This constitutes around 56% of the registered taxpayers.

To simplify the return-filing process — traders have been complaining about glitches — a committee has been constituted. GST Network Chairman A B Pandey will head the committee. He said the panel members would consult tax experts and trade bodies to make the process convenient, having minimal transactions. 

The panel comprises tax commissioners of Karnataka, Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and Punjab, and senior officials from the department of revenue and the