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E-way bill generation showing green shoots of economic recovery: GSTN

Network says June 30, the last day of Unlock 1.0, ended with generation of 1.83 million E-way bills worth over Rs 54,500 crore, which is the highest since lockdown was enforced

Tranformational tax reform

GST has achieved a lot in three years, but there is an unfinished agenda

Reimagining GST for the post-Covid era

Revival of economic activity should overwhelm its agenda

It's high time govt worked with trade to revive economy

The government cannot turn a blind eye, as if there were no errors on the GSTN portal

GSTN provides work from home access to more than 1,700 tax officers

This has provided officers a secured access to work on various GST applications such as processing of registration application, refund application, audit, assessment, appeal etc

GSTN processed 10,077 new registrations, 7,876 refunds during lockdown

Till March 31, 2020, GSTN had enabled 1,748 tax officers from 18 states/UTs to access office through VPN, a secure way to access office networks.

Mobile phones to get costlier as GST rate hiked to 18% from 12%

GST Council asks Infosys to fix GSTN glitches by July

GST portal glitches to dominate agenda of Council meeting on Saturday

States may ask Infosys to have a point of contact; IT firm chairman Nilekani to a presentation on Saturday

Govt gives Infosys 15 days to submit plan to quickly fix glitches in GSTN

It was also decided to ask Infosys Chairman Nandan Nilekani to make an urgent presentation before the GST Council on March 14

Make GSTN portal efficient for tax payers: Finance ministry to Infosys

The ministry told Infosys it was the company's responsibility to deliver satisfactory performance of the portal and it should meet expectations of the tax payers

Revenue secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey named new finance secretary

An IAS officer of Maharashtra cadre with over 35 years of experience in state and Central governments, Pandey is taking over at a time when the economic growth has been on a downward trajectory

New GST filing format, e-invoicing to help in reporting for taxes: GSTN CEO

There is a need for standard to ensure complete interoperability, he said

Income mismatch probe: 5,000 companies under tax department lens

The Central Board of Direct Taxes has directed its tax sleuths to intensify enforcement action and launch search-and-survey operations against these firms

One-fifth taxpayers file return on last day despite tech glitches: GSTN

This month's return filing data to date shows that the GSTN return filing system was working within its expected limits

GST facelift: Electronic invoicing, new returns to be introduced in 2020

In the e-invoicing system, the invoices are authenticated electronically by GST Network (GSTN) for further use on the common GST portal.

FinMin asks GST Council to form grievance redressal mechanism for taxpayers

The proposal in this regard was approved last week by the GST Council

GST Council to set up grievance redressal mechanism for taxpayers

The committee will meet once every quarter or more frequently as decided by the co-chairs

GSTN to be converted into a fully govt-owned company in 3-4 months: CEO

The GST Council had decided to convert it into a fully govt-owned company in May, 2018

FM holds first of a series of meetings with CAs, traders on simplifying GST

The new GST return is available on the portal for trial; consultations will be held across country on December 7 to get feedback on the new system

Only 7% taxpayers will be required to submit monthly GST returns

GSTN is currently conducting outreach programmes to make the industry familiar with the new return system.