GSTN designing tools for taxmen to analyse data to check evasion
Almost a year into providing platform for tax collection, GST Network is now developing applications and tools for tax officers to help analyse data of their assessees
and check possible evasion, a senior official said. GST Network (GSTN), the company handling the technology backbone for Goods and Services Tax, has over the last 11
months provided a platform for businesses to file their returns and pay taxes every month. GSTN Chief Executive Prakash Kumar said the next focus of the company will be
on providing data analytics and improving user interface on the GSTN portal, besides developing backend system for assessment, audit, appeal and advance ruling for 27
states. "'We are working on the analytics part. We have already started sharing with tax officers simple analytics on differences between GSTR-3B and GSTR-1, GSTR-3B
and GSTR-2A. This is a broad state-wise data generated by GSTN, based on which the officers can look into the returns filed by taxpayers in his jurisdiction and spot
mismatches," Kumar told PTI in an interview.
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