CBIC announces that centre & states engaged on property, discoms information sharing to widen GST payer base



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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) is collaborating with state governments on pilot projects to share data from electricity distribution companies (discoms) and property tax records. The aim is to identify businesses that should be registered under GST but currently are not. By matching commercial electricity connections or property tax details with the GST database, the authorities can detect unregistered businesses and bring them into the tax net.

The chief of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIC) has announced that the Centre and states are working on pilot projects on sharing of data with discoms and property tax details to identify non-GST registered businesses. CBIC chief Vivek Johri said one such pilot project is ongoing in Madhy
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FAQ :

The main goal is to widen the Goods and Services Tax (GST) payer base by identifying businesses that ought to be in the tax net but are not currently registered.

Data being shared includes property tax details and information from electricity distribution companies (discoms).

The department will match electricity consumer data for commercial use connections against the tax department's database to find those not registered under GST.

Yes, a pilot project is ongoing in Madhya Pradesh. Gujarat is piloting PAN-based business linkage, and Maharashtra is piloting property tax data sharing and geo-tagging of businesses.

Currently, there are 1.4 crore businesses registered under GST.




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