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In a significant move to combat fraudulent practices in Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration, the GST Council is considering a proposal to make biometric-based Aadhaar authentication mandatory pan-India for individuals deemed suspicious, seeking GST registration, according to Sanjay Kumar Agarwal, Chief of the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC). Currently, the states of Gujarat and Andhra Pradesh, along with the Union Territory of Puducherry, have implemented Aadhaar authent
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The GST Council is contemplating a pan-India rollout of biometric-based Aadhaar authentication for individuals seeking GST registration, especially those deemed suspicious.
Gujarat, Andhra Pradesh, and the Union Territory of Puducherry are currently implementing Aadhaar authentication on a pilot basis.
The pilot programmes have shown encouraging results, including a decrease in registration applications in Gujarat, which suggests a reduction in individuals using fake identities for bogus Input Tax Credit firms.
Currently, GST authorities use OTP-based Aadhaar authentication. The proposed biometric method would require suspicious applicants to visit an Aadhaar centre for physical biometric verification.
As of now, no formal proposal has been presented to the GST Council, but the possibility of such a proposal in the future has been acknowledged.
GST authorities are focusing on risk assessment, conducting physical verification of applicants before registration, and have recently cracked down on syndicates creating fake Input Tax Credit.
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