If GST data is available live of all states, tax evasion can be curbed: AP FM
The Committee of Ministers formed to review the GST tax regime across the country met in New Delhi on Friday. The committee, headed by the Chief Minister of Goa, was attended by Finance & Planning, Commercial Taxes and Legislative Affairs Minister Payyavula Keshav, who is a member of the committee, and participated in the meeting through video conference from here on Friday.
The Finance Minister told the media that in the meeting, the committee discussed issues such as SGST and IGST tax payments, identification of GST tax evaders, steps to be taken to curb them, steps to be taken to collect GST better and avoid tax leakages and best practices being implemented by various states.
He said that various steps being taken in Andhra Pradesh for the implementation of GST and best practices were explained in the meeting. 'The AI-enabled App is very useful for the GST officials, 37 GST returns can be downloaded in seconds through automated verification, GST details, standard operating system, best practices are available through a comprehensive digital platform called Gnan Kshetram, analytics, enforcement and other aspects were explained to the committee through a PowerPoint presentation,' Payyavula Keshav revealed.
The Finance Minister said that today's review was very fruitful and that he was very happy to share the data analytics and enforcement policies being implemented by many states.
'On behalf of Andhra Pradesh, I highlighted that if GST data access is available live at the intra-state and inter-state levels of all states, it will be very useful to implement inter-departmental linkages to curb tax evaders and implement the best practices and if it is done with Artificial Intelligence to make live information available, it will create a strong system,' the Finance Minister asserted.
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