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GoM to make recommendations to GST Council
The Hindu
It recommends physical verification of businesses at the time of registration
The second meeting of the Group of Ministers (GoM) on GST System Reforms headed by Maharashtra Deputy Chief Minister and Finance Minister Ajit Pawar has decided to make seven recommendations to the GST Council.
This includes the use of biometric system to curb GST theft, physical inspection of office space of businesses, and making electricity connection number mandatory while registering for GSTN and certification of taxpayers’ bank accounts from National Payments Corporation of India (NPCI).
The measures recommended to the GST Council included forming a feedback mechanism to probe the misconduct of dubious businesses. It has also recommended physical verification of businesses at the time of registration.