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Hiccups in GSTN portal's one year

Now a year old, the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) portal has drawn both praise and criticism. Made operational on November 8 last year, it had covered all the states by March 2017 in terms of registration and given out provisional identifications to taxpayers, much before the GST rollout in July, say officials. However, tax filers had to face a number of issues with the portal. The system crashed a couple of times in September, which led to the setting up of a group of ministers (GoM) to examine why and what to do, led by Bihar finance minister Sushil Modi. "The journey has been both exciting and challenging," says Prakash Kumar, chief executive of GSTN, the information technology network for the new levy. Many blame continuous change in the GST laws for gaps on the portal, not GSTN itself. The GoM had identified 27 technical glitches on the portal, which it wanted Infosys, which had won a contract to maintain GSTN for five years, to fix by end-October. However, only 18 of .

Group of Ministers on GSTN flags issues in GSTR-2 filing

So far, nearly 12 lakh businesses have filed GSTR-2 returns

GSTN has tweaked features for glitch-free tax payment facility

To allow glitch-free tax payment facility, GSTN has tweaked features

GoM headed by Sushil Modi to look into GSTN portal hiccups

The meeting will monitor and resolve the IT challenges faced in the GST implementation

Ministers' panel to resolve GSTN issues: Arun Jaitley

The panel will comprise three to five state finance ministers, who will look into concerns of trader

1% of expected invoices uploaded to GSTN

There are all indications of a last-minute scramble near Sept 5 deadline and a clamour for extension

2 million businesses paid GST so far online: GSTN Chairman Navin Kumar

Till August 21, as much as Rs 42,000 crore had come in as taxes from 1 million businesses

GST input tax credit form to be available from today

Taxpayers will, however, have to pay taxes by August 20 on the portal of the GST Network

Invoice uploading opens on GSTN

It is not mandatory to start the uploading but 'it's live'

GSTN chief allays taxpayers' fears on data mix-up on GST portal

GSTN chief says enough protection has been taken to guard against any overlapping

Panagariya panel likely to suggest using GSTN for part of job surveys

May also suggest carrying out with both household and enterprise surveys with changed methodology

Centre, states will pay GST Network costs

Filing a tax return on the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) portal by an entity will cost Rs 55 a month but the state will bear this burden.The user charge for all eight million taxpayers will be borne by the Union and the state governments, to keep revenue flowing for GSTN, the company charged with providing the information technology (IT) backbone for the reform, without burdening the assessees. GST is set to be rolled out from Friday and will absorb a slew of indirect taxes -- including service tax, central excise, value added tax, central sales tax and octroi.GSTN, officially a private body (it was formed at the government's behest and support), has estimated the total cost of the project at Rs 3,000 crore. That covers salaries, interest cost, security operations for five years of operation and the ongoing development period of two years. It awarded a contract worth Rs 1,320 crore to Infosys for building and maintain the IT network, crucial for implementing the proposed ...

Despite extension, file tax returns early to avoid glitches: GSTN chairman

GSTN Chairman cautioned against delays on the portal near the deadline due to increased traffic

GST roll-out: Centre ropes in IB, NTRO for GSTN's security clearance

While FinMin is looking into GSTN's economic security, home ministry looks at national security

GSTN has 50 days to take off, says CEO Prakash Kumar

It has conducted a trial on 3,200 entities across country to rectified glitches, says Prakash Kumar

Centre declines RTI seeking details on GSTN, cites security concerns

Home Ministry said that the details sought on the GSTN were related to national security

GSTN operates on Linux, immune to ransomware attack: CEO

GSTN will complete the beta testing of its software on Tuesday

Revenue department extends enrolment of dealers with GSTN till April

If dealers want to claim input tax credit, they will have to get themselves registered with GSTN

Citing national security, govt declines info on clearances for GST network

Some officials have raised concerns over GSTN with majority stake in private hands

GSTN contract may attract tax: Experts

The service tax department is investigating whether the contract is liable to tax