The number of GST return filers rose about 65 per cent to 11.3 million in 5 years till April 2023 as compliance by taxpayers improved, the finance ministry said on Sunday.
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Also, the number of active taxpayers registered under GST increased from 10.6 million as of April 2018, to 14 million.
As per data shared by the ministry, 90 per cent of eligible taxpayers are filing GSTR-3B returns by the end of the filing month in current fiscal year, up from 68 per cent in 2017-18, the first year of GST rollout.
“Simplification in Rules and Procedure in GST has resulted in increase in return filing percentage by eligible taxpayers,” the ministry said in a post on X.
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