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Sep 18, 2017
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‘GSTN technical glitches will be resolved by Oct-end’
The head of the Group of Ministers (GoM) tasked to look into Goods and Services Network’s (GSTN) technical problems, which has impacted the filing of tax returns, has assured that the issues will be resolved by October-end.Sushil Kumar Modi, who heads the GoM and also Bihar Deputy Chief Minister, said on Saturday that he was confident 80 per cent of the problems encountered in filing tax returns will be resolved by October-end.
Addressing reporters, he further stated that as this is an uncharted territory, some technical problems are bound to arise initially. “Efforts are being made to address all issues in the next month and a half,” he said.The group is examining the technical problems faced by GSTN, which is the IT platform for real-time taxpayer registration and tax returns. India’s second-largest software services provider Infosys is managing the IT infrastructure for GSTN.The issue on hand was due to a rush in tax filing on August 30, which caused the system to crash, thereby hindering the filing process.
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http://www.thehindubusinessline.com
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