Govt notifies GST Database as Protected System under Information Technology Act

New Delhi, Feb 7 (KNN) The Union Ministry of Finance has notified the Goods and Services Tax (GST) Database as Protected System under the Information Technology Act, 2000.
 
“The Ministry of Finance hereby declares the Goods and Services Tax Database and its associated infrastructure dependencies installed at Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), as the protected system for the purpose of said Act,” a notification dated February 4 noted.
 
Section 70(1) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 empowers the Department of Revenue under the Ministry of Finance the goods and service tax database and it is related infrastructure discrepancies which are installed at Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN). Those GST database which are installed at Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) are also known as protected systems under the Information Technology Act, 2000.
 
Only GSTN employees, designated tax officers of the Central Government, State Government, Union territories, auditing agencies and accounting authorities can access to the protected system under Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN).

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