New Delhi, Dec 19 (KNN) Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) will focus on the development of new return filing further improving the user interface and Business Intelligence and Analytics, said Shiv Pratap Shukla, Minister of State for Finance.

Replying to a question in Rajya Sabha, Shukla said “While the new return is yet to be notified, GSTN has started development of the components in which major changes are not expected.”

He said that the improvement in user interface on the basis of feedback is a continuous process and few important initiatives/improvements made for better User experience that includes questionnaire for filing GSTR-3B to avoid errors by taxpayers, option to generate pre-populated Challan by the system to avoid depositing Cash in wrong Head by the taxpayers.

Apart from these, introduction of one click nil return filing, suggested utilisation of ITC informed to the taxpayer for discharging tax liability and contextual help for GST transactions like Registration, Returns, Payment, etc.

Further, he added that the GSTN has started work on BI & Analytics and different scenarios of BI have been identified on which work is going on such as Persona based Analysis, Predictive Analysis, Fraud/Anomaly Detection, Statistical Scoring, 360 degree view taxpayers, Circular Trading & Network Analysis etc.

In addition, he informed the members that the GSTN has started sharing data with tax authorities on mis-match between figures reported in GSTR-1 & GSTR-3B, mis-match between figures reported GSTR-3B and that computed by the system in GSTR-2A and taxpayers who have generated e-way bill but not filed tax returns.

Comparison of GSTR-1 & GSTR-3B for liability analysis, GSTR-2A & GSTR-3B for comparison of ITC being claimed by taxpayers, and analysis regarding taxpayers who have generated e-way bill but not filed tax returns is being done and the reports generated are shared with tax authorities for taking appropriate action, Shukla added.