GST data may be used to track income-tax evaders

The government may be looking to use data obtained from Goods and Services Tax (GST) filings to track those who are escaping income-tax, two people close to the development said. The government is setting up a mechanism wherein data obtained through GST reporting could be correlated with the income-tax filings. While the project is still in the initial stage, the government wants to create a datab…