GST Council meet on Friday; Pvt fintech firms set to enter e-invoicing zone

The  Goods and Services Tax  (GST) Council on Friday will discuss bringing in private financial technology companies to set up four more invoice generation portals (IRPs) in view of the unsatisfactory progress in e-invoicing. These will be in addition to the existing one being operated by the government’s National Informatics Centre (NIC). Seven months since the launch of the e-invoicing…