Centre, states working on property, discoms data sharing to widen GST payer base: CBIC

Pilot projects involving data sharing with discoms, sharing of property tax details to identify unregistered businesses, biometric-based Aadhaar authentication and risk-based physical verification of registration applicants are some of the measures being taken by the Centre and states in an attempt to widen the tax base under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. The Centre and states would att…