GST-registered taxpayers doubled in six years: Sitharaman

The number of entities registered to pay the Goods and Services Tax (GST) has doubled to 14 million in the six years since its inception, finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman told the Lok Sabha, which passed the Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Bill, 2023, to align age and qualification criteria with the Tribunal Reforms Act, 2021, thus paving the way to set up a GST appellate trib…