GST enforcement: Tax authorities get industry to comply with ‘soft’ approach

Taxpayers’ fear of the enforcement mechanisms under the goods and services tax (GST) seem to be exaggerated. In what showed the tax administration’s pragmatic and non-intrusive approach, the once-dreaded anti-profiteering mechanism hasn’t produced orders with a drastic adverse effect on businesses so far; in fact, the first two National Anti-profiteering Authority (NAA) orders have freed the busin…