New Registrations By Taxpayers Being Verified By GST Council, Says Bihar Deputy CM

The Goods and Services Tax Council is verifying the 66.79 lakh new registrations by taxpayers, which could be fake or pertain to shell companies, Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Sushil Kumar Modi, who is also the convenor of Group of Ministers on integrated GST, said on Monday. "The new taxpayers, who are 66.7 lakh in number, hardly pay 15 percent of tax. So, whatever taxes we are getting from them is…