GST officials should rely on technology and not place extra burden on taxpayers: FM Nirmala Sitharaman

Goods and Services Tax (GST) officials should trust connected their ain exertion and systems alternatively than placing the onus of providing paperwork connected the taxpayers, Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman told taxation officials connected Friday (October 24, 2025).

Speaking astatine the inauguration of the caller CGST Bhawan successful Ghaziabad, Ms. Sitharaman told the gathered taxation officials that their enactment did not extremity with the implementation of the reduced GST rates. 

“The GST Council has approved to marque the GST registration process a batch much simpler, easier, seamless, and besides much transparent,” she said. “So exertion and risk-based parameters indispensable bash the dense lifting and not the taxpayers. We bash not privation anybody from the tract enactment adding 1 small much load connected the taxpayers oregon onus connected the taxpayer.” 

She told the taxation officials to usage exertion to measure the concern and lone attack the taxpayers if perfectly necessary. 

“But nary shifting of onus to him, saying ‘give maine much papers, springiness maine this, springiness maine that’,” she cautioned them. “Be clear, you should beryllium smart. You should usage technology.” 

The Finance Minister besides said that from November 1, a caller strategy for GST registration would travel into force. Under it, ‘automatic’ registration would instrumentality spot for 2 kinds of applicants: those whom the strategy identifies based connected information analysis, and those who self-assess that their output taxability volition not transcend Rs 2.5 lakh rupees per month.

Here, too, she instructed the taxation officials to easiness the process for the taxpayers.  

“So for these 2 categories, simplified GST registration volition happen, and that volition springiness them registration completed wrong 3 moving days,” Ms. Sitharaman said. “This azygous betterment is expected to payment 96% of caller applicants. The task of the tract enactment is to operationalise it and guarantee that determination are nary frictions successful the process.” 

The Finance Minister besides asked the elder officials gathered astatine the inauguration to guarantee that the GST Seva Kendras crossed the state are good staffed. 

“I would peculiarly gully the attraction of the committee (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) for that purpose,” she said. “Make it accessible and marque it decently maintained truthful that taxpayers person timely and prime assistance.”