RBI Includes GSTN As A Financial Information Provider Under Account Aggregator Framework

The Reserve Bank of India has included the Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) as a financial information provider under the account aggregator framework.

It was decided to include the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) as a Financial Information Provider (FIP) under the Account Aggregator (AA) framework in order to facilitate cash flow-based lending to the Ministry of Micro, Small, and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs).

GST returns filed in GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B will be treated as financial data.

GSTR-1 is a monthly or quarterly return that summarises a taxpayer's sales (outward supplies).

Form GSTR-3B is a simplified summary return, and the purpose of the return is for taxpayers to declare their summary GST liabilities for a particular tax period and discharge these liabilities. A normal taxpayer is required to file Form GSTR-3B returns for every tax period.

Circular: RBI/2022-23/140

Date: 23.11.2022

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