GSTR 1 amendment reporting: new tables for e commerce supply amendments where operators collect or are liable to pay tax.
Introduces new Table 14A and Table 15A in GSTR 1/IFF to record amendment details of supplies made through e commerce operators where those operators are liable to collect tax under section 52 or liable to pay tax under section 9(5); the tables mandated by Notification No. 26/2022 are live on the GST portal for the relevant filing period and apply to taxpayers who reported such supplies earlier in Table 14 or Table 15.

E-Waybill integration enables generation alongside E-Invoicing on all IRP portals, expanding taxpayer access to compliance services.
Integration enables taxpayers to generate E-Waybill records concurrently with E-Invoicing on four newly connected IRP portals via NIC, expanding these services to all six IRP portals and standardising access points for producing electronic transport documentation.

Input Tax Credit fraud exposed after syndicate used fake firms and forex channels; provisional attachments and arrests follow
A syndicate fraudulently passed inadmissible Input Tax Credit through a network of fabricated firms managed centrally, revealed by CGST Anti Evasion investigation using analytical tools. Full Fledged Money Changer companies were used to route and park proceeds; beneficiary firms paid forex accounts to justify fake purchases. Multiple bank accounts have been provisionally attached under Section 83 of the CGST Act and several persons arrested as alleged perpetrators; investigation is ongoing to trace recipients and recover proceeds.

GST enforcement coordination to strengthen detection of fraudulent registrations and enhance technology driven risk targeting across states.
The conference set coordinated operational priorities for combating GST fraud through shared intelligence and technology, emphasising targeting high risk areas using data analytics and real time monitoring to detect fake registrations, bogus billing and non genuine taxpayers. It recommended a taxpayer friendly enforcement approach-evidence based inquiries, minimising unnecessary audits, formal information requests over summons-and adoption of standardised analytical tools, cyber forensic capabilities, and regular intergovernmental experience sharing to harmonise procedures and improve detection and prevention.

GST enforcement strengthened via coordinated Centre-State action and tech-driven analytics to combat evasion and fake invoicing.
The conference aims to strengthen GST enforcement by enhancing Centre-State coordination to detect and deter tax non compliance, with focused measures against fake invoicing. It promotes sharing of best practices on investigations and inter-agency cooperation, and the adoption of technology and data analytics to improve detection while balancing enforcement with ease of doing business.

GST revenue growth reflects stronger domestic and import tax receipts and larger post-settlement transfers to central and state accounts.
Gross GST collections for February 2024 increased year-on-year with net receipts after refunds also rising; domestic GST contributed the principal share of growth while import GST expanded more modestly. The statement details component amounts for CGST, SGST, IGST (including import collections) and cess, and explains inter-governmental settlements from IGST that produced specified post-settlement CGST and SGST totals. Fiscal-year-to-date averages and state-level pre- and post-settlement tables show elevated monthly averages and distributive impacts on state revenues.