India plans faceless, centralized CGST system for around 200,000 multi-jurisdiction taxpayers

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said India intends to create a unified window for roughly 200,000 taxpayers operating under multiple central goods and services tax (CGST) jurisdictions, The Economic Times reports. The proposed system would cover scrutiny of returns, audits, adjudication, appeals and taxpayer services. The government plans public consultation before Budget 2027 and is targeting implementation in FY28.