Have you taken a backup? Old GST data to be archived from GST portal after 30 Sep'24.
The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) announced two days ago that after September 30, 2024, taxpayers will no longer be able to access GST return data older than seven years on the GST portal. GSTN, in an advisory, said that the 2017 September data is being archived and removed from the portal.
"As per GST portal data policy, data for view of taxpayers to be retained for seven years only. Therefore, the same data policy is being implemented on the GST portal. Thus, return data will not be available to view beyond 7 years for taxpayers," said GSTN in its advisory dated September 24, 2024.
What does this advisory mean for GST-registered persons?
According to the advisory by GSTN, this data archival exercise is going to be a monthly activity going forward, and hence, on October 1, 2024, data from September 2017 will be taken down from the GST portal, and so on and so forth.
