Taxpayer Advisory on GST System Security Enhancements · 17 Jul 2025
CBIC / GST advisory · 17 Jul 2025
Official title
Taxpayer Advisory on upcoming security enhancements
Official record
Open source pageSummary
Check the official recordWhat changed
The GST System introduces security enhancements for taxpayers who use Application Suvidha Providers (ASP). The system sends email and SMS notifications to the authorized signatory when an ASP obtains OTP consent to access taxpayer data. These notifications include the name of the ASP and the GSP, the date and time of consent, and the validity period. The GST Common Portal also provides a view of current and historic access by ASP or GSP. Taxpayers can revoke active consent through their GST Common Portal dashboard. The GSTN will publish the exact dates for these functionalities in future advisories.
What you must do
- Taxpayers may revoke active consent through the GST Common Portal dashboard.
Who is affected
- Taxpayers who interact with the GST System using Application Suvidha Providers (ASP).
Document text
The GST System is being continuously enhanced to strengthen data security and improve transparency to the taxpayers.
In this effort, the below mentioned enhancement shall be shortly introduced to provide transparency and control to the taxpayers who interact with the GST System using Application Suvidha Providers (ASP). The ASP use GST System authorised API channel partners that are called GST Suvidha Providers (GSP). The role of a GSP is to provide API access between GST System and ASP.
- Email and SMS notification service to inform taxpayer upon every successful OTP consent access provided by taxpayer to the ASP. The taxpayers authorized signatory shall receive notification via email and/or SMS whenever ASP successfully obtains their consent, by providing OTP from the GST System, to access their data over APIs. The notification would have following details: Name of the ASP and the underlying GSP Date and Time of the OTP Consent Validity Period of the consent
- The GST Common Portal is being further enhanced to provide view of current & historic access gained by ASP / GSP and enable taxpayer with an option to revoke any active consent. The taxpayer shall be able to access this after logging to their GST Common Portal dashboard.
The exact dates, when the above functionalities will become available, shall be published vide respective advisories.
Thanks,
Team GSTN
Source details
- Source
- Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs / GST
- Type
- advisory
- Published by source
- 17 Jul 2025
- Issuing division
- GSTN
- Coverage area
- indirect-tax