The State government launched the Lucky Bill App to encourage consumers to upload invoices in a bid to curb tax evasion on Tuesday.
Chief Minister Pinarayi Vijayan, who formally launched the mobile application developed by the State Goods and Services Tax (GST) department, said the platform would become an effective tool in curbing unhealthy commercial practices. The initiative, the first-of-its-kind to be introduced in the country, was also bound to prompt the public to demand bills while purchasing goods, he said.
According to him, the scheme was not just aimed at boosting tax collection, but also at enabling the government to examine the status of tax return filings by assessing uploaded bills.
