ClearTax eyes 10% of small businesses after GST rollout

Firm hosts webinars, GST training for CAs, is developing exclusive GST solutions for businesses

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Ayan Pramanik Bengaluru

Last Updated : Apr 08 2017 | 9:42 PM IST

Online tax filing platform ClearTax plans to tap a tenth of the estimated 10 million small businesses in India once the goods and services tax (GST) is imposed in July.

The SAIF Partners-backed tax-filing start-up, which raised $12 million in Series A funding last year, facilitates online tax filing and tax saving for individuals and small businesses through chartered accountants.

The Centre expects to roll out the GST on July 1. The GST Network, the information technology backbone for the tax, is expected to start live testing from the first week of May.

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