Overall GST taxpayer population in India in Jul 2020, by state
As of July 2020, the state of Maharashtra housed the largest population of GST taxpayers in India amounting to about 1.56 million in number. The overall size of the GST taxpaying population in India that year tallied approximately 12.38 million. The GST was introduced by the Indian government on July 1, 2017 as a singular indirect tax on the supply of goods and services which replaced most of the existing indirect taxes levied in the country.