TMI BlogSixth GST Day with vision GST@6 सरलीकृत कर, समग्र विकास celebrated at New DelhiX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Sixth GST Day with vision GST@6 सरलीकृत कर, समग्र विकास celebrated at New Delhi - Goods and Services Tax - GST Dated:- 3-7-2023 - News - Sixth GST Day with vision GST@6 सरलीकृत कर, समग्र विकास celebrated at New Delhi Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presides over as Chief Guest on the completion of 6 years of the GST Finance Minister: GST is embroidery that stitches diversity of Indian markets into the fabric of economic progress GST Council meetings shining examples of cooperative federalism: Finance Minister Finance Minister calls taxpayers co-equal and main force driving the GST success story CBIC honours 50,000 taxpayers and officers contributing to the GST success story 24 officers awarded with commendation certificate on GST Day, 2023 The 6th Goods and Services Tax (GST) Day was celebrated here today with the vision GST@6 सरलीकृत कर, समग&# ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 2381;र विकास with Union Minister for Finance Corporate Affairs, Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presiding over as the Chief Guest and Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary as the Guest of Honour. Senior officials from Ministry of Finance, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) and other government departments were present. Union Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, while addressing at GST Day 2023, said, GST is the embroidery that stitches the diversity of Indian markets into the fabric of economic progress. The GST Council meetings have become the shining examples of cooperative federalism, where the Centre and States have deliberated, discussed, and decided on various complex issues to make GST more responsive and nuanced. Even today, and certainly in the future, the success of GST is predicated on the feedback loop between the taxpayer and the department. The Finance Minister recalled the fragmented state of Indirect Tax System in India where every state was effectively a distinct market. Multiple Tax Rates laws and procedures, cascading of taxes and ch ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... eck posts at every inter-state border were all burdens on taxpayer as well as common man. Smt. Sitharaman particularly emphasised the positive impact of GST on consumers by reducing their tax burden and recalled that on many common use items, tax incidence under GST has become lower as compared to Pre GST rates such as Tea, Milk Powder, Hair Oil, Toothpaste soap etc. Even after implementation of GST, rates have been pruned on common use items to reduce the burden on consumers, the Finance Minister said. These include goods such as common household items like kitchenware, furniture, electrical equipments, bathroom toilet fittings, refrigerators, TV, certain food items etc. Smt. Sitharaman also highlighted the sensitivity of GST Council in reducing rates even post introduction of GST. The Finance Minister also highlighted benefits to MSME under GST by easing their compliance burden through measures like composition scheme, QRMP (quarterly return with monthly payment, optional annual return etc). The centre piece of the GST-Facilitation Revolution has been technology. GST is technology-enabled and technology-driven. GST has also shown an impressive and steady increase in re ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... venue collection over the last six years due to higher economic activity and enhanced compliance. Appreciating efforts of CBIC officers, she said numerous officers across India have gone into making the grand vision of the GST project a reality. Officers have faced innumerable challenges during the journey: the teething problems, especially with regard to technology, communicating resolving the queries of the taxpayers, and the CoVID pandemic, among many other things. The trade associations have also played a vital role as well in the formulation and implementation of GST. Not only were they proactive in bringing their issues to the forefront, they also helped in disseminating knowledge of GST through seminars and workshops. This consultative and collaborative approach is instrumental in making responsive and responsible policymaking. Union Minister of State for Finance Shri Pankaj Chaudhary highlighted the salient features of GST and in particular removal of multiple taxes and implementation of the concept of One Nation One Tax. MoS was appreciative of the launch of performance management system Pratidin and other technological initiatives of the department. ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Revenue Secretary Shri Sanjay Malhotra complimented the officers who were awarded the Commendation certificate. He congratulated the Officers for receiving commendation certificate on the occasion of GST Day for exemplary service. He noted that CBIC is responsive to suggestions made by trade and would work on it to provide solutions. He exhorted the department to focus on three Ts namely Taxpayers, Technology and Team Work. Chairman CBIC Shri Vivek Johri in his welcome address highlighted the benefits of GST at the level of macro and micro economy. At the macro level he highlighted gains like better compliance, more market integration through enhanced internal trade flows. At micro level he highlighted the benefits to the taxpayers like easier processes, smooth flow of Input Tax Credit and fast refund. He strongly urged that given the benefits of GST, those businesses who were outside the GST should become part of it. He indicated that CBIC will also launch an outreach programme top inform regarding benefits of GST to trade at large. The occasion saw presentations by four officers from different CGST zones across the country who presented their experiences about work ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ing in GST. Ms. Jenny Khawlneihnieng, Superintendent from CGST Customs Guwahati Zone touched upon how technological advances in GST have simplified compliance by taxpayers even in remote areas of North East. Mr. K. Samskar, Inspector from CGST Bengaluru Zone illustrated the use of Digital tools by field officers to ensure GST compliance like ITC Verification, Eway Bill verification and generation of actionable information by ADVAIT. Mr. Sudipta Chakraborty, Superintendent, CGST Kolkata Zone, reminisced his experiences in pre-GST times with innumerable files and records which has transitioned to a paperless digital office in GST regime enabling CBIC to deliver GST services such as refunds to ensure liquidity even in COVID lockdown. Ms. Shreya Tulsiyan, Inspector, CGST Kolkata Zone, illustrated how the Digital Framework of GST has enabled officers to give taxpayer services to thousands of taxpayers in a prioritised and time bound manner. She highlighted how the new GST system takes us to closer to our goal of Ek Bharat Shrestha Bharat Sampann Bharat. Union Finance Minister inaugurated प्रतिदिन , a ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... web based daily performance management system in CBIC to monitor important tasks at the field level for better monitoring of work at the field level as well as to further motivate officers to perform better. Shri Navneet Goel, Principal Chief Commissioner, CGST Bhopal, gave a presentation showcasing features of प्रतिदिन which mainly covered monitoring of important tasks; daily data feeding of the performance; allowing timely interventions by supervisory officers based on analytical reports. A film on GST Leveraging Technology for Nation Building was showcased during the event. The film explores how technology has helped to create a bridge between government and taxpayer, revolutionized GST compliances by bringing all compliances online and use of Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning to target tax evaders. Another video on benefits of GST to the taxpayers especially MSME, consumers as well as economy. To commemorate the 6 Years of GST, a song describing positive impact of GST on various stakeholders including citizens was composed sung by the departmental officers. The song is written by Shri Aslam Ha ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... ssan Additional Commissioner, CGST Ranchi Zone and Shri Yogendra Garg, Chief Commissioner, CGST Customs Guwahati Zone. The singing choir included housekeeping staff to officers right upto Joint Commissioner of CGST Customs Guwahati Zone. Finance Minister felicitated 24 officers for their continued devotion and commitment to duty on GST Day 2023. List of officers is enclosed as Annexure-A. On the occasion of the 6th GST Day, CBIC, also recognised the contribution of all the compliant taxpayers to nation building. 50,000 (Fifty Thousand) compliant taxpayers have been identified representing all Industry sectors of the economy for awarding commendation certificates. The MSME sector, which is the growth engine of the Economy and the largest contributor to job creation finds representation in the awards with more than 70% from Small, 19% from Medium and 4% from micro enterprises. These taxpayers have demonstrated compliance in prompt filing of GST Returns and payment of their GST liabilities during the financial year 2022-23. Along with significantly improved collection of GST revenue, there has been clear improvement in the compliance behavior, w ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... hich has been a result of various measures taken by the Indirect Tax administration to nudge taxpayers to file their returns timely, making compliance easier and smoother; strict enforcement action against errant taxpayers identified by data analytics and artificial intelligence. The States/UTs wise distribution of selected taxpayers is given as Annexure-B. Shri Shashank Priya, Member CBIC, delivered the vote of thanks and acknowledged the partnership with taxpayers and efforts of everyone in making GST at 6 years a successful event. Annexure-A Sr. no. Name of the officers (Sh./ Smt/Ms.) 1 Priya Ranjan Srivastava, Additional Commissioner, Lucknow Zone 2 Dr. Sudhanshu Rai, Additional Commissioner, Delhi Zone 3 Amit Samdariya, Deputy Director, GST Policy CBIC 4 Smita Roy, Deputy Director, TRU-II, CBIC 5 Kriti Tiwari, Deputy Director, DGGI, Regional Unit, Indore 6 Paritosh Vineet Vyas, Deputy Commissioner, Che ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... nnai Zone 7 Ajinkya Hari Katkar, Deputy Commissioner, Mumbai Zone 8 Anshika Agarwal, Deputy Director, DGGI Hqrs, Delhi 9 Dhruv, Deputy Director, DG System, Delhi 10 Dr. Geetu Badoliya, Deputy Commissioner, Meerut Zone 11 Ankit Gahlot, Deputy Director, DGGI Guwahati 12 Vimal Kumar Pantk, Additional Assistant Director, DG Audit, Delhi 13 Umesh Talwar, Superintendent, NACIN, Faridabad 14 Suresh S., Superintendent, Kochi Zone 15 Rejith S. Superintendent, Kochi Zone 16 Dinesh Balasaheb More, Superintendent, Pune Zone 17 Nirmal Pradhan, Superintendent, Kolkata Zone 18 Daniel Arputharaj D., Administrative Officer, Chennai Zone 19 Deepak Kumar, Inspector, DGTS Hqrs. Delhi 20 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Nitik Goyal, Inspector, DGTS Hqrs. Delhi 21 Milan Tiwari, Inspector, Chennai Zone 22 Vinay Kumar, Inspector, DGHRD, I W 23 Bikram Kumar Kesri, Executive Assistant, DGGI Hqrs. 24 Gokul Chand Sharma, Tax Assistant, Delhi Zone Annexure-B State No. of GSTINs Centre Jurisdiction State Jurisdiction Jammu And Kashmir 297 33 264 Himachal Pradesh 432 110 322 Punjab 1034 299 735 Chandigarh 147 42 105 Uttarakhand 638 196 442 Haryana 2829 729 2100 Delhi 3404 749 2655 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... Rajasthan 2141 567 1574 Uttar Pradesh 2678 583 2095 Bihar 475 106 369 Sikkim 39 5 34 Arunachal Pradesh 31 8 23 Nagaland 45 8 37 Manipur 30 9 21 Mizoram 22 6 16 Tripura 36 9 27 Meghalaya 74 18 56 Assam 653 149 504 West Bengal 1706 357 1349 Jharkhand 700 148 552 Odisha 786 1 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 37 649 Chattisgarh 533 104 429 Madhya Pradesh 1434 379 1055 Gujarat 5865 1566 4299 Daman Diu 0 0 0 Dadra Nagar Haveli 238 92 146 Maharashtra 9701 2180 7521 Karnataka 5738 1584 4154 Goa 225 47 178 Lakshwadeep 0 0 0 Kerala 661 158 503 Tamil Nadu 4608 1104 3504 Puducherry 62 10 52 Andaman Nicobar Islands 18 6 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 12 Telangana 2022 465 1557 Andhra Pradesh 688 168 520 Ladakh 10 0 10 Total 50,000 12,131 37,869 - News - Press release - PIB Tax Management India - taxmanagementindia - taxmanagement - taxmanagementindia.com - TMI - TaxTMI - TMITax ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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