Chandigarh, May 19, 2018: Chandigarh Zone has emerged as the national leader in compliance under GST system, with Punjab registering 92 per cent assessment filing, said Manoranjan Kaur Virk, Chief Commissioner, Chandigarh Zone, Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Custom (CBIC).
Addressing the CII- CBIC Open House on GST at CII Northern Region Headquarters here on Saturday, Virk said that during the course of last one year, the Chandigarh Zone CBIC has endeavoured to be a responsive, transparent and responsible tax administrator, connecting with the industry at the individual level to resolve their GST related issues.
In his address, Mahender Singh, member GST, CBIC said that though till now, around 6 crore e-way bills have been generated, there are certain technical glitches being faced by the industry, and through these open house interactions, CBIC expects to understand and resolve the issues being faced by the industry.
Anticipating the concerns being faced by the industry in the GST regime, the CBIC, as part of its out-reach to trade and businesses, has ushered in a series of Open House forums across the country to address the teething troubles resulting from transition into a new tax system, he added.
On the compliance in the Northern Region, Singh expressed satisfaction and shared that the Chandigarh Zone, including Punjab, Himachal Pradesh and Jammu and Kashmir led the nation in the GST compliance.
Vivek Partap Singh, Excise & Taxation Commissioner, Punjab highlighted the state government’s commitment towards smooth implementation of the GST. He assured that all the technical issues related to GST process like refunds were being resolved and soon the refunds would be issued in a time bound manner.
He also shared the e-way bill on optional basis have been functional in Punjab recently and invited the industry to adopt the same for ease of doing business.
The CBIC officials, including P K Jain, Director General – Audit, CBIC, Yogendra Garg, Additional Director General – GST, CBIC, S K Rahman, Additional Director General - GST, CBIC, Shashank Priya, Joint Secretary, GST Council and Vashishtha Chaudhary, Senior Vice President, GSTN addressed a host of industry issues on GST related to filling, technical glitches, GST rates, returns, rates during the well attended open house session.