Reorganization in event of implementation of Goods & Services Tax
IT seems that the Board is now fast-tracking for the inevitable.
A meeting was recently chaired by the Chairman to discuss the administrative restructuring of the formations under CBEC in the ensuing GST Regime.
DGHRD has been directed to initiate the exercise of formulating a proposal in this regard in the right earnest.
For initiating the said exercise, certain basic information/ factors,as listed below, are to be taken into consideration -
(i) Number of Commissionerate-wise, Annual Turnover-wise Central Excise and Service Tax Assessees;
(ii) Number of Commissionerates of Central Excise, which also attend to Customs work, i.e. work in ICD, CFS, Integrated Check posts/ LCS, Airport and Aircargo (excluding Export factory Stuffing Work)
(iii) Grade-wise Staff Strength deployed for Customs Work in these Commissionerates.
(iv) Number of State-wise assessees under present VAT regime in the States
(v) Annual Turn-over-wise breakup of the number of State-wise VAT Assessees.
(vi) Existing Organizational Structure, Appeal and Review system under VAT in different States
The Principal Chief Commissioners / Chief Commissioners of Central Excise and Service Tax are requested to appoint a Nodal Officer of the rank of Additional / Joint Commissioner, who can:
(i) coordinate with the State Government Officials in respect of City/ District-wise VAT related information, as and when required.
(ii) collect the Commissionerate-wise information related to Central Excise and Service Tax (as per Proforma-I) and send the same to DGHRD.
(iii) collect the information about Grade-wise Staff Strength deployed for Customs Work (in Sea Port, Airport, Air Cargo, ICDs, LCS etc.) attended to by Central Excise Commissionerates and provide the same in Proforma-II.
The Nodal officer is also asked to coordinate with DGHRD and the information for the year 2014-15 in respect of Central Excise and Service Tax formations is to be sent to the Directorate General, HRD latest by today.
With the Union Budget knocking on the door and the Revenue collection drive reaching a crescendo, supplying this truckload of information would certainly be gargantuan task!
CBEC F.No. 8/B/208/HRD (HRM)/2015 dated January 29, 2016