In order to help the roll-out of the goods and services tax (GST), the Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) has cleared IT project Saksham, a new indirect tax network for systems integration of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC). The total project cost is estimated around Rs 2,256 crore, which will be incurred over seven years and the upgrade of the IT systems will be carried out while keeping the existing taxpayer services running.
The government has stated that the project would facilitate extension of the Indian Customs Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT) and other taxpayer initiatives under ‘Digital India’ and ease of doing business of the CBEC. The implementation strategy for the project will be to ensure readiness of CBEC's IT framework by April, 1, 2017, when GST is to be introduced.
Project Saksham will help in implementation of GST, extension of the Indian Customs Single Window Interface for Facilitating Trade (SWIFT) and other taxpayer-friendly initiatives under Digital India and Ease of Doing Business of CBEC. All taxpayers/importers/exporters/dealers under various indirect tax laws administered by CBEC-presently about 36 lakh- are likely to go up to over 65 lakh after introduction of GST. CBEC's IT structure needs to integrate with the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) for processing of registration, payment and returns data sent to CBEC as well as act as a front-end for other modules like audit, appeal and investigation.
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