With less than 2 weeks remaining for the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), Industry body Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) stated that Indian industry is ready for the landmark tax reform, pointing that the new tax regime will bring significant gains for economic growth, employment and exports, terming it as the most significant indirect tax reform introduced in the country since Independence.
CII further noted that to encourage industry to be proactive in managing GST compliance, it has taken up a range of initiatives such as a series of around 100 two-day training programmes across India which is expected to reach out to about 5,000-plus enterprises. It has also initiated a helpline for clarifications of program participants and an awareness campaign to inform industry about the GST processes.
The industry body has been granted Approved Training Partner (ATP) status to impart GST training by National Academy of Customs, Excise and Narcotics (NACEN) with Institute of Company Secretaries of India. Technical partners are GST Street and Tax Sutra.
Meanwhile, the GST Council relaxed return filing rules for India Inc for the first two months of the rollout of the new indirect tax regime to obviate any lack of preparedness. As per the revised return filing timeline decided by the Council, for July, the sale returns will have to be filed by September 5 instead of August 10. Besides, companies will have to file sale invoice for August with the GST Network by September 20 instead of September 10 earlier.
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