Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman on the third anniversary of Goods and Services Tax (GST) has asked GST officers to foresee the issues faced by domestic businesses and address them proactively so that they can compete on a global scale and build a self-reliant India. Sitharaman also said the government is committed to undertaking reforms to make the tax administration simple for businesses, particularly the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSMEs).
She said more efforts are needed to ease tax compliances for the businesses, while lauding the measures such as filing nil tax returns through SMS. Asking taxmen to focus on the clarion call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi for an ‘Atmanirbhar Bharat’, she said for this motto of self reliance tax, especially GST, administration will have a large role to play.
GST, which subsumed over a dozen local taxes, was introduced on July 1, 2017. Since then the GST process has been simplified and return filing made easy especially for small businesses. Besides, the Minister also said the COVID-19 pandemic has led to some disruptions in the economic activities in the country. She also congratulated Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) and its officers for handholding taxpayers during this crucial time and disbursing record amount of refunds to ease their cash flow.
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