A seminar on ‘Goods and Service Tax Act 2017’ was organised at the Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry premises on Monday jointly by the Commissionerate of Central Excise, Customs and the Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry.
Commissioner of Central Excise Rourkela Satyendra Kumar Singh inaugurated it. The representatives from trade and industry, tax bar practioners and members of Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry attended.
Two faculties, Krisnendu Choudhury and Goutam Dasgupta from the National Academy of Customs , Excise and Narcotics, Eastern Region, Kolkata tried to clarify the doubts on GST raised by the trade and industry representatives, while Superintendent of Rourkela Central Excise Commissionerate Gobinda Chandra Nath discussed various aspects of GST Act threadbare with the trade representatives. A power point presentation on Goods and Service Tax Act was done by Inspector of Central Excise Rohit Kumar and Kumar Gautam Singh for easy understanding of the subject.
Incidentally, the new GST Act 2017 is likely to be implemented by Central Government all over the country from July 1 next.
Rourkela Chamber of Commerce and Industry president Sunil Kayal presided over the meeting while general secretary Alok M losalka, vice president Malay Mandal, taxation secretary Sandip Goutam, legal adviser Bisnudayal Agarwal, tax advocate Atul Kakkad, former president of RCCI Subha Patnaik, Anupam Dosi and Binod Sarma took part in the discussion.