Haryana Finance Minister Capt. Abhimanyu on Wednesday said the State Government was fully geared up for the implementation of Goods and Services Tax (GST) and had set up district offices in five ranges of Ambala, Gurugram, Faridabad, Hisar and Rohtak.
Abhimanyu said Joint Excise and Taxation Commissioner (JETC) had been made the range incharge.
The Minister said there would be three First Appellate Authorities at Ambala, Rohtak and Faridabad headed by JETC (Appeal). Apart from this, there would be 27 tax districts headed by Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (Sales Tax). While Gurugram and Faridabad districts have been divided into Gurugram (East), Gurugram (West), Gurugram (North) and Gurugram (South) and Faridabad (East), Faridabad (West), Faridabad (North) and Faridabad (South), the rest would be same as revenue districts, he added.
While referring to the GST migration status as on June 21, Abhimanyu said 1,90,234 applicants in different districts of the State had been logged in successfully, which constitutes about 77 per cent.
Additional Chief Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department, Sanjeev Kaushal said a meeting was held with the officers of State’s Central Excise and Service Tax administration recently to review the arrangements being made for implementation of GST.
He said at present, Haryana State’s Central Excise and Service Tax administration came under Delhi Central Excise and Service Tax Zones with nine Administrative Commissionerates. Now, Haryana GST Zone would be headed by a Chief Commissioner with office at Panchkula. There would be four Administrative Commissionerates at Gurugram, Faridabad, Rohtak and Panchkula.