As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is likely to be rolled out nationwide from the next fiscal year, the Haryana Government has decided to hire a consultant to assist the State Excise and Taxation Department in making the transition to GST regime through effective planning and monitoring.
Even though the GST roll out is likely to miss its April 1, 2016 deadline and the Centre is preparing for a later date, Haryana Government is gearing up for the taxation reforms and to do the required substantial preparation and planning to make changes in the tax regime.
“For the effective implementation of the GST regime, the state Excise and Taxation Department requires advisory services for reorientation of tax administration including preparation, transition, policy inputs and impact analysis in the GST regime. For this, consultant would be hired by the Department, said an official of the Excise and Taxation Department while talking to The Pioneer.
The official said that as the Centre and the states are likely to proceed with the implementation of a nationwide Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the near future so to facilitate this task, the Department would require advisory services.
As per the information, the consultant to be hired is expected to support the Department in making this transition through effective planning and monitoring as per defined plan, providing inputs in drafting policy and enabling provisions in the Act / Rules, training and skill upgradation of the personnel of the Department, suggestions on focus areas including sunrise sectors of the economy, impact assessment and general perspective for reform and reorientation of the Department in the new GST regime.
Recently, the State Government had asked traders to furnish correct Permanent Account Number (PAN) details for the allotment of Goods and Services Tax Identification Number (GSTIN). The move came as a part of the Government's preparation for implementing GST.
Under the GST regime, the dealers and traders will be allotted GSTIN by replacing their existing VAT based Tax Identification Number (TIN) for smooth implementation of new indirect tax regime. The new GSTIN will be PAN-based.
The Department had directed the dealers whose PAN numbers were found to be invalid because of various reasons to submit correct details of PAN numbers and this exercise was part of state's preparations for the GST roll-out. Haryana has about 2.20 lakh dealers. The Excise and Taxation Department had also put up a list of around 60,000 dealers on its website whose PAN details were invalid.
The Department had asked dealers to update their correct PAN details, otherwise the Department will initiate the cancellation proceedings against those dealers as per Haryana Value Added Tax Act, 2003.