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2020 ] DEPARTMENTAL CLARIFICATIONS C5
6. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of the above instructions may
please be brought to the notice of the Board. Hindi version would follow.
[C.B.I. & C. Circular No. 132/2/2020-GST, dated 18-3-2020]

3rd National GST Conference held on 6th March, 2020 —
Measures proposed for further examination

The 3rd National GST Conference of Commissioners of State Tax and
Zonal Chief Commissioners of Central Tax was held on 6-3-2020 at Vigyan
Bhavan, New Delhi under the chairmanship of Dr. Ajay Bhushan Pandey, Union
Finance Secretary. Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman, Hon’ble Union Finance Minister
also joined the Conference and intensively discussed the status of GST Portal to
address grievances of taxpayers. This Conference deliberated various measures
for streamlining the GST return filing process, enhancing revenue and focused
compliance management as well as to create synergy among Central and State
tax administrations.
A presentation was made in the Conference by Pr. DG, DGGI on tax
evasion and enforcement measures followed by them and discussed some case
studies. The States, namely Rajasthan, West Bengal, Odisha, Gujarat and Punjab
made presentations on best practices followed by them in compliance
management and revenue augmentation in their tax administration. They
informed the participants about various modus operandi detected by them in the
State and various measures taken by them to curb tax evasion. GST policy Wing,
CBIC presented different measures in the pipeline for increased compliance
management and for revenue augmentation as well as on Consumer
Incentivization Scheme for promoting behavior of seeking invoices.
Infosys presented the status on business statistics, trend of filing return,
preparedness of the system vis-à-vis the facilities required to be launched and
measures taken to address GST Portal’s capacity and to resolve difficulties being
faced by taxpayers. It was stressed that ownership for delivery and satisfactory
performance of GST Portal lies specifically upon the Infosys and they should
meet to the expectation. The grievances of taxpayers are utmost priority and onus
of its resolving lies on the Infosys. CEO, GSTN also presented system issues and
initiatives by GSTN for further strengthening and streamlining GST.
As an outcome of in-depth deliberation, following measures were
proposed for further examination :
(i) Immediate steps to curb passing on ITC by new taxpayers
(ii) Measures to check export valuation including capping of value for
calculating export benefits/incentives
(iii) Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) for physical spot verification of
risky taxpayers
(iv) Standard Operating Procedure (SoP) for blocking and unblocking of
ITC
The Chief Commissioners of Central Tax Zones, Commissioners of State Taxes,
Directors General of Revenue Intelligence, GST Intelligence, Analytics and Risk
Management, Audit, System and Data Management, Taxpayer Services, NACIN,
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