Over 1.03 crore businesses have registered under
GST, says Minister
New Delhi:
Over 1.03 crore businesses have registered under the
Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime and the
implementation of the biggest indirect tax reform has
been smooth so far, Parliament was informed today.
As on March 2, a total of 1,03,99,305 taxpayers
are registered under GST, which include 64.42 lakh
taxpayers who have migrated from the erstwhile tax
regimes and 39.56 lakh who have taken new registration
under GST, Minister of State for Finance Shiv Pratap
Shukla said.
“As a result of the sustained efforts made by the
government to make GST trade friendly, the
implementation of GST in the country has been smooth so
far,” Shukla said in a written reply to a question in
the Lok Sabha.
GST was rolled out from July 1, 2017, and based on
the feedback received from stakeholders the GST Council,
headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising
state counterparts, has made a host of changes in GST
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GST has subsumed over a dozen local taxes, including
excise duty, service tax and VAT.
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) has set
up a national call centre to reply to queries which is
functional round the clock, Shukla said.
“The tax payer can raise a query via toll free phone
number 18001200232 or by sending an email to
cbecmitra.helpdesk@icegate.gov.in,” he said.
In addition, GST Network has set up a help desk with
phone number 0120-4888999 to answer software related
queries.
Shukla said the revenue collections from Central GST,
State GST, Integrated GST and compensation cess was Rs
93,590 crore for July, Rs 93,029 crore for August, Rs
95,132 crore for September and Rs 85,931 crore for
October.
The mop up for November stood at Rs 83,716 crore,
December (Rs 88,929 crore) and January (Rs 88,047 crore).
Source::: The Hindu Business Line,
dated 10/03/2018
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