CBEC Restructures Field Formations
The Central Board of Excise and customs (CBEC), under the Finance Ministry on Wednesday restructured its field formations with a view to provide better tax payerservices and deepen the tax base.
“The restructuring of formations is aimed creating larger number of compactCommissionerates, by reorganising the existing commissionerates. This shall provide better tax payer services and deepen the tax base,” aCentral Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) statement said.
The CBEC has implemented the cadre restructuring of the field formations, with effect from October 15, it said.
On account of growth in service tax over the last decade, four exclusive zones for the tax have been created in metro cities and the number of service tax commissionerates have been increased from 7 to 22.
Similarly with expansion of ports, the number of Customs Commissionerates has gone up from 34 to 60. In the context of self assessment, the department is also laying emphasis on non-intrusive controls by creating 45 audit commissionerates.
Trade notices have been issued by the Chief Commissioners, for information of the trade and assesses, it said. “There may be some teething troubles on account of reorganised jurisdictions. Trade may bring tonotice of the
department any issues they are facing so that timely resolution can take place,” it added.
department any issues they are facing so that timely resolution can take place,” it added.
Indirect tax collections inched up by 5.8 per cent in the April-September period of this fiscal.
Indirect tax collections, comprising excise, customs and service tax, stood at Rs 2,41,811 crore in the first six months of 2014-15 fiscal as against Rs 2,28,619 crore in the corresponding period a year ago.
