ALL
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL TAX
GAZETTED EXECUTIVE
OFFICERS
(Earlier
known as All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers)
Patron
Chief Patron
Patron
A. Venkatesh
Ravi Malik C. S. Sharma
Mob.
7780255361 Mob. 9868816290 Mob.
9313885411
President:
Address for communication: Secretary
General:
M.
Loganathan Flat
No. 6, SE 11, Shastri Nagar, Ghaziabad Harpal Singh
Mob.8758262698 mail
Id:aiacegeo2019@gmail.com Site:cengoindia.blogspot.in Mob.9717510598
Vice Presidents: B C Khatik, V
Pagare (Central) Diwakar Sahai, Sanjoy
Gupta (East) Ashish Vajpayee, Amadul Islam (North) G Srinivas Reddy, P
Ravichandran (South) R Keny, J B Parmar (West) Joint Secretaries: S P
Pandey, T J Manojumon (Central) Subrata Adhikari, SiddharthTewari (East)
Ramkesh Meena, S Sahai (West) Atul Kumar, R B Sahu (North) Bhoopesh, R V
Raghunandan (South); All India Convener:
A K Meena All India Coordinator: B L Meena Office Secretary: B C
Gupta Treasuer: M Kumar Organising Secretary: M Bajpai Liaison
Secretary: N S Maheshwari North Zone
Coordinator: Prabhakar Sharma Legal Coordinator: S Sabarwal
Vigilance Coordinator: R K Singh South
Zone Coordinator: U Sharma
(Recognised vide F.No.B-12017/17/2022-AD-IV A dt.
14.07.23 of CBIC, Govt. of India)
Ref.
No. 112/AIB/W/23 Dt. 03.08.23
To,
The
Revenue Secretary,
North
Block, New Delhi.
Sub: Equitable distribution of work among all cadres under GST.
Sir,
With due regards, the Association has to bring to your kind
notice a matter of great concern regarding the scrutiny of GST returns and
passing of assessment orders and also other GST related works.
2. The task of scrutinizing GST returns is assigned to
Superintendents irrespective of the turnover involved. This task is very time
consuming because of requiring a high level expertise including the analysis of
financial documents such as invoices, credit notes/debit notes, input tax credits,
supply details, nature of work, exemptions and so on. It is also worth to
mention, as already communicated many times by the Association, that the
Superintendents are already overburdened on account of looking after multiple
charges and lack of infrastructure as well as manpower throughout the country
and thus, they are forced to work under tremendous pressure and face
hypertension.
3. It is further to submit that he Superintendents play a
crucial role in the CBIC as GST module is Superintendent centric regarding all
works. In addition to it, they are engaged whole day to prepare various
statutory or non-statutory reports as being asked from them by the higher
authorities per minute. The most of these reports are non-statutory in nature.
4. It is also worth to mention that Assistant/Deputy
Commissioners, Joint/Additional Commissioners, Commissioners/Principal
Commissioners and above draw hefty salaries and hold higher posts specifically
because they are expected to be experts in tax administration. But it seems
that they are busy in directing the Superintendents to prepare various statutory
or non-statutory reports whole day instead of contributing their expertise for
revenue/GST related works. They seem to be busy only in enjoying the various
official or non-official facilities/amenities instead of bearing any
responsibility or work allocation relating to revenue/GST. Even a newly
recruited IRS officer first of all demands a personal vehicle & well
decorated newly furnished room alongwith other amenities and is duly provided
the same despite of the fact that the vehicles are entitled to only the
Commissioner and above authorities. But, very amazingly, all of such authorities
since the day of being recruited as IRS are enjoying such vehicles and other
amenitis since very first day and also getting TA without bearing any
responsibility relating to Govt. revenue/GST.
5. In SGST and Income Tax, turnover limits are fixed for the
assessment of taxpayers. However, in the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and
Customs (CBIC), these officials are not actively involved in tasks requiring
in-depth knowledge and expertise relating to GST despite of getting higher
salaries on account of holding higher posts. Especially considering that GST is
a relatively new law, it is essential that these higher officers take active
part and bear the responsibility relating to revenue/GST work in proportion of
their salaries to justify higher salaries.
6. Therefore, the scrutiny and assessment is required to be done
as per turnover be fixed according to the post held in the department. After
all, these officers are also the revenue officials and must demonstrate their
expertise in administering tax laws effectively in the interest of revenue/GST.
The implementation of such a system would not only ensure a more efficient
scrutiny process but also promote a deeper sense of responsibility relating to
GST laws among the higher authorities. This, in turn, would contribute to a
smoother and more effective administration of GST across the country.
7. In view of above, it is requested to kindly distribute the
revenue/GST related work equitably among all cadres like SGST and Income Tax
not only to justify higher salaries being received by the higher officials but
also for smooth tax administration in the GST era. The Association trusts that its
request would be considered seriously and due steps would be taken to address
the concerns raised in National interest.
Thanking you,
Yours sincerely,
(HARPAL
SINGH)
Secretary
General.
Copy with the request of necessary action to:
(1) The Hon’ble Prime Minister of India, South
Block, New Delhi.
(2) The Hon’ble Finance Minister of India, North
Block, New Delhi.
(3) The Hon’ble Minister of State (Revenue),
Ministry of Finance, North Block, New Delhi.
