Tax officers in states and union territories will reach out to trade and industry bodies, Ministry of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs), to understand their issues and grievances relating to Goods and Services Tax or GST and would place them before the Council on August 4.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had earlier this week written to the GST Council secretariat asking them to write to States and Union Territories asking them to contact MSME taxpayers and their trade and industry associations in their respective states and Union Territories, collect their grievances/issues related to GST along with suggestions thereof for mitigating the issues.
The GST Council secretariat have been tasked to compile the suggestions and responses and send to the CBIC, which is the top body for Indirect taxes in the country, by tomorrow. Also Director General GST in the CBIC has been asked to collect information from Goods and Services Tax (GST) zones across the country and report to the GST policy wing in the board.
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