CBEC to be named CBIT
The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) might be renamed the Central Board of Indirect Taxes (CBIT), once GST regime is rolled out. A legacy division will look into pending service tax and excise cases for five years.
The CBIT might comprise six members — for GST, Customs, Information Technology, Policy & Infrastructure, Central Excise & Legacy Issues, Personnel & Vigilance, and Audit.
The Directorate General Of Central Excise Intelligence DGCEI might be renamed Directorate General of Indirect Tax Intelligence. A National GST Risk Management Centre is also proposed.
Besides, an additional secretary of the department of revenue, who will be secretary to the GST Council, will be a CBIT member for Central GST (CGST) and Integrated GST (IGST) related matters.
As per the draft blueprint, the entire country will be divided into six regions — northern, southern, eastern, western, north-eastern and central — and will be headed by a principal commissioner-level officer.
The regions will then be divided into zones putting certain states together and each zone will be headed by a chief commissioner. Every state will then be divided into smaller chunks termed as GST Range so that there are 1,000 assessees in a range. These will be grouped to form a GST division serving about 5,000 assessees.