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CBEC to be named CBIT

10 Sep, 2016 Print

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.