CBIC plans faceless GST assessment system for central taxpayers

New Delhi: The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) is working towards a centralised assessment system for taxpayers registered under central GST jurisdiction wherein tax notices, hearings and orders would be dealt with on one national platform rather than through individual formations.

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"We are working on a kind of faceless assessment for taxpayers registered under Central GST (CGST) jurisdiction. It would be similar to faceless assessment system. A pilot on this is likely to be launched in a few months," a finance ministry source said.

To begin with, CGST registered taxpayers in various states would be part of the faceless assessment, the source said. It would be for the states to decide at a later stage whether they want the system for state GST (SGST) registered taxpayers too.

Under the Goods and Services Tax (GST), taxpayers have been divided between CGST and SGST officers based on a formula decided by the GST Council to ensure single interface.

All administrative control over 90 per cent of taxpayers having turnover below Rs 1.5 crore vests with state tax administration. The remaining 10 per cent is with central tax administration.

Taxpayers with turnover above Rs 1.5 crore is divided equally between Central and State tax administration.

As part of the plan, the CBIC is working towards a centralised system for taxpayers in its jurisdiction, under which notices, hearings and orders would be handled on one national platform rather than through individual formations.

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A taxpayer registered under CGST operating in several states would then deal with one system instead of several offices, a source said, adding "the work is at the design stage, and it is the direction in which central administration of this tax is moving".

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