CII help centre on VAT in Rajasthan

Jaipur, June 19 (UNI) Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) in association with Rajasthan government will establish a help centre on value added tax (VAT) here.

The centre, which would start functioning from June 23 would function five days a week.

"With the announcement by the state government to implement Value Added Tax (VAT) from April 2006, there is an urgent need for the industry and traders in Rajasthan to understand the VAT rules and procedures to facilitate a smooth transition to the new tax regime and at the same time for government of Rajasthan to take action for the proper implementation of VAT in Rajasthan. Confederation of Indian Industry in its effort to bridge this gap between the industry and the government has decided to set up this help centre", CII Rajasthan state council Chairman Shripal Chaudhari said.

"The objective of this help centre is to address the problems and doubts of the industries, trading fraternity and its representatives on the current taxation scenario, which emerged after implementing VAT by the state government", he said.

Additional commissioner (tax) Ram Karan Singh and Deputy commissioner (appeals) H L Pandey from the commercial taxes department, Rajasthan government would be manning the operations of the centre. Mr Chaudhari said that the help centre on VAT would further strengthen the bi-lateral relationship between government and industries, as the centre would bring together all stakeholders to meet and exchange ideas and views and to understand the rules and procedures on VAT in the state.

He said that this unique initiative would address the industrial issues and problems on VAT and bring in greater efficiency and competitiveness among industry.

He stressed upon the point that with industrial resurgence, the economy has gathered momentum and therefore, this was the most opportune time for introducing VAT but at the same time there is a need to have this kind of supportive initiative to take the corrective actions for the proper implementation of VAT in Rajasthan.

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