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The apex policy making body for indirect taxes, CBEC is being rechristened as theCentral Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) in the run up to the Goods and Services Tax regime to be rolled out from July 1. "The Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) is being renamed as the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC), after getting legislative approval," a Finance Ministry statement said. CBIC would supervise the work of all its field formations and directorates and assist the government in policy making in relation to GST, continuing central excise levy and customs functions, it said. "Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has approved the reorganisation of the field formations of the CBEC for the implementation of GST," it added. The existing formations of central excise and service tax under the CBEC have been re-organised to implement and enforce the provisions of the proposed GST Laws, it added. The renamed Directorate General of Goods & Service Tax ...
Amid staff concerns over redundancy in the post-goods and services tax (GST) regime from the coming financial year, the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) is identifying new areas of work in international customs, risk assessment, post-clearance audits and taxpayer services, among others, to remain relevant.With limited administrative role under GST, the indirect tax department is aiming to redeploy. "There are a lot of areas where maturity of administration needs to go up. We are not able to perform in those due to lack of workforce and resources. GST is one opportunity -- it will free-up manpower to concentrate on important areas like data analysis, intellectual property, risk assessment, etc," said a senior official.There will be new Customs divisions. One on dispute resolution, capacity building and compliance is being deliberated.CBEC administers service tax, Customs duty and excise duty. GST, expected to be rolled out from July 1, will subsume service tax and excise ...