The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has set the ball rolling to create goods and services tax grievance redressal committees expeditiously at zonal and state levels
The council at a meeting on December 18 decided that a structured mechanism be put in place for the taxpayers under GST to tackle the grievances of taxpayers. The GST policy wing has prescribed the guidelines and written to all principal chief commissioners and chief commissioners to set up the cells.
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The grievance redressal committees (GRCs) at zonal and state levels will consist of central and state-level tax officers and representative from GST Network (GSTN), besides representatives of trade and industry and other GST stakeholdersExamining and resolving all the grievances and issues being faced by the taxpayers, including procedural difficulties and IT-related issues pertaining to GST, both of specific and general nature, will be one of the mandates of the GRC, the Central Board of Board of Indirect Tax and Customs (CBIC) said in a directive on Wednesday. The GRC will meet at least once a quarter during its tenure of two years.
Source: The Economic Times
