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Difficulties faced by officers in Audit Commissionerate
ALL
INDIA ASSOCIATION OF CENTRAL EXCISE GAZETTED EXECUTIVE OFFICERS: KERALA UNIT
PRESIDENT: ANTONIO NETTICADAN
Phone : 91-
9495466577
Email :
net11ant@gmail.com
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GENERAL
SECRETARY: ARUN ZACHARIAH.P
Phone:
91-9447037011
Email:
arun_zach@yahoo.com
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Address for
Communication
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ArunZachariah.P
General
Secretary
All India
Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers
O/o the
Assistant Commissioner of Central Tax & Central Excise,
V Publishers
Building, SreenivasaIyer Road
Kottayam
686001
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GS/ADMN/2019 Dated.
08.11.2019
To
The
Principal Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, Central Excise & Customs,
I.S.
Press Road, Cochin 682018
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The
Principal Commissioner of Central Tax (Audit)
I.S.
Press Road, Cochin 682018
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Sir,
Sub:Difficulties faced by officers in
Audit Commissionerate with regard to GST
Audit –
Reg
1.
The members of this Association working in Audit
Commissionerate have reported that they have been given a long list of tax
payers with a direction that GST Audit be conducted on those who have filed
Annual Return. In this regard the difficulties faced by our members in
proceeding with the directions received are brought to your kind notice.
2.
The basic data like address and returns filed can
be accessed only through Citrix app. No LAN WAN connectivity has been provided
to any of the groups and the officers have also not been mapped to the utility.
In respect of LAN Wan connectivity, Annexure B was sent
in April 2019 and periodic reminders also made. However, connectivity has not
been forthcoming so far. As per the GSTAM, access to the Tax Payer at a
Glance (TAG) utility is an essential pre-requisite for desk review and
conducting audit. TAG has not yet been made available to officers.
3.
Though unconnected AIOs are available in circles,
the numbers would be insufficient when connectivity is provided. Considering
the time required to access data from Citrix, at least one AIO per group is to
be provided and also, one AIO is to be provided to the Technical Section in
each Circle. Also, as many of the AIOs are not in use, the ports will have to
be unlocked which may entail a very slight delay. On the question of AIOs, it
would be of great assistance to the Audit Tour parties if they are provided
with laptops that are configured to access the Citrix application in order that
they would be connected to the system even during a visit to the Unit being
audited.
4.
The infrastructural facilities in many of the
circles as well as headquarters are pathetic. The officers do not have proper and
adequate space to sit, nor do they have proper furniture. In many cases, the
Officers have had to make do with old furniture that appears to have been
discarded from some of the Executive Commissionerate formations at the time of
creation of the Audit Commissionerate. The appearance of such a dilapidated
office setup is in itself a major drawback especially since GST Audit
prescribes that audit can be conducted either at the premises of the Assessee
or in our Office. When the Department specifies that the Assessee must provide
specified space for Officers who are visiting their premises for the smooth
conduct of Audit, the Department itself not providing it’s Officers with
adequate facilities smacks of double standards and lowers the esteem of the
Officer in the eyes of the trade which in turn has a highly demoralizing effect.
5.
GST and all fresh initiatives of the Department are
Technology driven, the latest being Document Identification Number. While the
Department is keen to ensure that adequate publicity is given to the trade and
public in general that we are technologically savvy and that all and any access
to communication is only online, we come up a cropper when it comes to
equipping our audit teams with adequate hardware to reflect our motto of being
technologically savvy. Our Audit Circles and the groups therein must hence be
equipped with sufficient number of computers/ laptops and printers so that they
being the face of the Department, they present the image that the Department
wishes to convey. As the Audit teams are mobile, they should also be equipped
with necessary telephone facility so as to avoid the use of personal phones to
communicate with the taxpayers.
6.
Since the processes in GST Audit are all intended
to be online, it would be in the interest of the Department that all the
officers in the Audit Commissionerate be trained in GST Audit and online
requirements prior to the commencement of GST Audit. As this has not been
carried out till date and further, as the required modules are still to be made
operational, it is opined that the GST Audit scheduled to be carried out now
may be deferred till all requirements are in place. Such a step we believe
would give adequate breathing space to both the Department as well as Officers
to get accustomed toprocess and will result in the smooth conduct of Audit as
compared to the rather tardy roll out of various modules of GST as a result of
which Officers in the field are a frustrated lot.
7.
Further, as the relevant date for the submission of
the Annual Return for 2017-18 is 30th November, 2019, the normal
period of limitation would expire only on 30.11.2022 and hence it is suggested
that the start of GST Audit can be deferred to the April 2020. As Audit
proceeds on specific timelines, rushing into a system which is still not in place
without adequate infrastructure, manpower and training could result in lapses
for which as is wont the Audit Officer would be held responsible. It is
hence requested that the issues highlighted by the Association be attended to
on a priority basis so that our members are not held responsible with reference
to any delay in commencing and completing the audit in the absence of required
infra structure and facilities.
Yours
faithfully
ARUN
ZACHARIAH.P
GENERAL
SECRETARYCEC Members
CEC
Members:
S/Shri.
1.
TVM Hqrs
(i) Toms John
2.
(ii) Raju Joseph
3.
TVM North DVN Roy Jose
4.
TVM South DVN Rajendran Nair
5.
Kollam
S.Ajithkumar
6.
Pathanamthitta Radhakrishnan
7.
Alappuzha
8.
Kottayam Ramesh
Panicer
9.
TVM Airport Jayaraj
10. ACC, TVM and UB Deepu
Divakaran
11. Kochi Hqrs (i) Thara
Divakar
12. (ii) Tinus Mathai
13. EKM DVN
Shobitha Bhaskaran
14. Kakkanad DVN Jayasree
15. Aluva DVN N.Jayaprakash
16. Perumbavoor
17. Idukki DVN Marykutty
Chacko
18. Chalakudy DVN R.Sajith
kumar
19. Thrissur Bjju Jacob
20. CLT Hqrs/DGGI (i) K.V.Anand
21. (ii) Manojkumar V.
22. Palakkad H.Ramakrishnan
23. Malappuram K.Shanavaz
24. CLT Rural/Audit P G.
Vinaya Kumar
25. CLT Urban G.Rejith
26. Kannur
V.Madhavan
27. AP CLT K P Manoj /
Gokuldas
28. ACC CLT K.P.Ramdas
29. Audit Circle, CHN N
P Padmakumar
30. CCP Hqrs K.Raeev
31. DGGI Jayaraj
32. Audit Circle, TVM Sugunan
33. CCP DVN, TVM Chitra
C.R.
Special
Invitees: 1. Joju Mampilly
2.Vinod Kumar V.V.
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Tuesday, November 5, 2019
GST Advisory and SOP
1) Central Excise Payment
2) Advisory- Change of PW-C.Ex ST
3) Advisory- Password Reset
4) Advisory- Physical Verification
5) Advisory- View Challan
6) E-Way Bill for Officers
7) FAQ- LDR Scheme- 2019
8) Functionality- Common Portal-13082019
9) GST New Return
10) Manual - SVDLRS
11) NIC Bulk SMS
12) Password Policy- AIO
2) Advisory- Change of PW-C.Ex ST
3) Advisory- Password Reset
4) Advisory- Physical Verification
5) Advisory- View Challan
6) E-Way Bill for Officers
7) FAQ- LDR Scheme- 2019
8) Functionality- Common Portal-13082019
9) GST New Return
10) Manual - SVDLRS
11) NIC Bulk SMS
12) Password Policy- AIO
Sunday, November 3, 2019
Wednesday, October 30, 2019
Inadequacies of CGST
GS/ADMN/2019 Dated
03.09.2019
To
The Principal Chief Commissioner of
Central Tax, Central Excise & Customs
Thiruvanathapuram
Zone
Sir,
Sub: Inadequacies of CGST backend - Reg
Please
refer to this Associations letter dated 08.03.2019 bringing to your kind
notice, some of the requirements in CGST backend that would enable the officers
at field level to function effectively. We had among other issues pointed out
the inadequacy in accessing GSTR2A, non availability of certain reports for a
period greater than a month and the non availability of details of goods and
services supplied by a registrant in the
reports .
2. We would like to highlight some of the functionalities
available in the Kerala SGST and are constrained to state that we are far
inferior to them. You may recall the recent comparison of performance of CGST
and SGST officers where in it was observed that the performance of SGST
officers was much better. In this regard, we would like to unequivocally state
that SGST being better equipped with man power and technology such a conclusion
alone is to be expected.
3. In the
Annexure to this letter the reports available in respect of a single unit for
an SGST official in enclosed.
Yours
faithfully
ARUN
ZACHARIAH.P
GENERAL
SECRETARY
Copy to
The Principal Commissioner of
Central Tax & Central Excise
Cochin/Thiruvanathapuram/
Calicut,
ANNEXURE
Letter on recognition
GS/ADMN/2019 Dated
18.03.2019
To
1)
The Chairman, CBIC, North Block, New
Delhi.
2) The
Member (Admin), CBIC, North Block, New Delhi.
3)
The Member (South Zone), CBIC, North
Block, New Delhi.
Sirs,
Sub:
Procrastination by CBIC granting renewal of recognition to AIACEGEO leading to
undesirable practices – reg.
This
Kerala Unit of the AIACEGEO, represents the 415 No of Superintendents working
in the Commissionerates of Cochin, Calicut, Thiruvanathapuram, Cochin (Audit),
Cochin (Appeals), Cochin Customs (Preventive) & Directorates of DRI, DGGI
and NACIN. We have submitted to the
Board, the DDO Certificates for the year 2017-18 testifying to a paid up
membership of 386 number of Members, through our Secretary General Shri. R.
Manimohan. Our committee is the only
elected body in this unit.
We are aware of the Board’s letter vide F. No.
12017/07/2017-Ad.IV-A dt. 12.02.2019 wherein it has been communicated clearly
that promotee ACs cannot be members of the AIACEGEO as per the existing CCS
(RSA) Rules. Accordingly, the former SG
of our Association, Shri. Ravi Malik who was promoted as AC in February 2017
cannot any longer use the name of this Association. All his actions subsequent to his promotion
are null and void. The meeting convened
by him without the President of this Association in May 2017 was after his
promotion and hence all that he has done subsequently in the name of this
Association, including a claim for its legal ownership and to get the
recognition renewed in his name based on the DDO Certificates submitted by our
legally elected Secretary General Shri. R. Manimohan is also null and
void. The person whom he calls the
President of his camp is also an Assistant Commissioner. Thus when the camp led by him is illegitimate
and the Board should not allow them to use the name of AIACEGEO. Administrative and disciplinary action should
be taken against them for such misuse, even after the clarification by the
Board vide its letter dated 12.02.2019 cited above.
It has come to our
knowledge that Shri. Ravi Malik is still calling himself the Secretary General
of the AIACEGEO, in defiance of the Board’s letter cited above and collecting
huge funds through his appeals in his blog named cengoindia.blogspot.com. A copy of such a communication dated
13.03.2019 is enclosed for ease of reference.
Hence, it is
requested that the Board may kindly step in immediately to stop such
undesirable practices of illegal collection of money by an illegitimate
body. Considering that there is only one
legitimate body representing the Superintendents of Central Excise/GST at the
All India Level with Shri. Sanjay Srinivasan as the President and Shri. R.
Manimohan as the Secretary General and that this body has already submitted the
necessary number of DDOs to prove membership of 5317 members (out of an
estimated working strength of 11500 members) which is much above the 35%
required under the CCS (RSA) Rules, as done in the earlier instances, renewal
of recognition of the Association may be issued on the basis of these DDOs so that
any further procrastination on the part of the Board is not misused by the
vested interests and illegitimate bodies, for which Board should not become
responsible.
We seek your
immediate intervention in the matter and renewal of recognition of AIACEGEO immediately.
Encl
: Call dated 13.03.2019 of Shri. Ravi Malik
Yours
faithfully
ARUN
ZACHARIAH.P
GENERAL
SECRETARY
Copy to
Shri. R.
Manimohan, SG, AIACEGEO.
-for
information and records.
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