GST Mumbai zone to have 21 commissionerates

There will be 21 commissionerates in the GST Mumbai zone, pared down from the existing 27 under the Service Tax and Central Excise departments.

GST Mumbai zone to have 21 commissionerates
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Written By: PTI
Updated: Fri, Jun 30, 2017
09:54 pm
Mumbai, PTI
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As the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime is set to subsume various indirect taxes from today midnight, there would be a reorganisation of existing Service Tax and Central Excise departments in Mumbai.

There will be 21 commissionerates in the GST Mumbai zone, pared down from the existing 27 under the Service Tax and Central Excise departments.

"From July 1, 27 commissionerates of these two departments will be reduced to 21," said the principal chief commissioner of GST Mumbai zone, Subhash Varshney.

"GST Mumbai zone will now be divided into 11 commissionerates. Besides, there will be five appeal commissionerates and five audit commissionerates, taking the total number to 21," he said.

The Central Excise building near Churchgate in south Mumbai will now be named as GST Bhawan. It will be the zonal headquarters.

"Our officials are all geared up for implementation of GST," Varshney added. 

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