70,000 tax officers to wear black bands to work tomorrow to protest some recent decisions taken by the GST Council headed by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley.
The associations representing them said the decisions are heavily tilted towards the states.
The Council had in its January 16 meeting agreed to give states the powers to levy tax on economic activity within 12 nautical miles of territorial waters and to administer 90 per cent of the tax payers under Rs 1.5 crore annual turnover besides certain provisions of Integrated GST.
These and other decisions are being objected to by the officers working under CBEC who feel that there is an urgent need for their review.
The members of Indian Revenue Service (Customs and Central Excise), All India Association of Central Excise Gazetted Executive Officers, All India Central Excise Inspectors’ Association and All India Central Excise and Service Tax Ministerial Officers Association will participate in Monday’s symbolic protest.
Referring to the contentious issue of dual control over the assessees, the associations said the duality of control would in turn lead to spurt in litigation among the states thereby increasing the burden on the courts that are already burdened.
