National Taxation Award-2022

• 10 Nov 2022

Why In News?

• Announcing the National Taxation Award-2022 by Tax India Online on November 9, 2022, 'Gold Award' to the Government of Rajasthan in the Most Reformist State and SGST/VAT Category categories in tax management. to be provided.

Key Points

• The award, presented by Haryana Deputy Chief Minister Dushyant Chautala and Rajya Sabha MP Sushil Modi, was received by the Joint Secretary, Finance (Taxes), Finance Department on behalf of the Rajasthan government.
• The state of Odisha was awarded silver in this category and Haryana, Tamil Nadu and Bihar were awarded jury awards.
• The Government of Rajasthan was also awarded the Gold Award for standing first in the State VAT category. The state of Odisha was given silver in this category and the jury award was given to Uttar Pradesh, Maharashtra and Chhattisgarh.
• IFMS by State Govt. Practical changes have been made to the platform by innovating, standardizing processes and reducing human intervention to make it more public utility, which has helped in payment and revenue collection.
• Similarly, effective collection of taxes under the GST Act was done by the State Tax Department, which has collected 26 percent more revenue as compared to the previous year.
• The State Government has given relief to the dealers by declaring the Amnesty Scheme-2021 and 2022 for clearing the pending dues for years by eliminating more than 8.00 lakh entries. In the same sequence, in the budget of the year 2022-23, relief has been provided to the dealers by setting up a convenience facility and increasing the limit of e-way bill up to one lakh rupees under the GST law.
• It is well known that this award by Tax India Online Knowledge Foundation has been given by Tax India Online Knowledge Foundation for excellent work in the field of tax management reforms and tax management in states and tax law compliant taxpayers, technology service providers, taxpayer friendly commissioners and taxpayers policy-makers, etc., are given in nine categories.
• Retired judges of the Supreme Court, retired high officials of the Government of India and retired members of the Central Board of Excise and Customs are included in the jury of the awards.
• Tax India Online was established in the year 2000. As online media, it is established as a leading start-up company. These awards were instituted by Tax India Online in the year 2020.