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Name of the
project:
VAT
(Gujarat VAT Information System)
Department under which the project was taken:
Commissionerate of Commercial TAX,
GoG
Vision:
Efficient, Effective, Economical and
Transparent
Tax
Administration
Objectives:
-
Simplify administrative
procedures
- Provide
better
quality of information
for decision
making
-
Efficient and transparent commercial tax
administration
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Improving the quality
of services
to the taxpayer
Stakeholders:
- Tax
Payers
-
Tax
Practitioners
-
Commercial Tax Department,
Govt. of Gujarat
- Employees of Commercial
Tax
Department
-
State
Government
Project
Description:
The project was initiated
to
ensure prompt capturing of
data
at its origination
in digitized form
so that the VAT administration
could be more informed and controlled. As the
VAT implementation
process
involving VAT returns, scrutiny, assessment
and refunds get streamlined, it
was
envisaged that the data
also gets digitized to help the administration have an
in-depth analysis
of information
for better
decision support w.r.t. strategizing the tax
administration processes.
Gujarat VAT Information System (VATIS) project is logically divided
into various business services, shared services, MIS and House keeping.
Business services (e.g. Registration,
Returns, and Assessments
etc.) are self-contained while shared services (e.g. Tax
Calculation, Alert
Engine, Security etc.)
are independent
in nature and
available
across modules and tax type. MIS
is linked with all the business and shared services to generate desired reports. In addition
to this; framework has set of masters (e.g. commodity,
location, user etc…) which is accessed by various services. The application
is capable
of accepting
inputs
from a variety of sources with
data
in different formats
and providing outputs in required
formats. The entire
solution is
service oriented and hence provides greater flexibility
to incorporate
various changes in the shortest possible time and effort. This approach also offers flexibility
to deploy select modules at
specific
locations. VATIS provides simple and user friendly interface for all the functionalities implemented in the system.
It is modular in nature and directly maps
to the functional
processes.
VATIS FRAMEWORK
VATIS
system provides various features likes Pre-formatted document printing,
Exception Reports , Tax Calculator ,Document Management System, Performance
Reports ,Print Service –Better service
levels,
Improve process efficiency, Improving Service
Delivery, Increased Accountability.
Services offered in project:
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e-Registration
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e-Returns
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e-Request for refunds
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e-Request for amendments
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e-Messages
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e-Payment & Integration
with Treasury
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Online request for
acquiring statutory forms
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Online submission of
statutory forms to avail green channel at all checks posts. (under
development)
Technology:
VATIS
framework has been developed on open standards -Java/J2EE technologies using
OOPS concepts which provides Scalability, Maintainability, Modularity,
Reusability, Portability, Performance, Security and Industry wide support. It
provides web based access, horizontal and vertical scalability and SOA based
hybrid architecture.
·
High Availability/Scalability Configuration – Logical Network
Working Principal
Benefits:
-
Informed decision making:
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Improved analytical
studies:
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Increased compliance:
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Improved administrative
control:
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Dissemination of
information:
Status:
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5 lac payers,104 units, 25
circles, 7 divisions & 3,000 officers
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Expenditure of 16 crores
after e-governance, in last 18 months
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Tax payers: VAT: 3.80 Lacs,
CST: 2.20 Lacs
-
Revenue Growth:
–
2006-07 Rs. 12,868 Crores [21% ]
– 2005-06 Rs. 10,650 Crores [26% ]
– 2004-05 Rs. 7,235 Crores [16% ]
– Target for 2007-08: Rs.
15,430 crore {20%} 24% rise in first half
Achievements:
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Increase in no. of tax
payers due to VAT-3 lacs to 5 lacs taxpayers
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Growth in No. of tax
returns- 14 lacs per annum
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Cost of Collection-dropped
from 1% in 04-05 to 0.65 % in 06-07
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11,000 dealers filed
60,000 e returns in last quarter
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About 1, 00,000 hrs. of
training
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Pilot testing of
e-payments facility through payment gateways of banks has been completed
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Transport agencies can
submit online details of inter-state movement of goods
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High tax paying dealers
can view their profile through Portal
Specific Achievements during the year 2006-07
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More than 60,000 TIN
generated through the system.
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More than 32 lacs acknowledgements issued through
the computerized application.
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Detailed
data entry for more than 20 lac forms.
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Entry
of 1.23 lacs forms for Tax on closing stock done.
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e-Return started for
selected 4,000 dealers.
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