Revenue department asks tax officers to speed up GST migration

The revenue department has expressed “serious concern” over delay in migration of excise and service tax assessees to the new Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime and asked field officers to complete the process by 31 March. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), the apex policy making body for indirect taxes, in a communication to the field formations has asked the zonal chief commissione…