National Conclave on 6 years of GST: Transforming the Indirect Taxation System

It will be six years since the Goods and Services Tax (GST) unified most of the indirect tax laws in India on 1st July 2023. With ‘One nation, one tax’ as the ideology, the goal of GST was to streamline the indirect tax system in India. The introduction of GST is clearly a landmark reform for India.

The journey of the 6 years of this reform has been exhilarating and transformational for the Government as well as for industry.  The highest-ever GST collection in April 2023 indicates a favorable trend signaling growth in domestic demand and the subsequent growth in the Indian economy. We compliment the Government for putting greater emphasis on technology including advanced data analytics and the surge of compliances which has resulted in the continuous increase of the monthly GST collections. The upcoming years may witness a likely rejig of the GST provisions and rate slabs as the GST Council had already tasked a Group of Ministers (GoM) to suggest ways to augment revenue by rationalizing tax rates.

Therefore, to discuss the recent developments under GST with the Industry members, ASSOCHAM is organizing a National Conclave on “6 years of GST - Transforming the Indirect Taxation System” as per the following schedule:

DATE, TIME & VENUE

TOPICS TO BE DISCUSSED

• Next big ideas on GST
• Key Policy issues
• Key legislative issues

CONFIRMED GOVERNMENT OFFICIALS INCLUDE

Shri Vivek Aggarwal*, Additional Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance

Shri Vivek Johri*, Chairman,  Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), Ministry of Finance

Shri Shashank Priya, Member (GST), CBIC, Ministry of Finance

Shri Ritvik Ranjanam Pandey*, Joint Secretary -Revenue & NC, Ministry of Finance             

Shri Sanjay Mangal, Principal Commissioner (GST), GST Policy wing, CBIC, Ministry of Finance  

Shri Manish Kumar Sinha, CEO, Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN)

CONFIRMED TAX EXPERTS INCLUDE

Mr. Pratik Jain, Chairman, National Council on Indirect Taxes ASSOCHAM & Partner, Price Waterhouse & Co LLP

Mr. J K Mittal, Co-chairman, National Council on Indirect Taxes, ASSOCHAM

Mr. Ritesh Kanodia, Co-chairman, National Council on Indirect Taxes, ASSOCHAM & Partner, Aurtus Consulting LLP

Mr. Vineet Agrawal, Sr. EVP and Group Head (Taxation and Ethics), JSW Group

Mr. Ravi Gupta, Head Indirect Taxes, DS Group

Mr. Sudipta Bhattacharjee, Partner- Indirect Taxes, Khaitan & Co.

Mr. Manish Mishra, Partner, J Sagar Associates

Mr. Rajat Bose, Partner, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co

Ms. Charanya Lakshmikumaran, Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan

Mr. Deepak Suneja, Partner, NITYA Tax Associates

CA Himanshu Goel, Partner, T R Chadha & Co. LLP

Mr. Varun Raj Khanna, Sr. Vice President and Head of Indirect Tax, Bharti Airtel

PARTICIPATION FEE (Including GST)

Rs. 2,500 per participant for ASSOCHAM Member
Rs. 3,000 per participant for Non-Member