National Toll Free Helpline for Resolving GST Queries Launches in Jaipur
This toll free (1800 103 9271) helpline service was inaugurated by Chief Guest, Rajeev Swarup (IAS), Principal Secretary – Small Industries, Ajitabh Sharma (IAS), Commissioner Industries, Govt. of Rajasthan.
Government has already announced the GST registration program and under this GST regime, states like Gujarat (78.36%), Madhya Pradesh (76.87%), Chhattisgarh (74.49%), Rajasthan (67.13%), West Bengal (60.58%), Chandigarh (53.13%), Jharkhand (56.29%) have observed a huge response on VAT to GST transition. On the other side, states like Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Delhi, Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh,Maharashtra,
Bihar have observed poor to average response. States like Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Karnataka, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh have started the registration program from 1st of January, 2017 and will be ending it on 15th of January, 2017. Once the first round of registration of GST will get over, Government will launch the second round of registration from March 2017.
Rajeev Swarup said, “As the GST will be rolled out soon, small industries will be looking for helping hands on transition from multiple taxes and filing of returns with separate departments (VAT) to one tax (GST). Unlike the existing return processes, the GST requires to be filed every month by the businessmen which will make it easier once the ‘hands on’ processes are set. Toll Free Help Line is a great initiative by a Jaipur based tech company and business fraternity should utilize this one stop GST helpline to resolve their queries.”
Mohit Bhambani, CEO of KDK Softwares said, “KDK Softwares’ toll free helpline will create an eco system within the business fraternity for resolving queries on GST. We had run this toll free service for 5 days on trial basis and responded 1800+ queries of a limited group, mostly CAs. About 34% of query callers were consulted on complete GST enrollment process. We have created a built-in capacity of handling 1500 calls in a day. We are also offering this service in 6 major languages, English, Hindi, Gujarati, Marathi, Malayalam and Kannada with a plan of adding more regional languages in coming few months.”
