New CBEC chief wants officers to speed up enrolment under GST

Within days of being appointed, the new Chairperson of the Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) Vanaja Sarna has asked officers to work with businesses for timely and smooth roll out of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) from July 1. In a missive, the second in as many weeks, she has said field formations must work on outreach programmes to create awareness of GST and ensure faster migration o…