TS achieved rapid progress in increasing tax base: CS Somesh Kumar

"Rationalization and reorganization of the department was done twice in 2018 and 2020," he said

Hyderabad: The officers of Bihar Finance Service met with Chief Secretary Somesh Kumar at BRKR Bhavan on Tuesday, when he explained about the implementation of GST in Telangana State.

The Chief Secretary said that under the able guidance of Chief Minister K Chandrashekar Rao, the State had achieved rapid progress in increasing the tax base which resulted in the doubling of commercial tax revenues over the last five years.

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“Rationalization and reorganization of the department was done twice in 2018 and 2020. Economic intelligence unit was created to conduct research and analysis into specific sectors of economy and identify potential revenue areas,” he said, adding that use of technology, Apps and data analytics and a paradigm shift in the Commercial Tax administration in the State from individual based to system driven tax administration had helped the State achieve tremendous success in tax revenue realisation.

Director General, MCRHRD, Harpreet Singh, Commissioner Commercial Tax Neetu Prasad and others were also present.

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