State Bench of GST Appellate Tribunal to be set up in Hisar

Haryana Finance Minister has recently stated that the state bench of Goods and Services Tax Appellate Tribunal will be set up in Hisar for speedy settlement of matters related to the tax regime.

Earlier, the central government was approached by the state government with the request of constituting of the bench in Hisar. “The state bench of GST Appellate Tribunal will come up in Hisar,” Abhimanyu said in a statement.

There are nearly 4.5 lakh registered GST taxpayers in the state. “Haryana has added a new record as despite having just 1.8% of the geographical area of the country and 2.09% of the national population, its contribution to the national kitty of GST has been 4.7%,” he said.

While, the national per capita GST collection is Rs 9,370, the state’s per capita GST collection stands at Rs 21,745, he stated. The collections under GST are made under four different Acts, namely, Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, and the Compensation to States Tax Act, 2017.

After the implementation of GST with effect from July 1, 2017, as many as 2,47,814 new taxpayers have been added to the pool of taxpayer base of 2,02,013 under VAT regime.