The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry had organized a "Seminar on GST, Theme : Critical Recent Issues on Taxation & Revisiting GST via dynamic International Trade & Data Analytic Route" on 28th November 2019 at The Golden Retreat; Haldia. This was the first ever Seminar of the Indirect Taxes Committee of the Chamber at Haldia.

Welcome address was given by Mr. T. B. Chatterjee, Chairperson - Indirect Taxes Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Partner & Mentor, Tax Connect Advisory Services LLP. The Chief Guest of the Seminar was Mr. Harishanker Panicker, IAS, CEO, Haldia Development Authority. Special address was deliberated by Mr. S. Gurumoorthy, General Manager (Finance), Indian Oil Corporation Limited.

Mr. T. B. Chatterjee, Chairperson - Indirect Taxes Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Senior Partner & Mentor, Tax Connect Advisory Services LLP and Mr. Vivek Jalan, Co-Chairperson - Indirect Taxes Committee, The Bengal Chamber of Commerce and Industry & Partner, Tax Connect Advisory Services LLP addressed the 3 Technical Sessions of the Seminar covering:

▪  Recent Critical issues under GST
▪  How to make successful representations before Ministry of Finance and Commerce
▪  Areas of future litigation
▪  Recent critical advance rulings
▪  Analysis of recent circulars and notifications
▪  How to reply to departmental notices under GST like 3B Vs 2A, 3B Vs 1, High ITC Utilization, etc
▪  How to Handle inspections and other departmental appeals and assessments under GST
▪  Data Analytics in GST (For Compliance & ITC)
▪  Preparation of GST Data for next Income Tax Return & Tax Audit
▪  GST Audit
▪  Export Formalities under GST & Refund

The deliberations after each session were followed by an interactive session with the participants. The Seminar was attended by close to 50 delegates.