Haryana Excise and Taxation Department, today signed a MOU at Chandigarh with National Academy of Direct Taxes (NADT), Regional Campus, Lucknow for capacity building and training of its officers of rank of Deputy Excise and Taxation Commissioner (DETC) and Excise and Taxation Officer (ETO). MOU was signed between the Commissioner, Excise & Taxation, Sh. Vinay Pratap Singh, and Additional Direct General (ADG), NADT, Lucknow Regional Campus, Sh. Niel Jain, in the presence of Administrative Secretary, Excise and Taxation Department, Smt. Ashima Brar.
Sharing information in this regard an official spokesperson said that, NADT, Lucknow would be conducting training of DETCs and ETOs in subjects like analysis of Profit and Loss statements and Balance sheets for GST evasion detection and cross-learning from Income Tax law. In-campus residential training calendar would commence from the month of November, and the Excise & Taxation Department endeavors to cover all categories of officers in these training programs.
The spokesperson said that under the capacity building initiatives of the Government of Haryana, the Excise-Taxation Department has been focusing on improving the efficiency and knowledge base of its Taxation Officers in the evolving GST law. The department had last year entered into a MOU with National Academy of Customs and Indirect Taxes & Narcotics (NACIN) for imparting both induction and mid-career training and refresher courses for its Taxation Officers like Taxation Inspectors and Excise & Taxation Officers.
The spokesperson further said that batches of newly recruited Taxation Inspectors have been trained for 4 weeks in NACIN Faridabad. The training component involves study of GST law along with training of other key aspects of GST functioning as well like registration procedure, drafting of show cause notice and conducting investigation.