West Bengal leads in compliance under GST scheme

As of 8^th August, 2017, West Bengal leads the new registration under GST regime in India. While the national average is 23%, West Bengal was leading with 77% in new tax registration under GST. The figures were disclosed by Mr Arvind Singh, the new principal commissioner, GST & CX, eastern region at a session titled “Democratisation of Services” on the second of the two-day ICT East organized by CII.

According to him, even states such as Gujarat and Maharashtra are behind West Bengal in GST registration. The figure speaks highly of West Bengal, Mr Singh said, adding that about 245,000 people in the state are tax payers while the number in the country stands at around 8 million.

Over the last few years, the West Bengal government has increased tax collection through better compliance. The state expects to earn Rs 55, 787 crore from tax collection in the current financial year, marking an increase of around 14 per cent when compared to last year’s figure of Rs 48,927 crore.