National Conference on GST @ 2016

ASSOCHAM Series of National Conference on GST @ 2016: Issues & Solutions

The Government of India under the leadership of the Hon’ble Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi Ji is all set to implement the GST in India and has indicated April 1, 2016 as target date for GST launch. Recently the Rajya Sabha Select Committee has also submitted its report to the parliament and the stage has been set for the implementation of the most important reform of Indirect Taxation in India. Inspired by the report of the Select Committee, ASSOCHAM the most pro-active chamber of commerce has decided to organize a series of National Conferences on GST in the month of September - October 2015 at the following cities to have a detailed interaction between industry & government:   DATE TIME VENUE 16th September 2015 09.30 am – 5.00 pm Hotel Shangri la, New Delhi 18th September 2015 09.30 am – 5.00 pm Hotel HHI, Kolkata 22nd September 2015 09.30 am – 5.00 pm Hotel Taj Deccan,Hyderabad 24th September 2015 09.30 am – 5.00 pm Hotel Radha Regent,Chennai 30th September 2015 09.30 am – 5.00 pm Hotel Four Seasons,Mumbai 6th October 2015 09.30 am – 5.00 pm Hotel Le- Meriden, Bangalore 12th October 2015 09.30 am – 5.00 pm Hotel Le- Meriden, Pune Shri K.M. Mani, Chairman, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers has kindly agreed to be the Chief Guest at Bangalore & Pune. Shri Najib Shah, Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Ministry of Finance has also confirmed to Inaugurate the Conference at New Delhi. Shri V S Krishnan, Member (GST), CBEC will be there at Chennai & Mumbai to Inaugurate the Conference.Smt Rashmi Verma, Additional Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance has been requested to Inaugurate the Conference at Kolkata & Hyderabad. THE SALIENT DISCUSSION POINTS IN THE CONFERENCE WOULD BE:     Overview of proposed GST structure in light of the recommendations of the Rajya Sabha Select Committee on the GST Bill, and its implications on Trade & Industry     ‘Place of supply’ Rules under GST need to consider sectoral issues to reduce litigation     GST treatment of Inter State movement of Goods & Services and impact of 1% origin based tax     Impact assessment of Business Transactions and Transitional Issues     Preparing for transition to GST Implementation: Govt. as well as Trade & Industry     Impact of GST on Identified type of transaction     Need for harmonization of CGST and SGST law, rules and procedures SPEAKERS FROM GOVERNMENT:     Shri K.M.Mani, Chairman, Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers (Bangalore & Pune)     Shri Najib Shah, Chairman, Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC), Ministry of Finance (New Delhi)     Shri V S Krishnan, Member (GST), CBEC (Chennai & Mumbai)     Smt Rashmi Verma*, Additional Secretary, Department of Revenue, Ministry of Finance (Kolkata & Hyderabad)     Shri Upender Gupta ,Commissioner, GST (New Delhi)     Shri R S Khurana, Deputy Commissioner ,GST (Kolkata, Chennai & Pune)     Shri Shashank Priya, ADG, DGST (Hyderabad & Mumbai)     Shri M Vinod Kumar, Principal Commissioner Central Excise (Banglore) *requested OTHER SPEAKERS INCLUDE Shri Sumit Dutt Majumder,Former Chairman, Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) & Author of the book ‘GST in India’ (All cities) Shri Nihal Kothari, Chairman, National Council on Indirect Taxes, ASSOCHAM (All cities) Shri J.K. Mittal, Co-chairman, National Council on Indirect Taxes, ASSOCHAM (All cities) CMA Ashok B Nawal, Chairman, Taxation Committee, The Institute of Cost Accountants of India (All cities) Shri N Mathivanan,Principal Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (New Delhi) Ms. Saloni Roy, Sr. Director, Deloitte (New Delhi) Shri Arun Subramanian, Vice President, SAP Labs (New Delhi) Shri Nitish Sharma, Executive Director, Nangia & Co (New Delhi) Shri Ravi Raghavan,Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (Kolkata) Mr. Amit Sarkar , Partner, Grant Thornton India LLP (Kolkata) Shri Karan Talwar,Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (Hyderabad) Mr. Raman NV, Director, Grant Thornton India LLP (Hyderabad) Shri R Muralidharan, Sr. Director, Deloitte (Chennai & Bangalore) Shri Raghavan Ramabadran, Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (Chennai) Shri M S Mani, Sr. Director, Deloitte (Mumbai) Shri L Badrinarayanan,Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (Mumbai & Pune) Ms. Manjusha Nair, Sr. Director, SAP Labs (Mumbai) Shri G Shivadass,Principal Partner, Lakshmikumaran & Sridharan (Bangalore) Ms. Anjilika Chopra, Sr. Director, Deloitte (Pune) WHO SHOULD ATTEND CEOs, CFOs, Finance / Accounts / Legal Executives, Senior Auditors and Financial Professionals / Consultants, Service providers and manufacturing availing CENVAT credit, Exporters of services, Users of services provided in India or abroad, Middle & Senior Level executives dealing in Indirect Taxes in the corporate world as well as the practicing CA, CS, CMA and other related professionals. PARTICIPATION FEE The Conference has immense value for the participants however the fees is kept at Rs. 3,500 + 14% service Tax- per participant per city (including refreshment & lunch) to meet the cost. {10% discount for two or more persons from the same organization} FOR REGISTRATION Kindly fill in the attached registration form and send to us at finance@assocham.com; taxation.assocham@gmail.com at the earliest. Since the seats are limited therefore shall be made available on first-come-first served basis. You are requested to register yourself and also nominate your colleagues for the same. Kindly forward this mail to others you think can benefit as well and oblige For further details, please contact: Avinash Sharma   (09811524976) avinash.sharma@assocham.com   Ankit Raghav   (09999068767)   ankit.raghav@assocham.com     Akshat Agarwal   (09873847923)   akshat.Agarwal@assocham.com     Krishan Sharma   (08512072265)   krishan.sharma@assocham.com   The Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India (ASSOCHAM) Corporate Office:- 5, Sardar Patel Marg, Chanakyapuri, New Delhi - 110 021, INDIA Tel: +91-11-46550598/587/607, 46550555 · Fax: 011-23017008/9 E-mail: finance@assocham.com/taxation@assocham.com Website:· www.assocham.org