1. CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE & CUSTOMS DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF SYSTEMS
Welcome Master Trainers of MEERUT Zone
CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE & CUSTOMS DIRECTORATE GENERAL OF SYSTEMS
Training of Master Trainers:
GST IT Application
April 13, 2017

2. SCHEDULE FOR THE DAY Module 01 GST IT Ecosystem: An Overview
Module Migration to GST
Module Accessing the GST Application
Module Registration
Module Returns
Module Payments
Module Refunds

3. GST IT ECOSYSTEM – AN OVERVIEW
MODULE 1
GST IT ECOSYSTEM – AN OVERVIEW

4. AGENDA Topic 01 Agencies in GST: Structure and Role
Topic Role and Structure of DG (Systems)
Topic GST Application: Ecosystem
Topic Project SAKSHAM – Revamping IT Infrastructure

5. Goods and Services Tax Council Goods and Services Tax Network
Agencies in GST
Union / State Governments
UNION / STATES
CBEC: Tax administrators of Union
State VAT officials: Tax administrators of States
Cross-empowerment under CGST/SGST/IGST Acts to prevent Dual Control
Goods and Services Tax Council
GSTC
Pooling of sovereignty of ensure harmony between Central and State laws
Article 279A(4) of the Constitution: GST Council to recommend on Laws, GST rates, Threshold limits, exemptions to GST etc.
Goods and Services Tax Network
GSTN
Non-government, private limited company incorporated on March 28, 2013.
Mandate is to provide a common portal for GST taxpayers

6. GST Application Development Team
Role of DG Systems
DG Systems
Project Saksham
The IT infrastructure upgradation project of CBEC is called ‘SAKSHAM’.
System Integration (SI) team
Provides and maintains IT infrastructure (data centre, servers, etc) for running all CBEC applications
Ensuring security of CBEC IT infrastructure
User Access Management (SSO IDs, ICEGATE IDs, first time mapping of Officers to Customs or Central Excise)
Issues VPN IDs
LAN/WAN team
Ensures last mile connectivity by providing LAN WAN connections to all the field formations and other CBEC Offices
Provides end user hardware (thin clients/ All-in-one computers)
System Integration
LAN/WAN
Handles development of the GST Application to be used by CBEC tax officials.
Providing hands-on application training for the CBEC officers.
Operations and maintenance of the application after roll-out
Operating help-desk for the ACES GST systems.
GST Application Development Team
ACES-GST help desk for departmental Officers and taxpayers
Toll free no
Saksham Seva Helpline (Toll Free numbers): /

7. Interaction between DG (Sys) & GSTN
Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) is the section 8 of the new Companies Act, Non-government, private limited company. It was incorporated on March 28, 2013.
GSTN would create a common GST portal for taxpayers to handle four modules – Registration, Returns, Payments and Refunds.
Data entered by taxpayers on GSTN portal is distributed to tax authorities for requisite action, and the decision of tax authorities communicated back to taxpayers
Functions of
GST Common Portal
Registration
Payment
Return
Refunds
CBEC GST Application

8. GST Application: Ecosystem
New Ecosystem
IGST Information
GST Common Portal
Registration
Payments
Returns
Refunds
Taxpayer
e-PAO
States
CBEC pulls information
CBEC pushes
information
Information Exchange with Other Agencies
Audit
Dispute Resolution
Appeal
Investigation
TAG
ICEGATE
EDW
CBEC GST Application
Department Official
System notifies officer
Officer processes
Information Exchange with Other CBEC Applications for IGST and Analytics

9. Launch of CBEC GST Mobile application
CBEC GST mobile application (Android Version) was launched in Android on 23rd of February, 2017 with downloads
CBEC GST Application can be downloaded
through the flowing path in Android:
Go to playstore
In the Search field, Type “CBEC GST”
Download and install the CBEC GST application

10. Project Saksham: Revamping IT Infrastructure
Proposed Infrastructure
As Is Infrastructure
Augmented Network Bandwidth in bands of 4 Mbps, 08 Mbps & 16 Mbps for high speed connectivity and alternate connectivity from a different Service Provider through Optical Fibre Cable (OFC) 1
Slow Connection
Slow Response Time
Augmented Server & Storage Capacity in Data Centre to cater to increased load 2
Frequent breakdowns
Enhancing efficiency of departmental officers – new Desktops, Laptops & Handhelds 3
No Mobile enablement
Provisions for applications to be Mobile enabled 4
Inadequate helpdesk services
Augmented Security Infrastructure for safeguarding information 5
Inadequate facility for uploading scanned documents
Service Desk for integrated IT support 6

11. Thin Client v/s new All In One (AIO) Desktop
Scope
Thin Client
All In One (AIO)/Desktop
LAN Connectivity and Infrastructure
Thin Clients with Minimum compute
All In One – HP ProOne 400 G2
Operating System
SuSe Linux
Windows 10
Office Productivity
Open Office through Citrix
Microsoft Office
Processor
Processer 1.0 GHz
Dual-Core Intel Core i5 Processor
RAM
512 MB
8GB
Storage
No local Storage
500GB