1. Welcome to Presentation on VATSoft (VAT Processing System) of Commercial Taxes Department 08.06.2009

2. Technical Partner National Informatics Centre (NIC), Bangalore is developing and supporting the application software, required for the Commercial Taxes Department, since March, 2006.

3. VAT Offices VATSoft VAT Front office Audit Wing Check Post Enforcement Wing Appeal Wing

4. VATSoft Application VATsoft is application name for VAT System VATsoft is transparent and workflow based system with number of checks and balances VATsoft meets all the requirements of the front end offices of VAT – processing of registration, return, tax collection and reconciliation, statutory forms, refund, additional demand, etc. VATsoft also meets the requirements of the supporting wings of Dept:- Audit Wing, Enforcement Wing, Appeal Wing, Litigation Wing, Check Posts, etc.

5. Other Applications PELsoft is an application for computerisation of Minor Acts. It meets the requirements of Luxury, Professional, Entertainment, Agricultural IT. Checksoft is application for check posts. It meets the requirements of the check post activities. VAT Online System is an application to capture the data of purchase, sale, and export sale / return directly from the dealers; issue of the statutory forms; collection of taxes etc.

6. Front Office Returns Processing Work

7. VATsoft VAT efs Page

8. Implementation Status VATsoft is running successfully in all the front and back end offices since 2006-07 VATsoft has the data related to the dealers, entered by all the wings, since April 2005 PELsoft is running successfully in offices of the Minor Acts from 2007-08 Checksoft is rolled out in all check posts successfully. It needs WAN connectivity for effective utilisation of this system

9. Online Systems & Implementation Status VAT eFS – Online system to capture the details of sale / purchase / export invoices from the notified dealers. 500+ dealers using from Sep 2007 26000+ dealers are now enabled for e-filing e – VATforms – Online issue and collection of VAT/CST forms is successfully running for more than a month with 16000+ dealers of 5 offices and major dealers of State. It will be extended for other offices in phased manner. e – payment – Online tax payment system is ready for implementation. It will be made online shortly EDI system, among CTD, Banks and Treasury, is successfully running from Nov. 2008.

10. Achievements Improvement in tax administration & collection Reduction in mechanical/clerical works & automatic generation of notices Single window system for all the information Accountability Transparency Detection of bogus input tax credit claims Analysis & comparative reports for Intelligence work Cross-verification using online data of purchase and sale invoices

11. Business Re-engineering Reduction in number of offices from 376 to 95 Reduction in number of offices from 376 to 95 Separation of front-end activities and back-end activities Separation of front-end activities and back-end activities Automatic selection of cases for audit based on risk factors & automatic assignment to officers Automatic selection of cases for audit based on risk factors & automatic assignment to officers Online System - e-filing, e-payment, e-forms Online System - e-filing, e-payment, e-forms

12. Future Plans e – registration – Online registration system e – registration – Online registration system Enforcing the dealers to submit the returns with digital signature/PKI Enforcing the dealers to submit the returns with digital signature/PKI Web based and SMS based system to capture the data of movement of goods Web based and SMS based system to capture the data of movement of goods Hand held device for mobile check posts Hand held device for mobile check posts Building Business Intelligence & GIS System Building Business Intelligence & GIS System

13. Road Map Status on April 30, 2009 Status on April 30, 2009 E-filing dealers- 26000 + E-filing dealers- 26000 + E-VATforms - 5 Offices E-VATforms - 5 Offices Checkposts- 6 Check posts Checkposts- 6 Check posts Proposed in the year 2009-10 in phased Proposed in the year 2009-10 in phased manner manner Centralised VATsoft / PELsoft System Centralised VATsoft / PELsoft System Providing direct access to AG office Providing direct access to AG office E-filing dealers- Another 1,00,000+ E-filing dealers- Another 1,00,000+ E-VAT forms- Another 60 Offices E-VAT forms- Another 60 Offices E-payment- 50,000+ E-payment- 50,000+ Check posts- Remaining 14 Check posts Check posts- Remaining 14 Check posts

14. Implementation Plan for Road Map Enhancing the Hardware Infrastructure Enhancing the Hardware Infrastructure Strengthening the Helpdesk facility Strengthening the Helpdesk facility Outsourcing the data entry work at Check posts Outsourcing the data entry work at Check posts Involving the private players in training / educating the dealers Involving the private players in training / educating the dealers