Dear Friends,
I am glad that the Commercial Taxes Department is taking up several initiatives including e-governance
initiatives towards providing better services to the taxpayers across the state.
We in the Government consider it our duty to provide an efficient and transparent administration to each and every citizen. It is our constant endeavor to provide a people friendly administration.
We are striving to achieve the target of augmenting the state’s revenue with the co-operation of the merchant public. I am grateful to the public for their co-operation in this endeavor, I look forward to their invaluable advice to help us serve you better.
Together, we aim to strive for new directions in Efficient Administration and achieve an era of excellence. The CTD portal is one such measure.
About VAT
The A.P.VAT Act will be implemented from 1.4.2005. I am glad that the Commercial Taxes Department has brought out this booklet containing the Act and Rules for educatingboth the Commercial Taxes Department as well as general public and other stakeholders on the provisions of this new tax regime.
The A.P. Value Added Tax Act, 2005 replacing APGST Act, 1957 is a very significantpiece of fiscal legislation on the road to tax reform. The VAT Act has been finalised in Andhra Pradesh after a statewide process of consultation involving all stakeholders in morethan 400 meetings. The new system of taxation is more simple and dealer friendly. It isaimed at removing certain well recognised weaknesses of the single point sales tax system which created unnecessary compliance burdens on the industry and business as well as the consumer. The VAT system is based on the trust between the government and the dealer, and I am confident that this will be fully reciprocated by all dealers.
I look forward to the continued cooperation of all stakeholders in making the implementation of VAT a success in Andhra Pradesh
