Twenty Point Programme Implementation Chairman Lanka Dinakar said that traders have a moral responsibility to pass on the benefits received from GST 2.0.
At a programme organised by Commercial Taxes department, Nellore branch of Chartered Accountants Association and the Nellore Tax Bar Association here on Sunday, he highlighted the role of GST officers, the Consumer Commission, the chambers of commerce, chartered accountants, advocates and consumers in ensuring that quality goods and services are made available at fair prices to the citizens.
“Similarly, the GST officials should ensure that the quality of the goods and services is not compromised and the poor and middle classes are not deprived of the benefits, besides strictly enforcing anti-profiteering measures”, he added.
Mr. Dinakar concluded that the reforms meant more than mere taxation and encompassed enabling ‘Ease of Doing Business’ and ensuring the essential goods and services reached the ordinary citizens at affordable prices and. He appealed to the consumers to dial 1915 to complain against the traders not passing on the GST 2.0 benefits.
RTC Regional Chairman Suresh Reddy, Joint Commissioner (Commercial Taxes) Kiran Kumar, Additional Commissioner Satya Prakash, Nellore Chartered Accountants Association president Haima Hasini and Tax Bar Association president Subba Rao took part.
Published – September 28, 2025 07:50 pm IST
