Meeting of BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities in Hangzhou 
(July 27-28, 2017)
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Meeting of BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities in Hangzhou (July 27-28, 2017)

Meeting of BRICS Heads of Tax Authorities was held in Hangzhou from July 27-28, 2017.

  1. A two-member delegation from India led by Dr. Hasmukh Adhia, Revenue Secretary, Ministry of Finance, Government of India participated in the meeting. Mr. Vinay Sinha, Director (FT&TR-V), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) attended the Senior Official Meetings and Ministerial meetings. ​
  2. Heads of Tax Administration from Brazil, Russia, India, South Africa and China attended the event. The Ministerial Meetings were chaired by Mr. Wang Jun, Minister, State Administration of Taxation, People’s Republic of China.
  3. A lot of inquisitiveness and interest for the newly introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) Reforms was shown by participating leaders and officials from BRICS countries during the meetings. A Memorandum of Cooperation and a Joint Communiqué were signed by the Heads of the Delegation. The salient features and advantages of GST Reforms were explained to media as well during the Press Conference.

 

Hangzhou
July 28, 2017