Modi government, ICAI to team up for training accountants on GST

The Union government will partner the Institute of Cost Accountants of India (ICAI) to train accountants on GST (Goods and Services Tax). The partnership is expected to help assessees for better compliance with the sweeping tax reform.

“More than 100,000 accountants will be trained specifically on GST-related compliances and accounting in the next six to eight months. ICAI will partner the Government of India to train these accountants”, said Amit Anand Apte, president of ICAI.

The move of the government is tipped to help 12 million GST assesses in filing their returns in a hassle free manner.

“Anyone with a