6 Reasons why Traders and Professionals of more than 100 Association protesting on 29 Jan 2021 ?

All India Protest Call by Chamber of Commerce, Industrial Associations, Trade Associations, Professional Bodies on 29 January 2021 to demand Better Tax Administration, ease of doing business and good governance

Why these protest

1. Unstable GST Law even after 4 years, which has resulted in large scale disturbances of business, caused revenue losses, increased litigations and thus hampered ease of doing business.
2. Denial of Input Tax Credit which was soul of GST Act, No Revision of GST Returns, Excessive powers to authorities for cancellation of Registration and Blocking of ITC, causing big harassment to honest taxpayers, increasing corruption avenues and red-tapism.
3. Non Functioning of Tax Compliances Portals GSTN and MCA which caused damage to taxpayers by way of draconian and undemocratic late fees for no fault of them.
4. Rigid, bitter approach of Government against Trade and Tax Professional Associations and Professionals, the pillars of tax collection in country.
5. Non adherence by Government to various representations during COVID Pandemic causing large scale health hazards to taxpayers and tax professionals complying with unthoughtful due dates , non-adherence of which could have led to heavy late fees and penalties.
6. Income Tax Utilities not made available on time and changed frequently even after directions by High courts not to do so leading to delay in filing the Income tax returns and completion of audits.

Modus operandi of protest

1. Submission of Common Representations to Finance Minister, State CM, FM, Ministers, MPs, MLA,
2. Submission of Common Representations to Income Tax and GST Commissioners of the city where organization have come forward for protest.
3. Social Media- Wearing Black badges in offices, posting photos along with staff and asking the clients to do so along with copy of demands and share it widely on various social media platforms using common hashtags

List of Associations who have joined this movement and given joining letters for this movement for brining change

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
001	All India Transport Welfare Association	National Forum	Delhi
002	Association Of Tax Payers & Professionals	National Forum	Uttar Pradesh
003	All India Cotton Seed Oil Industries Association	National Forum	Madhya Pradesh
004	Federation of All India Vyapar Mandal	National Forum	Delhi
005	Confederation of GST Professionals & Industries	National Forum	Maharashtra
006	The Goods and Service Tax Practitioners’ Association of Maharashtra	State Forum	Maharashtra
007	Maharashtra Chamber Of Commerce, Industries & Agriculture	State Forum	Maharashtra
008	Haryana State Tax Bar Association	State Forum	Haryana
009	Tax Consultants & Practitioners’ Association	State Forum	Kerala
010	All OdishaTax Advocates Association	State Forum	Odisha

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
011	Karnataka State Tax Practitionrs’ Association	State Forum	Karnataka
012	Karnataka Taxpayers Association	State Forum	Karnataka
013	Association Of Tax Payers & Professionals – Branch	State Forum	Madhya Pradesh
014	Association Of Tax Payers & Professionals – Branch	State Forum	Chhattisgarh
015	Chhattisgarh Sales Tax Bar Council	State Forum	Chhattisgarh
016	The Rajasthan Tax Consultants Assocition	State Forum	Rajasthan
017	H.P. Tax Bar Association	State Forum	Himachal Pradesh
018	Punjab Tax Bar Association	State Forum	Punjab
019	Chhattisgarh Chamber of Commerce	State Forum	Chhattisgarh
020	Vitta Samnvaya Samiti	State Forum	Rajasthan

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
021	Kerala Tax Practioners Association	State Forum	Kerala
022	Tax Practitioners Bar Association	State Forum	Jammu Kashmir
023	Tamilnad Goods & Services Tax Professional Association	State Forum	Tamilnadu
024	Fedration of Chhattisgarh Income Tax Bar Association	State Forum	Chhattisgarh
025	Jaipur Tax Bar Association	Jaipur	Rajasthan
026	The Income Tax Bar Association,	Raipur	Chhattisgarh
027	Tax Bar Association Ambala	Ambala	Punjab
028	GSTCORNOR	Indore	Madhya Pradesh
029	The Tax Practitioners’ Association	Aurangabad	Maharashtra
030	Tax Consultants Association of Raigad	Raigad (Panvel)	Maharashtra

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
031	The North MaharashtraTax Practitioners’ Association	Nashik	Maharashtra
032	Tax Practitioners’ Association Nashik	Nashik	Maharashtra
033	Nandurbar District tax Practitioners’ Association	Nandurbar	Maharashtra
034	The GST Practitioners’ Association	Satara	Maharashtra
035	Dhule District tax Practitioners’ Association	Dhule	Maharashtra
036	The Income tax & Sales Tax Practitioners’ Association	Solapur	Maharashtra
037	Amaravati Chamber of Commerce & Industries	Amaravati	Maharashtra
038	Bombay Metal Exchange Ltd.	Mumbai	Maharashtra
039	Tax Consultants’ Association	Kolhapur	Maharashtra
040	Wardha Tax Bar Association	Wardha	Maharashtra

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
041	GST Practitioner Association of Sindhudurg	Sindhudurg	Maharashtra
042	Chartered Accountants Association, Surat	Surat	Gujarat
043	The Beed District CA & Tax Practitioners Association	Beed	Maharashtra
044	Gondia Sales Tax Practitioners Association	Gondia	Maharashtra
045	Kishanganj Disrict Tax Professional Association	Kishanganj	Bihar
046	Palej Industrial Estate Association	Palej Dist. Bharuc	Gujarat
047	The Poona Merchants Chamber	Pune	Maharashtra
048	Dhule Vyapari Mahasangh	Dhule	Maharashtra
049	Tax Bar Association	Akola	Maharashtra
050	Gir Somnath Tax Bar Association	Veraval	Gujarat

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
051	Una Diu Joint Tax Practitioner Association	Una	Gujarat
052	Ratlam Accountants Association	Ratlam	Madhya Pradesh
053	GST Bar Association	Bilaspur	Chhattisgarh
054	Tax Bar Association Amaravati	Amaravati	Maharashtra
055	Bhubaneshwar Tax Lawyers Forum	Bhubaneshwar	Odisha
056	Tax Consultant Association	Sangali	Maharashtra
057	Sikar Tax Bar Association, Sikar	Sikar	Rajasthan
058	The Mysore Division Tax Practitioners Association	Mysore	Karnataka
059	Nag Vidarbh Chamber of Commerce	Nagpur	Maharashtra
060	Dist. Tax Bar Association	Balangir	Odisha

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
061	CREDAI Sangali	Sangali	Maharashtra
062	The International Association of Lions Clubs (Faridabad)	Faridabad	Haryana
063	Tax Practitioners’ Association, Osmanabad	Osmanabad	Maharashtra
064	Tax Bar Association, Sagar (M.P.)	Sagar	Madhya Pradesh
065	The Karad Tax Practitioners’ Association	Karad	Maharashtra
066	Dhenkanal Tax Bar Association	Dhenkanal	Odisha
067	Zila Tax Bar Association	Shamli	Uttar Pradesh
068	Nandurbar CPE Chapter of WIRC of ICAI	Nandurbar	Maharashtra
069	Sangali- Miraj MIDC Manufacturers Association	Sangali	Maharashtra
070	Sangali Chamber Of Commerce	Sangali	Maharashtra

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
071	Tumkur District Tax Practitioners’ Association	Tumkur	Karnataka
072	Vijayapur District Tax Practitioners Association	Vijayapur	Karnataka
073	District Tax Bar Association Faridabad	Faridabad	Haryana
074	Tax Practitioners’ Association	Barshi	Maharashtra
075	Lucknow Chartered Accountants’ Society	Lucknow	Uttar Pradesh
076	Nandurbar District Chemist & Druggist Association	Nandurbar	Maharashtra
077	Chandigarh Tax Bar Association	Chandigarh	Punjab
078	Dhule Oil Seeds Crusher Association	Dhule	Maharashtra
079	Incometax Bar Association	Chandrapur	Maharashtra
080	District Tax Bar Association	Mohali	Punjab

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
081	Chitradurga District Tax Practitioners’ Association	Chitradurga	Karnataka
082	Tax Practitiners’ Association	Nanded	Maharashtra
083	Tax Bar Association	Rajnandgaon	Chhattisgarh
084	Tax Practitioners’ Bar Association	Chandrapur	Maharashtra
085	The Tax Practitioner Association	Latur	Maharashtra
086	The Belgaum DistrictTax Bar Association	Belgaum	Karnataka
087	Kalburgi District Tax Practitioners’ Association	Kalburgi	Karnataka
088	Banglore Rural District Tax Practitioners Association	Doddaballapura	Karnataka
089	Tax Advocates Bar Association	Rampur	Uttar Pradesh
090	Jalgaon District Tax Practitioners’ Association	Jalgaon	Maharashtra

Sr. No.	Name of Association / Organisations	City	State
091	Ambajogai Tax practitioners’ Association	Ambajogai	Maharashtra
092	Tax Bar Association	Pune	Maharashtra
093	The Cuttack Tax Bar Association	Cuttack	Odisha
094	GST Practitioners’ Association	Amritsar	Punjab
095	Tumkur District Chember of Commerce and Industry	Tumkur	Karnataka
096	Kolhapur Chember of Commerce	Kolhapur	Maharashtra
097	Tax Practitioner Association Indapur	Indapur	Maharashtra
098	Indapur Trade Association	Indapur	Maharashtra
099	Tax Practitioner Association Washim	Washim	Maharashtra

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