An IDEA to make excise audit easier
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The directorate general of audit will re-introduce the computer-assisted audit practices (CAPP) programme from mid-July. As part of the programme, assesses of six excise and service tax commissionerates would be able to save precious time spent on audit procedures.
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The new initiative is supposed to crease out problems of assessees. Additional DG of audit KK Bhargava said, "It will make the procedure easier for assesses.
After the new computer programme for audit is adopted, clarifications and details would get sorted in just a day or two." The Ahmedabad excise zone's chief commissioner, in consultation with the DG of audit, has identified 12 personnel who will be in-charge of the CAAP lab from July 14.
A newly formed CAAP cell at the directorate office here will help in training officials from July 14 to July 25. Following the training, the revenue officials would be able to use the system for their respective audit departments as well. The CAAP was launched in 2000 in Ahmedabad along with four other cities. The service was terminated within a few years of its introduction.
"We are again using the same software introduced to us by Canada's revenue department. The windows-based Interactive Data Extraction and Analysis (IDEA) software will be re-introduced for audit purpose and around 18 officials from six commissionerates would be trained to use it," said Bhargava.
"The department had worked out a memorandum of understanding with the assessors in a bid to prevent leakage of their vital business information to their competitors. The department remains responsible for ensuring security of the e-data collected from the assessor," said Bhargava.
"The software's data extraction and analysis capabilities can not be used if the business data of assesses is not computerised," said excise superintendent HL Makwana, who is playing a major role in the implementation of the system.
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Consultant for in-direct taxes Monish Bhalla maintained that the department's previous effort to introduce the CAAP system drew flak as then the businessmen were 'not comfortable' disclosing their business data.
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