Cost accountants body to set up centres for filing e-returns

Apex cost accountants body ICWAI today said it will set up centres for filing returns and tax-related documents electronically. Under an agreement signed with Central Bureau of Excise and Customs (CBEC), the Institute of Cost and Works Accountants of India (ICWAI) will provide facilitation centres across the country for e-filing of returns and documents to the central excise and service tax assesses.

“As per the MoU, these services will be available on payment of prescribed service charges for various services such as digitisation of paperdocuments and on-line filing or uploading of documents,” ICWAI said in a statement.

These centres would be set up and operated by the ICWAI members, who have valid certificate of practice issued by the Institute, it said.