GSTOs: Powerless or Pillars  ?

After a long wait, we entered the commercial tax department with happiness(now no longer we are  unemployed),  Excitement to work (Outer world is struggling  to understand the complex GST but now we are GSTOs and we got an opportunity to work with the new complex law) and eagerness to learn new things.

To our utter shock,  we heard some sentences : hey why did u  chose this department,  Now u don’t have power,  What work u guys will do,  Now urs is just a clerical job. GST has taken away all ur powers……. Etc.

These sentences disappointed us. All our excitement subsided soon. Of course how can one get job satisfaction without doing anything and who likes to earn salary without contributing our part.  However crazy  voice in us was saying that – “Don’t worry GSTOs,  department needs ur contribution..You have so much to do.” . With that little hope after completing 45 days induction training in APHRDI, we entered the CCT.

We were like Wandering  bark searching for light house.

All higher level functionaries and very knowledgeable persons will present their lectures. Be very careful and maintain discipline.  These were some guidelines we got from our circle offices.  As soon as we entered  the lecture hall, we got a warm welcome. Cheerful smile by our coordinators gave a soothing relief.

First day we received very useful and motivating inputs from Chief Cr, Cr, secretary mam,  Stevenson Sir, Jaishankar Sir and Lalitha mam.
In the midst of lecture I got alerted and very happy when Venkateswarlu sir said :” You are NOT POWERLESS , You are the PILLARS of the department…. Welcome to the Commercial tax department family”.
These words sounded very pleasant to all of us.

Our heart filled  with joy and happiness…We got a good dose Vitamin-M. (M-Motivation).. Then started  our active participation in classes….Being the pillars of the department, we need to be strong and we can be strong only when we carefully listen all lectures .

From then All of us showed utmost attention and Discipline in class. A wholehearted  thanks to  our coordinators for arranging such insightful  and very informative classes. We are fortunate to listen many wonderful lectures.

Reading Act book was akin to searching for a hidden treasure without any map or compass. GST training classes provided us a roadmap to find and understand this treasure. Along with Act, Tact to deal with issues which come up in our professional life was also taught.

Of course I don’t say that We are perfect now, but we are far better and we could see better version of ourselves.
Now if any one say that we are Powerless,
We have few powerful sentences regarding our role in the department :
1.GSTOs are the Pillars of the department
2.We are now Janus and Hora  of the tax department(Greek terms for custodians of the gates of olympus empire) . Registration power empowers us to whom to allow into  taxation net.
3.To improve the EoDB, one of the important parameters is :Early registrations. And we are assigned that task now.
4. Through increasing tax revenue collections, we can contribute to good Fiscal health of the state.

On behalf of all trainee officers,  from the bottom of my heart I want to thank
–CCT for giving us this opportunity to learn.
–Our affectionate training Coordinators(Lalitha mam and Jayashankar Sir) for such an awesome support, motivation and painstaking efforts to arrange classes and solve our issues.
— All Resource persons for sharing their expertise and experience and for delivering interesting and informative lectures.
—All of my friends for making this journey an interesting one

We cherish and remember these moments forever…..