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MAU02-14/2/2020-K SEC-CDMA

GOVERNMENT OF ANDHRA
PRADESH MUNICIPAL
ADMINISTRATION DEPARTMENT

From
Sri Vijay Kumar G. Srkr, IAS.,
Commissioner & Director of
Municipal Administration,
A.P., Guntur.
To
The Commissioner of Industries,
1st Floor, Government Regional
Printing Press Buildings.
Mutyalampadu, Vijayawada.

Sir,

Lr.Roc.No.14/2/2020-K SEC-CDMA, 05/12/2020

Sub: Advertisement Tax – Ease of Doing Business

(EoDB) – State Reforms Action Plan (SRAP) – Signage
license for Advertisement – GST Act, 2017 –
Subsumation of Advertisement Tax –Clarification –
Furnished.

Ref: State Reforms Action Plan 2020-21

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With reference to the reform No.s 246, 247, 248 & 249 of State
Reform Action Plan (SRAP) 2020-21, I submit hereunder the Status of
each reform together with my remarks thereon:-

Refo Area Recommendatio Stat

rm n us
No.
246 Ensure information on The Government of
fees, procedure and a India has introduced
comprehensive list of GST Act, 2017 w.e.f
all documents that 01.07.2017 and
need to be provided the same was adopted
are available on the by State Government of
web site AP. These acts are
247 Signage Define clear timelines applicable to all the 120
License mandated through the ULBs in the State.
for Public Service Delivery
advertisemen Guarantee Act (or Post introduction of
t equivalent) legislation GST, Advertisement
(Hospitality for Tax under Entry 55 of
) approval of complete State List of VII
application Schedule to
248 Design and implement Constitution has
an online single window been subsumed in
system and mandate GST.
the following features
without the requirement In view of the above,
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of physical visit to the the Commissioners of

department: ULBs are not entitled to
i. Submission of issue
application ii. Payment permissions
of application fee iii. for
Track status of Advertisements/
application iv. Download Signages and to collect
the final signed Advertisement Tax
certificate v. thereon. Hence, the
Third party reforms related to
verification Signage license for
249 Publish an online Advertisement are not
dashboard available applicable for ULBs is
in public domain the State of AP.
Updated regularly
(weekly/fortnightly/mon
thly) for registrations
and renewals. The
dashboard should
clearly highlight the
registrations done and
the time taken (Mean/
Median)
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2. In view of the above, I am to inform that the above mentioned

reforms may be treated as complied with and request you to take
necessary action accordingly.

Yours faithfully
Vijay Kumar Gsrkr Ias
Commissioner & Director