Mysuru: With the Centre having introduced Goods and Services Tax (GST) in the country, the University of Mysore (UoM) has also thought it prudent to introduce the subject in the ‘Professional Diploma in Tax Management.’ Chairing his last Academic Council meeting yesterday at the Crawford Hall here, acting Vice-Chancellor Prof. Dayananda Mane and the Council members approved the proposed change by replacing the VAT paper with a paper on GST. There were a few other decisions also taken like the ones relating to recruitment. According to Prof. Yashwanth Dongre, Director, PMEB (Planning Management and Evaluation Board), the GST paper had already been introduced in the B.Com and M.Com courses during the beginning of the academic year itself. Since the students were studying VAT (Value Added Tax), it has been scrapped and instead replaced with a paper on GST, which is very relevant today, he added. Prof. Dongre said that graduates from any recognised University were eligible to apply for the Diploma course. They will be selected based on marks scored in the qualifying examination. The course will be in a semester pattern consisting of two semesters with five papers each. The duration of each semester will be for 16 weeks with placement training for 12 weeks. According to Prof. Aisha M. Sheriff, Dean, Faculty of Commerce, Department of Studies in Business Administration, the placement training will be offered only after the completion of second semester examination. The successful students will be trained for placement in the Income or Commercial Tax Departments, Industries, Chartered Accountancy firms or as Tax Practitioners.
