New Delhi, July 17 (KNN) A Joint Action Committee (JAC) has been formed by practitioners of goods and services tax (GST) from across the country to suggest simplification in compliance and filing of returns as well as to ensure that money (of businessmen) is not blocked in the form of refunds due to them.

The JAC was announced on Sunday, when the two-day national conclave of tax practitioners concluded in Ahmedabad.

The committee was formed with an aim to fill the gap of a nation-wide body and to represent to the authorities the issues faced by businessmen and tax practitioners at the grass-root level.

Around 200 delegates from 29 states and Union Territories participated in the conclave.

Representatives from each state will be a part of the JAC. A core body within JAC will also be formed to coordinate the activities of JAC.

The conclave witnessed deliberations on wider range of issues, and suggestions to simplify the system will be submitted to the GST Council.

Some of the major suggestions during the conclave include single one-click monthly return, allowing rectification in returns and creation of an activity log for traders to trace their actions, among a host of others. The Conclave also deliberated on short comings of the Act.

Participants complained that the GST portal is not uniform across states and while it is functional in some states, it's dysfunctional in neighboring states.