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Shri Navneet Goel, IRS (C&IT) (Retd.)

Former Principal Chief Commissioner, Customs & CGSTIRS (C&IT), 1989 batch · Former Technical Member, National Anti-Profiteering Authority

Principal GST Technical Advisor

GST, Indirect Tax & Fiscal Policy

Former Principal Chief Commissioner, Customs & CGST; IRS (C&IT), 1989 batch. His experience spans tax administration, GST intelligence, anti-profiteering and capacity building.

Professional profile

Shri Navneet Goel is a retired officer of the Indian Revenue Service, Customs & Indirect Taxes, of the 1989 batch. He reached the apex grade of Principal Chief Commissioner / Principal Director General. His career combines senior field administration, indirect-tax intelligence, regulatory adjudicatory experience and professional capacity building.

His field leadership included service as Chief Commissioner of CGST, Central Excise and Customs for the Bhopal Zone, covering Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh. Earlier responsibilities included an Additional Director General role in the Directorate General of GST Intelligence and a Director / Principal Commissioner role at the National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics.

In 2021, he served as Technical Member of the National Anti-Profiteering Authority. This experience adds an institutional perspective on GST-related pricing and anti-profiteering questions alongside his wider background in administration and intelligence.

At TLGS, he serves as Principal GST Technical Advisor, with a remit covering GST, indirect tax and fiscal policy. His contribution supports technical position papers, business-model and classification analysis, policy-clarification representations and the review of complex indirect-tax questions.

His expertise connects with TLGS services in GST policy, indirect-tax dispute preparation and cross-border trade compliance. Engagements bring together the documented facts, the applicable regulatory framework and the commercial implications for the relevant sector.

Experience & distinction

  • Indian Revenue Service (Customs & Indirect Taxes), 1989 batch; retired
  • Former Principal Chief Commissioner, Customs & CGST
  • Former Chief Commissioner, Bhopal Zone — Madhya Pradesh and Chhattisgarh
  • Former Additional Director General, Directorate General of GST Intelligence
  • Former Technical Member, National Anti-Profiteering Authority
  • Former Director / Principal Commissioner, National Academy of Customs, Indirect Taxes & Narcotics

Selected mandate · National policy

GST, digital mobility & the platform economy

A major TLGS policy mandate addressing the GST treatment of electronic commerce operators in passenger mobility: statutory research, a conduct-based clarification proposal, fiscal safeguards and coordinated Union–State policy engagement.

Ongoing policy engagement — clarification sought