GST Registration
Simple Registration Process
The GST is an all-in-one tax that subsumes a variety of state (VAT, Entertainment Tax, Luxury Tax, Octroi) and central taxes (CST, Service Tax, Excise Duty).
What is GST Registration?
The much anticipated GST rollout is set to happen during the Financial Year 2017-18, cutting compliance and improving ease of doing business for millions of small businesses in India. By abolishing and subsuming multiple taxes into a single system, tax complexities would be reduced while tax base is increased substantially. Under the new GST regime, all entities involved in buying or selling goods or providing services or both are required to obtain GST registration. Entities without GST registration would not be allowed to collect GST from customer or claim input tax credit of GST paid. Further, GST registration is mandatory once an entity crosses the minimum threshold turnover of starts a new business that is expected to cross the prescribed turnover.
As per the GST Council, entities in the Northeaster and hill states with an annual turnover of Rs.10 lakhs and above would be required to obtain GST registration. For all other entities in rest of India would be required to obtain GST registration, if annual turnover exceeds Rs.20 lakhs. Entities required to obtain GST registration as per regulations must file for GST registration within 30 days from the date on which the entity became liable for obtaining GST registration.
CAFilings is the leading business services platform in India, offering a variety of services like GST registration, GST return filing, private limited company registration, trademark filing and more. CAFilings can help you obtain GST registration in India. The average time taken to obtain GST registration is about 5 - 10 working days, subject to government processing time and client document submission. Get a free consultation on GST registration and GST return filing by scheduling an appointment with an CAFilings Advisor.
Documents Required for GST Registration
Individual / Proprietorship
- PAN card of individual
- ID proof and address proof of Individual
- Passport size Photograph of applicant
- Bank Details - Copy of cancelled cheque or first page of Pass Book or first page of recent bank statement
- Registered Office Documents- Copy of ELECTRICITY BILL/LANDLINE BILL, WATER BILL etc in the name of applicant
- Registered Office Ownership Document- In case of rented premises RENT AGREEMENT is required otherwise NOC.
- Any other license obtained from other department (PT, IEC, shop & establishment etc)
- Firm's Name & List of goods or services in which dealings.
Partnership / LLP
- Partnership/LLP Pan card
- List of goods or services in which dealings.
- Incorporation Certificate of the company (COI)
- Bank Details - Copy of cancelled cheque or first page of Pass Book or first page of recent bank statement
- Copy of resolution passed by Partners
- Registered Office Documents- Copy of electricity bill/landline bill, water Bill in the name of company/LLP etc. or in case the premises is rented, Rent agreement is required.
- PAN and ID proof of Partners
- Passport size Photographs of Partners & AR
- Any other license obtained from other department (PT, IEC, shop & establishment etc)
- Digital Signature of applicant partner/AR
Company
- Company’s Pan card
- List of goods or services in which dealings.
- Incorporation Certificate of the company (COI)
- Bank Details - Copy of cancelled cheque or first page of Pass Book or first page of recent bank statement
- Copy of resolution passed by Board of directors
- Registered Office Documents- Copy of electricity bill/landline bill, water Bill in the name of company etc. or in case the premises is rented, Rent agreement is required.
- PAN and ID proof of directors
- Passport size Photographs of directors & AR
- Any other license obtained from other department (PT, IEC, shop & establishment etc)
- Digital Signature of applicant director/AR
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Advantages of Goods & Services Tax (GST)
Unified Platform
With the implementation of GST in India, the indirect taxes would be streamlined and standardized. Under GST regime, businesses would no longer have to obtain multiple VAT registration in different States or obtain a separate VAT and Service Tax registration. A single GST registration would be sufficient across India for selling or purchasing goods or providing services.
Subsuming of Taxes
Subsumes various other taxes like Central Sales Tax, Additional Customs Duty, Purchase Tax, Luxury Tax, etc., Hence, under GST, many of the taxes in existence today would be subsumed and made into one tax. This would make tax collection and compliance easy for businesses across the country.
Lower Taxes
Currently in some states under the VAT regime, businesses are required to comply with VAT regulations once they cross an annual turnover of Rs.5 lakhs. Under GST regime, GST liability accrues only if an entity crosses an annual turnover of Rs.10 lakhs in northeast or hill states, whereas for rest of India, the threshold is set at Rs.20 lakhs.
Ease of Doing Business
Currently, many businesses like restaurants, computer sales and services businesses have to comply with both VAT and Service Tax regulations. This creates a compliance burden on the business, as they have to calculate taxes for the transaction based on different rates for different items. Under GST, the distinction between goods and services will be gone – making doing business easy.
Larger Tax Base
GST is expected to increase the tax base in India significantly. Hence, the overall tax liability for businesses is expected to reduce overtime, as more and more businesses become compliant. Further, GST will use the latest in technology, including data from Aadhaar database, PAN database, etc., to make GST registration and GST return filing process, as seamless as possible.
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Who needs GST Registration?
The criteria for persons who should be registered under GST is provided under Chapter 6 of the GST Act. As per the GST Act, the following persons are required to obtain GST registration:
Aggregate Turnover Criteria
Any supplier of goods and/or services who makes a taxable supply with an aggregate turnover of over Rs.20 lakhs in a financial year is required to obtain GST registration. In special category states, the aggregate turnover criteria is set at Rs.10 lakhs.
Special Category States under GST
Currently, Assam, Nagaland, Jammu & Kashmir, Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Uttarakhand, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, and Sikkim are considered special category states. The National Development Council composed of the Prime Minister, Union Ministers, Chief Ministers and members of the Planning Commission determines the list of special category states in India. Also, the decision to accorded special status to a State is based on factors like: hilly and difficult terrain; low population density and or sizeable share of tribal population; strategic location along borders with neighboring countries; economic and infrastructure backwardness and non-viable nature of state finances.
Mandatory GST Registration Criteria
Some taxable persons who do not qualify for GST registration under the aggregate turnover criteria are required to mandatorily obtain GST registration, if they satisfy any of the following criteria:
Persons making any inter-state taxable supply
Inter-state supply is supplying goods or services from one state to another. Hence, any taxable person who is involved in supplying goods or services to persons outside of the State, is required to mandatorily obtain GST registration.
Casual taxable persons making taxable supply
Casual taxable person is a person who occasionally undertakes supply of goods and/or services and has no fixed place of business. An example of a casual taxable person would be a fireworks shops setup during Diwali festival time, selling fireworks temporarily.
Persons who are required to pay tax under reverse charge
Under GST, for most goods and/or services, the liability for payment of tax rests with the supplier. However, in some cases, the liability to pay tax (GST) would rests with the recipient of the goods or services, instead of the the supplier. Such transactions are called reverse charge. Hence, any person (recipient of goods or service) who is required to pay tax under reverse charge must mandatorily obtain GST registration.
Non-resident taxable persons making taxable supply
Non-resident taxable person is any person who occasionally supplies goods or services to recipients in India, but who has no fixed place of business or residence in India. All non-resident taxable persons are mandatorily required to obtain GST registration, irrespective of aggregate turnover criteria.
Persons who are required to deduct tax under GST
According to Section 51 of the GST Act, the Government may mandate a department or establishment of the Central Government or State Government or local authority or Governmental agencies or a category of persons to deduct tax at the rate of 1% from the payment made or credited to the supplier, where the total value under a contract, exceeds Rs.2.5 lakhs. Such persons are required to mandatorily obtain GST registration and are referred to as “deductor”.
Persons who make taxable supply of goods or services on behalf of other other persons
Any person who makes a taxable supply of goods or services on behalf of other persons would include agents, brokers, dealers, etc., Such persons are required to mandatorily obtain GST registration.
Input Service Distributor
Input Service Distributor means a supplier of goods or services which receives tax invoices for the receipt of input services and issues a prescribed document for the purposes of distributing the credit of central tax, State tax, integrated tax or Union territory tax paid on the said services to a supplier of taxable goods or services.
Electronic Commerce Operator
Electronic commerce is the supply of goods or service, including digital products over digital or electronic network. An electronic commerce operator is any person who owns, operates or manages digital or electronic facility or platform for electronic commerce. All electronic commerce operators are mandatorily required to obtain GST registration, irrespective of turnover.
Person supplying online information and database access or retrieval services (OIDAR)
Any person supplying online information and database access or retrieval services from a place outside India to a person in India is required to obtain GST registration. Online information and database access or retrieval means
providing data or information, retrievable or otherwise, to any person, in electric form through a computer network.
Persons who supply goods or services through electronic commerce operators
Some persons who supply goods or services through electronic commerce operators, other than supplies where the electronic commerce operator is required to collect tax at source on behalf of the supplier is mandatorily required to obtain GST registration.
Under GST, The Government has the power to specify categories where the tax would be liable to be paid by the electronic commerce operator if the services are supplied through it.
Persons Having Service Tax or VAT or Central Excise Registration
All person who, on the day immediately preceding the appointed day is having a service tax or VAT or central excise license under an existing law is required to be registered under GST. Hence, migration to GST is mandatory for all taxable persons having an existing registration.
Transferee or Successor of a Business
Any person who is a transferee or a successor of a business, that was carried on by a persons registered under GST is required to be registered under GST with effect from the date of such transfer or succession.
Who is NOT Required to Obtain GST Registration
Any person who is engaged exclusively in the business of supplying goods or services that are not liable to tax under GST or wholly exempt from tax under GST is exempt from obtaining GST registration.
Also, an agriculturist, to the extent of supply of produce out of cultivation of land is exempt from obtaining GST registration. Under GST, agriculturist means an individual or a Hindu Undivided Family who undertakes cultivation of land:
- By own labour, or
- By the labour of family, or
- By servants on wages payable in cash or kind or by hired labour under personal supervision or the personal supervision of any member of the family;
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Process of GST Registration
Application Preparation
An CAFilings GST Expert will prepare your GST registration application and collect your documents with signature in the format.
Application Filing
Once the application is prepared, CAFilings will file for registration under GST with the concerned Tax Department.
GST Registration
Once the GST registration application and the attached supporting documents are verified, the Tax Department will allot GST registration number (GSTIN) for your business.
