What Is GST Registration?
GST registration is an official regime in which the businesses whose turnover for the business is more than INR 2,000,000 (20 Lakhs) has to register themselves as normal taxable corporate entity. If the organization is not registered under GST regime it will be treated as an offence under the corporate laws and the business will be penalised heavily for it. The normal time period for a business to register itself under GST Regime is between 2-6 Working Days.
Businesses Which Should Register for GST:
- Corporates and individuals who were registered under the pre GST laws like excise, VAT and Service Tax etc.
- The businesses whose turnover exceeds the limit of INR 20 Lakhs.
- Agents of a supplier and Input Service Distributor.
- All the e- commerce aggregators.
- The people who supply through e commerce aggregator.
- People who are supplying the information of any kind of data from a place outside to someone in India, and that person is not a registered taxable person.
Documents Required for GST Registration:
- The first and prime most important is the PAN of the Applicant without which no online GST registration can be done.
- Then you need to show the Aadhaar card for the applicant.
- The personal identity proofs of all the directors of the corporate entity to be registered.
- The proof for address verification for the business location.
- The bank account statements and also a copy of cancelled cheque is mandatory to have.
- It is also required to produce the Digital Signature of the directors and applicants.
Penalty for not registering under GST Regime:
In case any business does not register itself for GST Regime, the business will have to pay heavily for the penalty in this case. The amount of penalty is 10% of the tax amount which has not been duly paid and the minimum subjected amount for this penalty is INR 10,000. If the business is found to do this mistake voluntarily the amount of penalty can be even 100% of the taxation not paid duly.
Process of GST Registration:
The entire GST Registration procedure is divided here into following basic 11 steps for the better understanding to a common man and they are as follows:
- You first need to visit the GST portal and click Register on it.
- Then the second step requires you to fill the details like type of taxpayer, state and district of your location of business, name of the business along with the PAN of the business for which you want to register for GST. The email ID and mobile numbers for further communications and OTPs. Then click on Proceed.
- You will now be asked to enter the OTP sent on that number you mentioned in the previous detail. Enter and Continue.
- You will now get a Temporary Reference Number (TRN). Note it for further use.
- Then you are required to again Go the GST portal and Click Register Now.
- Choose TRN. Now enter the TRN provided to you over the mail and proceed it further.
- Again you will get an OTP and you need to enter it and proceed even firther.
- The status of the application will be shown as Drafts. Click on Edit option.
- Then you need to fill all the details and submit relevant documents.
- Then you need to verify the information submitted, go to the verification page and tick on declare and submit the application.
- You will now get a message for successful registration and also the Application Reference Number.
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