GST registration News

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman addressed allegations of corruption in GST registration after a LinkedIn post by tax expert Vinod Gupta goes viral. CBIC issued clarification.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) authorities have so far been using OTP-based Aadhaar authentication to establish the identity of the applicants, seeking registration.  

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Registered GST user is required to approach the concerned jurisdictional Tax Officer to get the password for the GSTIN allotted to the business.

West Bengal Finance Minister Amit Mitra said besides exempting artisans, the 21st meeting of the highest decision making body of the GST exempted clay idols from the tax.

In a statement, the finance ministry said: "The GST Implementation Committee, consisting of state and central government officers, has taken a decision to extend the last date for payment of GST for July 2017 to August 25, 2017."

Traders and businesses will have to display the GST registration number on their business sign boards and the registration certificate in premises.

A central monitoring committee, comprising of 15 top secretaries, will meet every Tuesday to take stock of the situation.

The tax department has made it mandatory for central excise duty and service taxpayers to obtain a valid PAN number before they can be migrated to the new goods and services tax (GST) set-up.

The BJP-ruled Assam, the first state to ratify the GST Amendment Bill, has started the process for providing registration to taxpayers in the new indirect tax regime that is slated to kick in from April next year.