SECTION 22 PERSON LIABLE FOR REGISTRATION
Section 22 of Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 provides every supplier to be registered in the state from where he makes taxable supplies of goods or services or both if his aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds Rs 20 Lakh.
However, for Special Category states he shall be liable to be registered if his aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds Rs 10 Lakh.
Explanation to Section 22 defines ‘Special Category States‘ as the states as specified in subclause (g) of clause (4)of Article 279A of the Constitution. Following are the list of States provided in Article 279A(4)(g) of the Constitution:
“Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Jammu & Kashmir, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand”
Central Goods and Services Tax (Extension to Jammu and Kashmir) Act, 2017 has excluded State of Jammu and Kashmir from the definition of Special category States for the purpose of Section 22 of GST Act, 2017 with effect from 8 July 2017.
Further, Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 has excluded the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Himachal Pradesh, and Uttarakhand from the definition of Special category States for the purpose of Section 22 of GST Act, 2017 with effect from 1 Feb 2019.
NOTIFICATION NO- 10/2019-CT RAISING MINIMUM THRESHOLD FOR GOODS
Notification No.-10/2019- Central Tax has further exempted from obtaining registration for a person engaged exclusively in supply of goods and whose aggregate turnover in the financial year does not exceed Rs 40 lakh with effect from 1 April 2019 except persons making intrastate supplies in the States of Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Puducherry, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura and Uttarakhand.
Liability for Registration under GST Act, 2017 for various States can be summarized as under:
| Sr. No. | States | Before 1 Feb 2019 | w.e.f 1 Feb 2019 *1 | w.e.f 1 April 2019 *2 |
| FOR SUPPLIER ENGAGED EXCLUSIVELY IN “SUPPLY OF GOODS” | ||||
| 1 | Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura | Rs 10 Lakh | Rs 10 Lakh | Rs 10 Lakh |
| 2 | Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh | Rs 10 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh |
| 3 | Himachal Pradesh | Rs 10 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 40 Lakh |
| 4 | Jammu and Kashmir | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 40 Lakh |
| 5 | Puducherry, Talangana | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh |
| 6 | Rest States of India | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 40 Lakh |
| FOR SUPPLIER ENGAGED IN “SUPPLY OF SERVICES” OR BOTH “GOODS AND SERVICES” | ||||
| 1 | Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura | Rs 10 Lakh | Rs 10 Lakh | Rs 10 Lakh |
| 2 | Uttarakhand, Assam, Meghalaya, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Himachal Pradesh | Rs 10 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh |
| 3 | Rest States of India | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh | Rs 20 Lakh |
*1 Refer to Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2018 for change in the definition of Special Category States
*2 Refer Notification No.-10/2019- Central Tax
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In kerala the earlier threshold limit of Registration was 40Lacks. There fore any relaxation will get in increasing the threshold limit to the businessman in kerala. In some above comment it seen that, no tax is payable up to 40 lacks of GST holders. Are you accepting the comment.
One of the conditions for exemption limit Rs 40L is excl. supplybof ‘goods’.
At times transportation is charged in the invoice, which in general parlance is not a service by the supplier of goods but only an arrangement of convenience. Even those would not be able to use the 40L exemption limit.
This article is very useful.
Only concern is w.r.t. registration limit for the state of Manipur w.e.f. 01.04.2019. Whether it is 10/20 lakhs?
As no notification is found on the state government website.
Informative article
when exemption limit is exceed in a year does the initial amount of 20 laksh(service provider) is liable for tax or the entire turnover becomes taxable.
for example in a year the turnover is 25 lakhs
will first 20 lakhs is exempt or not
please clarify
i am a trader which turnover is under 40 lacs in gujarat . is there required gst registration while we send goods to other state . and transporter do not accept goods to carry out site state. having declarition that we are under 40lacs turnover trader who are not applicable gst
Sir,
The content is extremely useful.
I just want to correct the status of Assam as what i interpret from Notification 10/2019 – CT is that Assam has not been specifically included in the exclusions. Therefore limit of 40 Lakhs is applicable in Assam.
Assam, Himachal Pradesh and JK are the 3 special category states where the limit for exclusive supply of goods is 40L and for supply of services or services + goods is 20L.
This is really very usefull informtion. Thank you