Goods and service tax has been made effective from 1st July 2017. On applying for registration under Goods and Service Tax, a registered taxpayer will be allotted 15 digits unique code which is known as GSTIN. Full form of GSTIN is Goods and Service Tax Identification Number. The present article highlights the structural format / parts of GSTIN.
Indirect taxation has seen its biggest reform with the introduction of Goods and Service Tax Act. India is heading towards digitization and introduction of Goods and Service Tax is the biggest example of the same. Various procedure like registration, return filing, preparation of payment challan, refund etc. has been made online under Goods and Service Tax.
Agriculture income is exempt under the Indian Income Tax Act. This means that income earned from agricultural operations is not taxed. The reason for exemption of agriculture income from Central Taxation is that the Constitution gives exclusive power to make laws with respect to taxes on agricultural income to the State Legislature. However while computing tax on non-agricultural income agricultural income is also taken into consideration.
Provisions for revocation of cancellation of GST registration are contained under rule 23 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Rules, 2017. Circumstances Under Which Revocation Of Cancellation Of GST Registration Is Possible Revocation of cancellation of GST registration is possible only when registration is cancelled by the proper officer on his own motion. It […]
With the introduction of Goods and Service Tax in India, crores of taxable persons have registered under GST and are now required to comply with various GST compliances. In order to make the compliance easy for businesses registered under GST, the Government has taken various initiatives such as GST Facilitation Centres and GST Practitioners.
Section 23 of the Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 deals with the provisions of persons who are not liable for GST registration. Section 23 (1) states that persons who are engaged in supplying goods or services or both that are not liable to be tax or persons who are engaged in supplying of goods or services or both that are wholly exempted from tax, then, such persons are not required to obtain GST registration.
Present article would help to list down the documents required for obtaining new GST registration for different categories of entities i.e. Sole Proprietorship, Partnership Firm, Limited Liability Partnership (LLP), Private Limited Company, Public Limited Company And One Person Company, Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) and Foreign Company. List Of Documents Required Entity-Wise for new GST Registration […]
Following article highlights various provisions affecting cancellation of GST registration and procedure thereon. It discusses Persons Who Can Apply For Cancellation of GST Registration
As per rule 18 of the Central Goods and Service Tax (CGST) Rules, 2017, every registered taxpayer is required to display the GST registration certificate in a prominent site at the principal place of business and also at every additional place of business.
The meaning of Input Tax Credit can be understood easily if we break the words input and tax credit. Here input is referred to the materials or services that a manufacturer/Supplier of services procures in order to manufacture a taxable product or to render a taxable service. The word ‘Tax credit’ means the tax paid on the purchase of inputs (goods to be used in taxable supply) which can be used to reduce the output tax (Tax to be paid on the supply of goods or services).
