Ministry of Finance has issued Notification No. 34/2023- Central Tax Dated: 31st July, 2023, waiving the mandatory GST registration requirement for persons supplying goods through Electronic Commerce Operators (ECOs). This move aims to ease compliance burden for small suppliers and promote ease of doing business in the e-commerce sector.
Under this notification, persons making supplies of goods through ECOs, who have an aggregate turnover within the specified limit, are exempted from GST registration. To avail this exemption, certain conditions need to be met, such as no inter-state supply of goods, limited operations within one state or union territory, and possession of a Permanent Account Number (PAN) issued under the Income Tax Act, 1961. Such persons must declare their PAN and other details on the common portal for validation and enrolment.
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
(Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs)
New Delhi
Notification No. 34/2023- Central Tax | Dated: 31st July, 2023
G.S.R. 577(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (2) of section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies the persons making supplies of goods through an electronic commerce operator who is required to collect tax at source under section 52 of the said Act and having an aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year and in the current financial year not exceeding the amount of aggregate turnover above which a supplier is liable to be registered in the State or Union territory in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 22 of the said Act, as the category of persons exempted from obtaining registration under the said Act, subject to the following conditions, namely: —
(i) such persons shall not make any inter-State supply of goods;
(ii) such persons shall not make supply of goods through electronic commerce operator in more than one State or Union territory;
(iii) such persons shall be required to have a Permanent Account Number issued under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961);
(iv) such persons shall, before making any supply of goods through electronic commerce operator, declare on the common portal their Permanent Account Number issued under the Income Tax Act, 1961 (43 of 1961), address of their place of business and the State or Union territory in which such persons seek to make such supply, which shall be subjected to validation on the common portal;
(v) such persons have been granted an enrolment number on the common portal on successful validation of the Permanent Account Number declared as per clause (iv);
(vi) such persons shall not be granted more than one enrolment number in a State or Union territory;
(vii) no supply of goods shall be made by such persons through electronic commerce operator unless such persons have been granted an enrolment number on the common portal; and
(viii) where such persons are subsequently granted registration under section 25 of the said Act, the enrolment number shall cease to be valid from the effective date of registration.
2. This notification shall come into force with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023.
[F. No. CBIC-20006/20/2023-GST]
ALOK KUMAR, Director
