GST Registration

Following are the general criteria of mandatory registration:

• If the total business turnover exceeds ₹ 40 Lakh/₹20 Lakh in case of business of goods/providing service respectively in the concerned financial year (Threshold for North-eastern States is ₹ 20 Lakh/ ₹ 10 Lakh in case of business of goods/providing service respectively)
• Casual taxable person / Non-Resident taxable person
• Agents of a supplier & Input Service Distributor (ISD)
• Electronic Commerce Aggregator
• Person supplying through an E-commerce platform
In addition to above, there are certain other criteria when registration is mandatory. Apart from compulsory registration, one can also apply for GST registration voluntarily.

The supplier of Goods and Services is required to apply for GST registration in the state from where the taxable goods or services are supplied, mentioning the place(s) of business. When the places of Business are situated in more than one state, application of GST shall be made from more than one place.

No, a person cannot apply for a single GST Registration. A person has to apply for separate GST Registration for every state from which he/she is carrying out the operations, whether under the same name or different. The same applies to a person having the same PAN and operating business from different states.

Once the application is made for registration under Goods & Service Tax Act, the competent officer shall verify the application submitted for GST Registration for Online Business of Offline Business and on his/her satisfaction, the officer issues the Certificate of Registration under GST in soft copy. The Certificate issued also mentions the GSTIN allotted to the applicant.

Following are the exclusions from the GST Registration:
• An agriculturist – for the purpose of agriculture
• Person exclusively supplying goods/ services not liable to tax or wholly exempted from Tax
• Services by any Court or Tribunal established under the law
• Services by an employee
• Services of funeral, burial, crematorium or mortuary, including transportation of the deceased
• Sale of land subject to Schedule 5 (ii)(b), sale of building
• Actionable claims, other than lottery, betting and gambling
• Person falling below threshold exemption limit prescribed

The event of supply of Goods and/or Services i.e. transactions such as the sale, transfer, barter, exchange, license, rental, lease or disposal made, or agreed to be made for a consideration of taxable goods or services, is to be considered a taxable event under the GST Act.

There are no government fees for GST registration.