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Migration under GST
Section 165 to 197
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2. General Provisions : Section 165
All persons appointed by the Central/State Governments under the existing laws
relating to taxes on goods or services (which are being subsumed in GST) and continuing in office on the appointed day,
shall be deemed to have been appointed as GST officers/Competent Authorities under the respective provisions of the Act.
The officers who are appointed under laws which are not being subsumed in GST cannot be appointed as GST officers
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Migration of existing Tax Payers : Section 166
Every person
registered under any of the earlier laws and
having a valid PAN
shall be issued a certificate of registration (RC) on a provisional basis
His RC issued shall be valid for a period of six months from the date of its issue
Said validity period may be extended by Central/State Government.
Every person to whom a RC has been issued shall furnish such information as may be prescribed.
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Information required for migrating existing Tax Payers
Provisional ID & password will be provided by department separately for each State.
Assesse used Provisional ID and password for logon on GST common portal and fill the relevant form
Documents need to be uploaded which are different for each state
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Migration of existing Tax Payers : Section 66
The RC issued may be cancelled if such person fails to furnish the information
The RC issued shall be deemed to have not been issued if the said registration is cancelled if an application filed the person that he was not liable to registration under section 23.
A person to whom a RC has been issued on a provisional basis may opt for composition scheme if eligible.
If He does not opt for Composition Scheme he shall be liable to pay tax at usual rates.
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Migration of existing Tax Payers : Section 66
If Dealer has Multiple VAT registrations in the same State
Allot one registration certificate in each State based one PAN
even though previously had multiple registrations in a State,
unless they qualify as distinct business verticals under the GST law
Where Multiple registrations are obtained under the Central Excise/Service Tax law for distinct units/ business premises in one State
All units/ business premises registered either under Central Excise or Service Tax law would be consolidated into a single CGST registration for that State,
Unless they qualify as distinct business verticals under the GST law.
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Migration to GST
The GST Act will be applicable in the country effective on the appointed date.
Before this date, all the registered taxpayers under the
Central Excise,
Service Tax,
State Sales Tax or VAT,
Entry Tax,
Luxury Tax and
Entertainment Tax
need to enroll at the GST Common Portal.
To begin with the State VAT Department will be communicating the Provisional ID and password to registered taxpayers
Visit the GST Common Portal at
Use the Provisional ID and password to create your username and password for accessing the portal.
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8. Enrolment Procedure Enrolment Procedure
1. The State VAT Department will be communicating the Provisional ID and password.
2. Access the GST Common Portal. Create your unique username and new password using the Provisional ID and password.
3. Login to the GST Common Portal with your new login details
4 Fill the Enrolment Application and provide business details. Don’t miss the mandatory fields
5. Verify the auto-populated details from the State VAT System.
6. Sign the Enrolment Application electronically.
7. Submit the Enrolment Application and necessary attachments
Enrolment Procedure
Enrollment process for issuance of Provisional ID
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9. Provisional Pending Signature
Status of Provisional ID
Initial status of the Provisional ID that will be communicated to Assesse before the appointed date.
Provisional
On saving the GST Enrolment Application with all mandatory fields.
Provisional Pending Signature
On submitting the Enrolment Application the status will change to ‘Migrated’.
Migrated
On the appointed date, all the Provisional ID in the ‘Migrated’ status will change to ‘Active’.
Active
After six months from the appointed date, all Provisional IDs that are NOT electronically signed will be ‘Suspended’.
Suspended
Within six months from the appointed date, the Final Registration Certificate will be issued to those who electronically sign the completed Enrolment Application and the same is verified by the proper officer.
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Creating Username and Password
Before Assesse create username and password for the GST Common Portal, He needs to have a valid address and mobile phone number
Assesse will be sent one OTP on your address and another OTP on your mobile phone number.
You will be required to enter these OTPs during creation of username and password.
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Rules and Procedures
SGST registration will be based on PAN and State
One Provisional ID will be issued to a given PAN for a given state, irrespective of the number of registration on that PAN in that state.
For Ex – PAN ‘XXXXX9999X’ has 5 VAT registrations in the state ‘Delhi’ from ‘XXXXX1111XXD001’ to ‘XXXXX1111XXD005’, in such cases only one Provisional ID will be issued to the registration ‘XXXXX1111XXD001’ .
In case the assesse wishes to enroll in GST for the other 9 registrations as well, the details regarding the other registrations (address of premise) may be included as ‘Additional Place of Business’ (same applies to ST registrations also)
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Provisional ID
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HSN & SAC
HSN
Harmonised System of Nomenclature
Internationally accepted product coding system
Used exclusively for goods
More than codes under GST
SAC
Service Accounting Code
Specific to India adopted by Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC)
Used exclusively for services
Only 127 codes
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HSN
Grouping of articles or items in the HSN
Goods in the HSN are grouped into two broad categories:
Goods which the earth is endowed with, e.g., Minerals, Animals, Plant Water etc. The first 24 chapters deal with agricultural products (Sections I-IV)
Goods which are man-made, e.g., TVs, Motor vehicles, the list is endless because of changes in technologies
Goods in the HSN are grouped in two broad type of classification:
Goods under chapters 1 to 83 are generally classified according to material of manufacture
Under chapters 84 to 96 are generally classified according to functions
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Categorization
Sections in the Harmonised System
Section I (Chapter 1 to 5) covers live animals and animals product Section II ( Chapter 6 to 14) covers vegetable products Section III (Chapter 15) (Single Chapter)covers animal or vegetable fats and oils Section IV (Chapter 16 to 24) covers beverages spirits vinegar and Tobacco Section V (Chapter 25 to 27) covers mineral products Section VI (Chapter 28 to 38) covers Chemical and Para Chemical Products Section VII (Chapter 39 to 40) covers Plastics and Articles thereof and Rubber and articles thereof Section VIII (Chapter 41 to 43) covers certain animal products-Hides and Skin Section IX (Chapter 44 to 46) covers group of vegetable products - Chapter 44 (Wood) Example 2 Section X (Chapter 47 to 49) covers vegetable products-Pulp-Paper & Paperboard-Products of Printing Industry Section XI (Chapter 50 to 63) covers vegetable Textile and Textile Articles Section XII (Chapter 64 to 67) covers Miscellaneous Products-Prepared Feathers-Artificial Flowers-Articles of Human Hair Section XIII (Chapter 68 to 70) covers Articles made of minerals-Stone plaster etc. - Ceramic-Glass products Section XIV (Chapter 71) covers Precious metals and stones Section XV (Chapter 72 to 83) covers Base Metals and Articles of Base Metal Section XVI (Chapter 84 to 85) covers Machinery and Mechanical Appliances Example 1 Section XVII (Chapter 86 to 89) covers Vehicles, Aircraft, Vessels and associated transport equipment Section XVIII(Chapter 90 to 92) covers Apparatus and Equipment Section XIX(Chapter 93) covers vegetable Arms and Ammunitions Section XX(Chapter 94 to 96) covers Miscellaneous Manufactured Articles Section XXI (Chapter 97 to 98) covers Arts, Collector’s pieces and Antiques
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Central Excise Registration
Basis the ‘11’ and ‘12’ character in the Registrations number, CE registration have been classified under the codes – ‘XM’, ‘EM’, ‘XD’, ‘ED’ and ‘EI’.
Provisional IDs are also being issued in the same preference. For Ex – In Step 1, all registrations belonging to the ‘XM’ category are selected for issuance of Provisional IDs.
All registrations having a unique combination of ‘State’ and ‘PAN’ would be issued a Provisional ID.
In case there are multiple registrations for the same ‘State’ and ‘PAN’ combination, then the first registration in the alphabetical order would be granted the Provisional ID.
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Procedure for Central Excise Registration
In Step 2, all registrations belonging to ‘EM’ category would be selected for issuance of Provisional IDs.
In this step, only those registrations would be issued a provisional ID where the combination of ‘State’ and ‘PAN’ is not already occurring in Provisional IDs issued in Step 1.
Similarly for step 3 ‘XD’ registrations would be selected and Provisional ID issued to only those registrations where the combination of ‘State’ and ‘PAN’ is not already occurring in Step 1 and Step 2.
Similarly step 4 and 5 would be executed.
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Procedure for Central Excise Registration
Provisional IDs would be issued only for PAN based registrations.
Only one Provisional ID would be issued for multiple registrations where the combination of ‘State’ and ‘PAN’ is same
For Central Excise registrations, the order of selection is ‘XM’, ‘EM’, ‘XD’, ‘ED’ and ‘EI’
For Service Tax registrations, the order for Non-Centralized is ‘ST’ & ‘SD’
Only those ST registrations would be issued Provisional ID where the ‘combination of State’ and ‘PAN’ is not occurring in selected CE registrations
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Procedure for Central Excise Registration
Each Excise registration contains 2 addresses –
Head Office and
Business Premise
If the ‘State’ for the ‘Head Office’ and ‘Business Premise’ is different
the registration will be eligible for issuance of 2 provisional IDs
where the ‘State’ for ‘Head Office’ and ‘Business Premise’ is same
only one Provisional ID would be issued
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Procedure for Service Tax Registration
List of no selected for Service Tax registration will be checked with the list of registrations selected for Provisional IDs for Central Excise.
All ST registrations, where the combination of ‘State’ and ‘PAN’ is same as compared with Central Excise registrations
ST Number already selected ,would be removed from the list and would not be issued any Provisional ID
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Schedule for Provisional Registration
State
Start Date
End Date
Pondicherry
Sikkim
Maharashtra, Goa, Daman & Diu, Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Chandigarh
Gujarat
Odisha, Jharkhand, Bihar, West Bengal, MP, Assam, Tripura, Meghalaya, Nagaland, Arunachala Pradesh, Mizoram, Manipur
UP, J&K, Delhi, Chandigarh, Haryana, Punjab, Uttrakhand, HP, Rajasthan
Kerala,Tamilnadu, Karnataka, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh
Enrolment of Taxpayers who are registered under Central Excise Act but not registered under State VAT
Enrolment of Taxpayers who are registered under Service Tax Act but not registered under State VAT
New registration under VAT/Service Tax/Central Excise after January 2016
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22. Process for Registration
Taxpayer obtains GSTN login id and password from “
Taxpayer logins to GSTN Portal, “
Completes enrolment process and uploads documents
Gets Application Reference Number
Taxpayer obtains provisional GSTIN on appointed date
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Update ID & Mobile Number
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For updating & Mobile Number
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Obtaining credentials for GSTN Enrolment from ACES
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Note on Login Credentials
In some cases, your login credentials may have been shared through State VAT authorities.
If you have completed the enrolment process using these credentials, you do not need to repeat the process
In some cases, your ID and Password may still be awaited from GSTN.
For assistance, contact CBEC MITRA
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Obtaining credentials for GSTN Enrolment
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Provisional ID already issued by VAT authorities
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Provisional Credentials awaited
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30. GSTN Enrollment process
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Visit to GST Portal : hhps://
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32. Step 1 : Registering as “New User Login”
Obtaining Credentials
Step 1 : Registering as “New User Login”
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33. Step 2: Agreeing to furnish information to GSTN
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34. Step 3: Enter provisional ID and password received from ACES
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35. Step 4: Registration Email id & Mobile number for GSTN
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36. Step 5: Verification of Email & Mobile number using OTP
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Note on OTP
All future correspondence from the GST Common Portal will be sent on the registered address and mobile number only.
Both the address and mobile number need to be verified using the OTPs.
During verification, two separate OTPs will be sent. One OTP is sent on address and another OPT is sent on mobile number.
Enter the OTP that you received on your address in the OTP field.
Enter the OTP received on your mobile number in the Mobile OTP field.
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38. Step 6: Creation of username and password for GSTN login
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39. Step 7: Security questions to Reset password
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Successful creation of User ID and Password for GSTN
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41. Filling the form GST-REG-20
GSTN Enrollment
Filling the form GST-REG-20
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GSTN Enrolment Pre-requisite
Mandatory Data and
Mandatory Documents
DSC (If Corporate or LLP)
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43. File format and Size for uploading
Data and documents required for Enrollment
Details
Documents required
File format and Size for uploading
Business Detail
Registration certificate
Partnership deed (if applicable)
PDF/JPEG(1MB)
Promoters/Partners
Photograph (for each)
JPEG(100KB)
Authorized Signatory
1.Proof of appointment
2.Photo
JPEG(100KB) 
Principal / Additional Places Of Business
Address proof (for each)
Bank Accounts
Statement/First page (for each)
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Who can sign using DSC/E-Sign/EVC?
Sl No
Constitution
Who can sign 1
Proprietor 2
Partnership
Managing partner 3
HUF
Karta 4
Company/LLP
Authorized Signatories , duly authorized by the Board of the Company/LLP 5
Trust registration
Managing trustee 6
Association of persons 7
Club, Society
Authorized Signatories , duly authorized by the management committee 8
Local authority
Authorized Signatories 9
Statutory Body 10
Government department
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45. Login using your newly created ID and password
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46. Filing the form GST-REG-20-application for enrolment of existing taxpayer
GSTN portal the form needs to filled under various tab:
Business Details
Promoters / Partners
Authorized Signatory
Principal Place of Business
Additional Place of Business
Goods & Services
Bank Accounts
Verification
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Business details (1/2)
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Business details 2/2
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49. Promoters / Partners (1/2)
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50. Promoters / Partners (1/2)
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51. Authorized Signatory (1/3)
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52. Authorized Signatory (2/3)
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53. Authorized Signatory (3/3)
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54. Principal Place of Business (1/3)
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55. Principal Place of Business (2/3)
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56. Principal Place of Business (3/3)
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57. Additional Place of Business
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Goods & Services
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Bank Accounts
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Verification
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Please Note
At present the form can be filed without Digital Signature and e-sign.
At the time of issue of Provisional id to Companies and LLPs, form has to be digitally signed. In other cases, form may be submitted through e-signature (OTP).
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62. Successful submission - Acknowledgement
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GSTN help
For any assistance with GSTN Common Portal, contact GSTN helpdesk:
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