What is GST
GST is an acronym which is used for Goods and Services Tax. GST is a single form of tax which has clubbed several other duties and taxes like central excise duty, services tax, additional customs duty, surcharges, state-level value added tax and Octroi. That being said, in GST Regime goods and services are all now taxed under a single law being GST Laws. GST registration will enable you to collect GST rates from all of your customers. GST registration not only let's you pay taxes but at this time of fraudulent era, it also plays a role in your identity as a registered supplier. This has made the business registration process quite easy by just registering for a single tax i.e. GST. If your business is not GST registered, based on your business standards heavy fines and penalties would be imposed on you.
Who should register for GST?
All people or companies that were registered under the pre-GST laws are liable for getting GST registration. Moreover, if a business is involved in buying/selling of goods and-or providing services for the same, they should register for GST through GST Portal. Since there is a certain limit on the turnover of a Business after which you are liable to apply for GST no. Hence, every business is not required to have a GST registration no.
The threshold/limit for a business dealing in goods to apply for GST is 40 lakhs in a financial year, whereas if aggregate turnover of a business that provides services in a financial year is 20 lakhs or more it is liable to apply for GST Registration. However, in North-Eastern States the limit is 20 lakhs for a good based business and 10 lakhs for a service based business.
If you have vast business and have multiple outlets/offices, it is not necessary to get a GST registration no for each of them, you can simply register your one outlet/office as your main branch and the rest of them as the additional one's. Then you can register GST under your main branch and use the same GST number for different outlets/offices.
If you don't have a permanent outlet or office and you provide your services or goods based on certain events, then you are liable to register for GST based on your estimated turnover in 90 days and you can have your own GST number so you can get GST from your customer. Any individual can also apply for GST registration voluntarily and can get a GST no, even if they don't fall under the conditions to register for GST. It is also known as Voluntary GST registration.
What is GSTIN
GSTIN stands for Goods and Services Taxpayer Identification Number (GSTIN).
GSTIN is a PAN based 15 digit number which is duly assigned to taxpayers who are registered under GST.