GST Registration Forms

Here are the latest GST Registration forms as approved by GST Council as per Final GST Registration Rules Approved by GST Council 18.05.2017

Final GST Registration Forms

Old Draft GST Registration Forms

Earlier the Draft GST registration forms were released by Govt of India as follow :-

Download GST REG 01 

Download GST REG 02 

Download GST REG 03

Download GST REG 04

Download GST REG 05

Download GST REG 06

Download GST REG 07

Download GST REG 08

Download GST REG 09

Download GST REG 10

Download GST REG 11

Download GST REG 12

Download GST REG 13

Download GST REG 14

Download GST REG 15

Download GST REG 16

Download GST REG 17

Download GST REG 18

Download GST REG 19

Download  GST REG 20

Download GST REG 21

Download GST REG 22

Download GST REG 23

Download GST REG 24

Download GST REG 25

Download GST REG 26

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Application for extension of registration period by casual / non-resident taxable person

[ Final GST Registration Rules Approved by GST Council 18.05.2017 ]

[ Final GST Registration Forms approved by GST Council 18.05.2017 ]

Download GST REG 11 in PDF

• Amend GST registration details
• Apply for cancellation of GST Registration
• Revoke GST registration if it is cancelled

Amending GST Registration :-

• Any change in details furnished at the time of registration must be submitted within 15 days from the date of such changes in Form GST REG 11.
  • Specific changes in Form GST REG 11  relating to Name of Business, Principal Place of
    Business, and details of partners or directors, karta, Managing Committee, Board of Trustees, Chief Executive Officer or equivalent, responsible for day to day affairs of the business  . After verification, an approval order by the officer is sent in Form GST REG 12  to amend the details within fifteen common working days from the date of receipt of application in Form GST REG 11 .such amendment shall take effect from the date of occurrence of the event warranting amendment.
  • Where the proper officer is of the opinion that the amendment sought  is either not warranted or the document furnished therewith is incomplete or incorrect, he may, by a notice in FORM GST REG 03 , within fifteen common working days from the date of receipt of the application in FORM GST REG 11 , require the registered taxable person to show cause, within seven common working days of the service of the said Form GST REG 03 , as to why the application submitted under shall not be rejected.
  • The taxable person seeking amendment shall file reply to the notice to show cause issued , in FORM GST REG 04  within seven days of the receipt of the said notice.
  • If the proper officer fails to take any action-

(a) within fifteen common working days from the date of submission of
application, or
(b) within seven days from the receipt of the clarification, information or
documents furnished by the applicant

The certificate of registration shall stand amended to the extent applied for and the
amended certificate shall be made available on the Common Portal.

• Where the change relates to any particulars other than those specified changes mentioned above, the certificate of registration shall stand amended upon submission of the application in GST REG 11  on the Common Portal of GSTN:
• Changes in business details that result in change of PAN number of the registered tax payer, require a fresh registration in Form GST REG 01

A taxable person who has voluntarily registered is allowed to apply for cancellation only after completion of 1 year of registration. An officer determines the effective date of cancellation after directing the taxable person to clear any tax arrears and penalty, if any.

Revoking a Cancelled GST Registration

• In case the registration is cancelled by an officer, a taxable person can apply for revocation by submitting Form GST REG 17 within 30 days from date of cancellation order.
• If the officer requires additional details or clarification, Form GST REG 03 is issued within 3 working days.
• The taxable person then needs to respond by providing requisite details in Form GST REG 04 (within 7 working days).
• If the officer is satisfied, the cancellation is revoked by issuing an order in Form GST REG 18 within 30 days from date of such application.
• If the officer is not satisfied, the revocation application is rejected in Form GST REG 05. Prior to this rejection, the taxable person will be issued a show cause notice in Form GST REG 19 and hearing.

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Liability  for GST Registration as per Chapter VI of Model GST Law:

(I) Section 19 – GST Registration

Person is liable to register under this Act as per Schedule III ( Read : Taxable Persons under GST (India) : Complete Guide . Registration has to be done in every such state where he is so liable within 30 days from the date on which he becomes liable. Read Flow Chart of GST Registration and Return by New Taxable Person

For the persons registered under earlier laws (except Input Service Distributor): Fresh registration under GST in not required and will get automatic registration based on PAN as per the procedure prescribed in Rule 14 of GST Registration Rules.Read GST Registration Process for Existing Registered Dealer- Flow Chart

Mandatory GST registration for certain persons  : Read Compulsory Registration under GST – 11 types

A person having multiple businesses in the same State may obtain separate registration for each business in accordance with Rule 4 of GST Registration Rules.

Voluntary registration is also available under the GST Regime.

Every person should have PAN as given under Income Tax, to be eligible for registration under GST. For NRI who does not have PAN would be eligible for registration with some other equivalent document as may be prescribed.

  Once the registration is accepted, Certificate of registration & Unique Identity Number (GSTIN) shall be granted.

II. Section 19A of Chapter VI of Model GST Law  – Special provisions relating to Casual Taxable Person & Non-resident taxable person

  Validity period of certificate of registration issued will be only for 90 days and the same can be extended upto 180 days on request to appropriate officer.

  If a person is registered under earlier law (except Input Service Distributor), fresh registration under GST in not required and procedure for transformation for such cases would be prescribed in course of time.

At the time of submission of application, Causal Taxable Person or Non-resident Person would be required to advance deposit the estimated tax liability. Such amount deposited shall be deposited in the electronic ledger of such person.

III.Section 21 of Chapter VI of GST Act – Cancellation of GST registration

I. The Officer on his own or on the basis of an application filed by the registered person or by his legal heirs in case of death may cancel the registration on account of following circumstances:

a) Disposal or discontinuance of business or amalgamation or demerger.

b) Change in constitution of the business

c) Person is no longer liable to registered other than voluntarily registered person.

II. The Officer may cancel registration with effect from any anterior date i.e., date earlier than existing date on account of following circumstances:

a) Contravention of the provisions of Act or Rules.

b) Person under composition scheme has not filed returns for 3 consecutive tax periods.

c) Any person other than under composition scheme has not filed returns for a continuous period of 6 months.

III. Where any person has obtained registration by means of fraud, willful misstatement or suppression of facts, the Officer may cancel the registration with retrospective effect.

  The cancellation of registration under this section shall not affect the liability of the taxable person to pay tax and other dues for any period before to the date of cancellation as determined.

  Stock of Inputs or Work in Progress held by registered taxable person as on the date of cancellation, he will be liable to pay input tax credit availed or output tax payable on that, whichever is higher.

  For the capital goods held, the taxable person shall pay the amount of input tax credit availed as reduced by some percentage points as may be prescribed or tax payable on the transaction value of capital goods, whichever is higher.

GST Registration Rules:

GST Registration Rules covered mainly under  following Heads

I.GST Registration of Person existing under earlier laws (Central Excise, Service Tax, Respective VAT

Rule 14 – Procedure for migration of persons registered under earlier law:

• Every person registered under earlier law having a PAN will get registration on provisional basis and certificate of registration in Form GST REG-21 and
• After obtaining provisional registration, e-application for regularization of registration in Form GST REG-20 has to be submitted within the period of 6 months (As given u/s 142 of Model GST Law.
• If the information & particulars submitted in the above application are found correct, the Officer shall issue the certificate of registration in Form GST REG–06
• If the information & particulars submitted in the above application are found incorrect, the Officer shall issue a show-cause notice in Form GST REG-23 and give a reasonable opportunity of being heard to the concerned person and then finally cancel the provisional registration by issuing an order in Form GST REG–22
• Persons who are registered under earlier law but not liable to be registered under GST Act, then he may file e-application in Form GST REG-24 for cancellation of automatically granted provisional registration. The Officer after conducting enquiry as required shall cancel the said registration.

II – GST registration of new applicant

Rule 1 – Application for registration for new applicants:

Every person liable to register u/s 19 except 1) Non-resident taxable person, 2) Person who is required to deduct tax u/s 37, 3) E- Commerce Operator is required to follow the below prescribed procedure:

• E-Application form for registration – Form GST REG-01
• Online validation of PAN, Mobile Number and E-Mail ID through Part A of Form GST REG-01
• After successful validation, online application in Part B of Form GST REG-01 has to be submitted along with the specified documents.
• On receipt of application, acknowledgment shall be issued electronically in Form GST REG-02.
• For Casual Taxable person, acknowledgment in Form GST REG-02 shall be issued only once the advance deposit of tax is made as per Section 19A.

Rule 4 -Separate Registrations for multiple business verticals within a State

(1) Any person having multiple business verticals within a State, requiring a separate registration for any of its business verticals under sub-section (2) of section 19 shall be granted separate registration in respect of each of the verticals subject to the following conditions:

(a) Such person has more than one business vertical as defined under subsection (18) of section 2 of the Act;
(b) No business vertical of a taxable person shall be granted registration to pay tax under section 8 if any one of the other business verticals of the same person is paying tax under section 7.
Explanation: Where any business vertical of a registered taxable person that has been granted a separate registration becomes ineligible to pay tax under section 8, all other business verticals of the said person shall become ineligible to pay tax under section 8.
(c) All separately registered business verticals of such person shall pay tax under this Act on supply of goods and/or services made to another registered business vertical of such person and issue a tax invoice for such supply.

(2) A registered taxable person eligible to obtain separate registration for business verticals may file separate application in FORM GST REG-01 in respect of each such vertical.

Rule 6 : Assignment of unique identity number to certain special entities

(1) Every person required to obtain a unique identity number under sub-section (6) of section 19 may submit an application, electronically in FORM GST REG-09, duly verified in the manner specified in rule 1, at the Common Portal either directly or through a Facilitation Centre, notified by the Board or Commissioner.
(2) The proper officer may, upon submission of an application in FORM GST REG-9 or after filling up the said form, assign a Unique Identity Number to the said person an issue a certificate in FORM GST REG-06, within three common working days from the date of submission of application.

Rule 10 : Suo Moto Registration

Where, during the course of any survey, inspection, search, enquiry or any other proceeding under the Act, the proper officer finds that a person liable to registration under the Act has failed to apply for such registration, such officer may register the said person on a temporary basis and issue an order in FORM GST REG 13.The registration issued shall be effective from the date of order of registration.Every person to whom a temporary registration has been granted under shall, within thirty days from the date of the grant of such registration file an application for registration in the form and manner provided in rule 1 unless the said person has filed an appeal against the grant of temporary registration, in which case the application for registration shall be applied for thirty days after the date of the issuance of order upholding the liability to register by the Appellate Authority.

Rule 2 – Verification of the application:

• Application submitted would be examined by the Officer and approved if found correct within 3 working days. In case of no action by the officer, the application submitted would be deemed to have been approved
• In case of deficiency in the application submitted, Officer would intimate the applicant in Form GST REG-03 within 3 working days and applicant shall submit clarification in respect of information provided and documents submitted in Form GST REG 04 within 7 working days of intimation.
• When the officer is satisfied with the clarification, he would approve the registration within 7 working days else would reject the application and intimate the applicant electronically in Form GST REG-05. In case of no action by the officer, the application submitted along with the clarification would be deemed to have been approved.
  

Rule 3 – Registration Certificate:

• Certificate of registration has granted u/s 19 shall be issued under Form GST REG-06.
• Effective date of Registration:

Rule 5 – Application of Registration for the person required to deduct tax u/s 37 and E Commerce Operator:

Person who is required to deduct tax u/s 37 and E- Commerce Operator is required to follow the below prescribed procedure:

• E-Application form for registration – Form GST REG-07.
• After the verification by Officer, registration certificate in Form GST REG-08 shall be issued within 3 working days.
• When the concerned person is no longer liable to be registered, the Officer may cancel the registration and issue Form GST REG-08 for such cancellation.

Rule 8 – Application of Registration for Non-resident taxable person:

Non-resident taxable person is required to follow the below prescribed procedure:

• Submit an e-application for registration in Form GST REG-10 at least 5 days prior to commencement of the business.
• Acknowledgment in Form GST REG-02 shall be issued only once the advance deposit of tax is made as per Section 19A.
• The provisions of Rule 1 and Rule 2 relating to verification and grant of registration shall apply mutatis mutandis to an application made under this rule

Rule 16 – Extension in period of operation by casual taxable person and non-resident taxable person:

• For extension of period of registration, the casual taxable person or non-resident taxable person has to submit e-application in Form GST REG-25 before the end of validity of earlier registration granted to him.
• Above application shall be acknowledged only after the advance deposit of tax is made as per Section 19A.

III. Amendment to GST registration

Rule 9 – Amendment to GST registration

• For amendment of the details submitted in the original application, the registered taxable person has to submit an e-application within 15 days in Form GST REG-11 along with the documents related to change.

•  In case the Officer feels that the amendment is not warranted or application submitted is incorrect, then he issue a show-cause notice in Form GST REG-03 within 15 working days and applicant shall submit clarification in respect of information provided and documents submitted in Form GST REG 04 within 7 working days of intimation.
• In case of no action by the officer, the application submitted along with or without the clarification would be deemed to have been approved.

IV.Cancellation of GST Registration

Rule 11 – Application for cancellation of registration by self:

• The registered taxable person has to submit e-application in Form GST REG-14 including the details of closing stock and liability thereon along with the other required documents for cancellation of registration.
• Voluntarily registered persons cannot apply for cancellation before expiry of one year from grant of registration to them.
• Every taxable person other than person paying tax under composition scheme has to file a final return.

Rule 12 – Cancellation of registration by Officer:

• When the Officer believes that the registration of the person is liable to be cancelled u/s 21 of GST Act, then issue a notice in Form GST REG-15 with show cause period of 7 days.
• When the Officer is satisfied about the application submitted by the person for cancellation of registration u/r 11, then he may issue an order in Form GST REG-16 within 30 days of application and direct the person to pay arrears of tax, interest or penalty as determined u/s 21.

V Revocation of cancellation of GST registration

Rule 13 – Revocation of cancellation of registration:

• The taxable person whose registration is cancelled may submit an e-application for revocation of cancellation of registration in Form GST REG-17 within 30 days of cancellation order.
• Application for revocation would not be entertained if the registration is cancelled on account of failure of furnishing of return unless the same are filed along with payment of due taxes, interest and penalty as applicable.
• On satisfaction, the Officer may issue an order for revocation of cancellation of registration in Form GST REG-18 within 30 days.

VI. Display of GST registration certificate

Rule 7 – Display of registration certificate and GSTIN:

• Certificate of registration has to be displayed in a prominent location at his principal place of business and also at every additional place of business.
• GSTIN has to be displayed in the name board exhibited at the entry of his principal place of business and also at every additional place of business.
  

VII. Physical Verification of Business premises

Rule 17 – Physical verification of business premises in certain cases:

In case the Officer requires the physical verification of business premises before granting registration, he may do so and submit the verification report in Form GST REG-26 in the online portal on the same of day of verification.

VIII. Manner of Authentication of Documents to be submitted

(1) All applications, including reply, if any, to the notices, returns, appeals or any other document required to be submitted under these rules shall be filed electronically at the Common Portal with digital signature certificate or through e-signature as specified under Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000) or through any other mode of signature notified by the Board/Commissioner in this behalf.

(2) Each document including return filed online shall be signed by

(a) in the case of an individual, by the individual himself or by some person duly authorised by him in this behalf and where the individual is mentally incapacitated from attending to his affairs, by his guardian or by any other person competent to act on his behalf;

(b) in the case of a Hindu Undivided Family, by a Karta and where the Karta is absent
from India or is mentally incapacitated from attending to his affairs, by any other adult
member of such family or by the authorised signatory of such Karta;

(c) in the case of a company, by the chief executive officer or authorised signatory thereof;

(d) in the case of a Government or any Governmental agency or local authority, by an
officer authorised in this behalf;

(e) in the case of a firm, by any partner thereof, not being a minor or authorised signatory;

(f) in the case of any other association, by any member of the association or persons or authorised signatory;

(g) in the case of a trust, by the trustee or any trustee or authorised signatory; and

(h) in the case of any other person, by some person competent to act on his behalf.

(2) All orders and notices under this chapter / Part shall be issued electronically by the proper officer or any other officer authorised to issue any notice or order, through digital signature certificate specified under the Information Technology Act, 2000 (21 of 2000).

Table of List of Forms under GST Registration Rules:

26 Forms for Registration prescribed-26 Forms for Registration have been prescribed (Form GST REG-01 to Form GST REG-26), namely-GST REG 01, GST REG 02, GST REG 03, GST REG 04, GST REG 05, GST REG 06, GST REG 07, GST REG 08, GST REG 09, GST REG 10, GST REG 11, GST REG 12, GST REG 13, GST REG 14, GST REG 15, GST REG 16, GST REG 17, GST REG 18, GST REG 19, GST REG 20, GST REG 21, GST REG 22, GST REG 23, GST REG 24, GST REG 25,

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26 Forms for Registration prescribed-26 Forms for Registration have been prescribed (Form GST REG-01 to Form GST REG-26), namely-GST REG 01, GST REG 02, GST REG 03, GST REG 04, GST REG 05, GST REG 06, GST REG 07, GST REG 08, GST REG 09, GST REG 10, GST REG 11, GST REG 12, GST REG 13, GST REG 14, GST REG 15, GST REG 16, GST REG 17, GST REG 18, GST REG 19, GST REG 20, GST REG 21, GST REG 22, GST REG 23, GST REG 24, GST REG 25,

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