Para 11 - Explanation of the Entries in the Form (should be attached to the Form) - Report on - Business Processes for GST on Registration Processes in GST Regime [July 2015]

11.0 Explanation of the Entries in the Form (should be attached to the Form) 11.1 The critical information / documents required from the applicant while making the application has been outlined in para 6.3 above. Here the manner of organization of the said information in the registration form (Annexure-III) has been explained. 11.2 The form has fields from 1- 21 requiring various details from the applicant. These fields have been organized so that applicant can introduce himself and the nature of his business to the tax authorities in simple interactive manner. To maintain uniformity in the manner of submission of the form, the fields are provided in the standard conventional manner. These can be adopted from the forms notified by the Information Technology department of the Central and State Governments. For example, the legal name can be either a single field or it could be split into first name, middle name and last name. In case there is no standard practice for any of the fields, the same should be developed by the GST common portal. The form is self-explanatory and has online validation facility before the submission of the form. Wherever possible, drop down menu will be provided so that the form is user friendly and there is no dispute about the information submitted. 11.3 The fields marked with asterisk are the critical fields and need to be filled before the form can be submitted to the portal. In case of non-availability of the information such as PAN Number with the applicant, the common portal will direct the applicant to the website of the income tax department where he can submit the application for obtaining the PAN and after obtaining PAN, can apply for registration under GST. 11.4 Fields 1-5 are the basic introductory fields and need no explanation. 11.5 Field 6 is relevant for taxable persons opting for Compounding scheme. 11.6 Field 7 asks for date of commencement of business in the State in which the taxable person is applying for registration. As has been discussed earlier, the taxable person in the GST regime will be required to take State specific single registration for CGST, IGST and SGST purposes (multiple registrations in a state for business verticals are permitted) . 11.7 Field 8 asks for the date on which liability to pay tax has arisen. Field 9 asks for the details of time period for which registration is required by the casual dealers. Field From‟ To‟ - will be mandatory for casual /non-resident dealers in the registration application. For others field From‟ only would be mandatory. Field 10 captures the reason for such liability. This field would not be enabled in case of registration application by casual/non-resident dealer. 11.8 Field 11 is for the existing registrants. They have to indicate the details of their existing registrations, so that information already available in the respective data bases can be culled out and made use by the tax authorities for granting new registration to the applicant under GST. 11.9 Field 12 asks for the details of the principal place of business of the applicant. Principal place of Business in the State is the place declared by the taxable person, where- (1) He will make available all the records to the tax authorities when called for. (2) The tax authorities will serve all the communications, notices, orders etc. and service of the communications, notices and orders at this place will be treated as legal service of such communications, etc. 11.10 Field 13 seeks the details of the Bank Accounts of the applicant. The taxable person is required to disclose the details of all the bank accounts maintained by him for conducting his business. 11.11 Field 14 and 15 ask for the details of top 5 goods or services ( in terms of turnover or any other parameter to be specified by the GST Law drafting Committee ) which taxable person is supplying or likely to supply. 11.12 Field 16 captures details of the additional places of business. In this field the applicant has to give the details of all the places from where he conducts the business. 11.13 Field 17 asks for the details of Proprietor, partners, Karta, Directors, Member of Managing Committee of Association, Managing trustee etc. of the business depending on the constitution of the business. 11.14 Field 18 asks for the details of the authorized signatory. 11.15 Field 19 asks for the details of authorized representative (TRP / CA/ Advocate, etc.) of the taxpayer. 11.16 Field 20 is kept to capture any State specific information, if so provided in the GST law. 11.17 Field 21 is required to capture the scanned documents (as mentioned in para 6.3. above) required to be uploaded along with the application 11.18 Field 22 is the field for verification and declaration made by the applicant about correctness of the information submitted by him in the registration application. (Satish Chandra) Member Secretary Empowered Committee of State Finance Ministers (Rashmi Verma) Additional Secretary Department of Revenue Government of India