Forward of the fiftieth GST Council assembly on Tuesday, GTRI has advisable that comparable registration guidelines must be relevant for inter-state provides achieved by micro and small companies by e-commerce platforms.
Giving instance, GTRI Co-Founder Ajay Srivastava stated {that a} small village artisan with lower than Rs 10,000 annual turnover promoting metal-ware craft by her web site should enrol for GST pay tax and file common returns regardless of low turnover. Nonetheless, if the artisan restricts enterprise inside a selected state, she/he doesn’t must pay GST.
“India is poised for large bounce in e-Commerce exports in subsequent few years. Enabling simpler interstate gross sales would be the first step in that course… The GST provision must be the identical for inside and throughout states’ provides,” Srivastava stated.
GTRI has additionally instructed removing the requirement of state-wise Items and Providers Tax (GST) registrations. As we speak, if a agency has a presence in 10 states, it should get hold of 10 GSTINs and preserve a separate account for every.
“Since all provides are captured on-line by GSTN, the GSTN can extract exact state-wise information from the PIN Code of the place of provide with out looking for info from the companies,” Srivastava stated. GTRI additionally advisable permitting inter-state use of State GST (SGST) credit score. At present, if a agency has a surplus SGST credit score in a single state, it can’t be used to pay SGST in one other state or to pay Central GST (CGST) dues. “Proscribing utilisation leads to capital blockage… Permitting interstate use of SGST credit score won’t dilute the tax on account of a state,” Srivastava stated.
These modifications would offer higher flexibility and effectivity for companies working in a number of states, encouraging inter-state commerce and funding and selling financial development, he added.
