The 35th GST council meet decided to ease the registration process for GST. Revenue Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey said that now Aadhaar will be used instead of various documents used earlier. The person who is applying can go online, using his Aadhaar number through OTP authentication, he can register himself on the GSTN portal and get GSTN registration number.
The revenue Secretary also said that dealers with turnover up to Rs 5 Crore will be now filing quarterly and those above Rs 5 crore will be filing monthly returns. Composition scheme for service providers, a decision which was taken in GST Council a few months back and done through a notification will be made a part of the law.
Finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman chaired the GST council meeting for the first time. She said that Friday’s GST Council meeting was the first after the new government has been formed.
