About 1,800 businesses that were registered under the earlier VAT and service tax regime have applied for migrating to the GST regime.
The GST Council, in its meeting in July, had allowed businesses with provisional GST ID to migrate to the new GST regime.
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had then asked these taxpayers to approach the jurisdictional nodal officer of the Central or State Government on or before the August 31, 2018, along with provisional ID, registration number under the earlier law, reason for not migrating in the system, along with the contact details.
“About 1,800 businesses have migrated to GST regime availing the latest migration window. The number could go up as the state tax officers are still compiling data,” an official said.