Online nomination process has commenced for registration of traders under the Goods and Services Tax (GST).
The process of nomination will continue till June 15, officials informed.
Traders have to upload document for Application Reference Number (ARN) on GST portal.
Commercial Tax Department officials said that camps were organised at circle level at various level for on-line nomination process and uploading of documents for ARN on GST portal.
The officials said that uploading of documents are needed for ARN. The documents which are needed to include registration of partnership deed (PDF and JPEG in size 01 MB) for partnership firms and it is also mandatory for other business units (PDF and JPEG in size 01 MB).
Similarly, the other documents which are needed include photograph of promoter of Hindu Undivided Family (HUF) in JPEG-100KB, evidence of authorized signatory in JPEG format in 1KB, photograph of authorized signatory in JPEG format in 100 KB, Bank passbook front page which furnish detail of name of account holder, account holders and other in PDF and JPEG format in 1KB.
Besides, Gumasta or rent agreement as evidence of spot of business, electricity bill in PDF and JPEG format in 1kb. Aadhaar Card and DSC in PDF and JPEG format in 1kb have to be uploaded for registration.
Chhattisgarh is now among eight States which had passed the GST bill within a month, the Central Government has informed.
The legislative Assembly of Telangana State passed the State GST Act on April 9, 2017, that of Bihar State on April 24, 2017, Rajasthan Assembly on April 26, 2017, that of Jharkhand on April 27, 2017, Chhattisgarh Assembly on April 28, 2017, that of Uttarakhand on May 2, 2017, Madhya Pradesh Assembly on May 3, 2017 while the Assembly of State of Haryana passed the State GST Bill today i.e. May 4, 2017.
Earlier the GST Council had approved the model State GST (SGST) Bill in its 12th Meeting held on March 16, 2017.
The remaining States/UTs (having legislative Assembly) are likely to pass the State GST Bill in their respective Assemblies before the end of this month, except one or two States which may pass the same in early next month.
The next GST Council meeting is scheduled to be held at Srinagar, J&K on May 18 and 19 , 2017.
The Central Government has already informed that GST will be rolled-out from July 1, 2017.
The quick passage of the State GST Act by the different State Assemblies in a time bound manner shows the keenness on the part of the State Governments to ensure that implementation of the GST in letter and spirit is not further delayed and takes place from July 1, 2017 as targetted by the Central Government.
The officers of the Department of Revenue, Government of India led by the Revenue Secretary, Dr Hasmukh Adhia and the concerned officials of the State Governments have already started the outreach programme in order to create general awareness among the people at large and stakeholders in particular and remove their doubts, if any, about the various provisions of GST and its related legislations.
Notably, the Chhattisgarh legislative Assembly had passed the GST bill by voice vote at a special day-long session on April 28.
The bill was introduced in the House by Commercial Tax Minister Amar Agrawal.
In his address to the House, Chief Minister Raman Singh said that the GST in the direction of creating a financial revolution in the country, is a great step.
He said that in 2002 former Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee had formed the Empowered Committee for bringing about reform in the indirect tax system by laying foundation of ‘Value Added Tax’ (VAT).
Singh said that VAT was introduced in 2005; while in 2004, the Central Government had constituted the Kelkar Committee and in that very same year,recommendations were made for introducing GST following which talks were started.
He said that the process of passing GST bill is going on in all the states of the country.
Singh said that the GST regime will come into effect from July 2017.
He said that the GST Council has all the 29 states and two union territories as members including the Central Government.
The GST regime will integrate 32 types of taxes applicable in various states and the Centre, the Chief Minister stated.
There are eight types of Central taxes such as Excise duty, Service Tax, Surcharge etc. Similarly states charge VAT, CST, Entry Tax and Entertainment Tax, he said.
The Chhattisgarh Government had announced earlier that GST is to be implemented shortly, so no major change in the State tax structure is proposed in the Annual Budget 2017-18.
Although, consumers will get half a percent tax relief in case of payment through digital mode except for specified articles like cement, steel, coal, diesel, petrol, kerosene, motor vehicle, pan masala, tobacco products. This arrangement will operate till the time GST is implemented, it informed.