Businesses that exceed an annual turnover of INR 40 lakhs are mandated to register for GST according to the new GST regime. However, if you operate as a regular taxable entity in the northeastern states such as Uttarakhand, Himachal Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir, the threshold is lowered to INR 10 lakhs.
Any business operators fulfilling the specified criteria below are obliged to register for GST
as per the Goods and Services Act:
- Those who are registered under the Pre-GST law (Excise, VAT, Service Tax, etc.)
- Businesses with a turnover of more than Rs. 40 lakhs (Rs. 20 lakhs for special category states)
- Casual or Non-Resident taxable individuals
- A supplier’s agent and an input service distributor
- Individuals taxed under the reverse charge mechanism
- A supplier through an e-commerce aggregator
- All e-commerce corporates
- A person who supplies online data and database access or retrieval services from abroad to India, except for any registered taxable person
