GOODS AND SERVICES TAX NEW PORTAL LAUNCHED
India has initiated an enrolment drive for taxpayers under the goods and services tax (GST), in keeping with the April 1, 2017 rollout deadline for the new indirect tax system. A new portal for GST went live on 8.11.2016 (Tuesday) to enable easy countrywide enrolment of taxpayers. A state-wise schedule has also been put out for enrolment of existing payers of excise duty, service tax and state taxes. The portal, www.gst.gov.in, has been rolled out by the GST Network.
Basic information such as names and PAN from existing database of the income tax department has been collated by the GST Network and essential information such as place of business, nature of business, name of directors and bank accounts details needs to be fulfilled by the assessee.
At present the System Requirements for Assessing the GST Common Portal and System Requirements for Usage of Digital Signature Certificate were defined.
In the Help Menu, Video Based Tutorial – CBT is available. In this Video Based Tutorial 20 minutes Duration Course (Getting Started with GST) the guidelines for enrolment of VAT assesses to Goods and Services Tax (GST) Portal is defined with audio.
The link for the Video Tutorial is given below. Please click the link given below and see the Guidelines for Enrolment of VAT assesses to Goods and Services Tax (GST) New Portal.
