Thursday 15 December 2016

GST USER GUIDE FOR MIGRATION IN PUNJAB


User Guide for Migration to GST in Punjab

As we all are aware that GST Migration starts from 16th of December 2016 for State of Punjab and the same will close on 31st of December 2016.
For Login, to GST Portal (www.gst.gov.in) registrants are under an obligation to obtain Provisional ID and Password from the Excise and Taxation Department of their concerned Districts.
As earlier, link was also sent for the specimen for Authorizing the Representative to obtain Provisional User ID and Password and documents required for kind reference, which can be obtained from here.

SOME IMPORTANT POINTS WHICH REQUIRS ATTENTION SO THAT WHILE REGISTERING ON GST PORTAL, ONE CAN EASILY UPLOAD THE INFORMATION:
1.    Migration of VAT holder, having registration upto December 2015 will be done and for the rest, those registered after 2015 will be migrated afterwards.
2.    For migration to GST, DSC (Digital Signature Certificate) and E-Signature are mandatory for submitting the application.
3.    ‘Constitution of business’ proof is mandatory to be uploaded in PDF or JPEG format. 
4.  For proprietorship, one can use his VAT Registration Certificate, in which proprietary status is shown, can be used, if this document is not available then any other proof can be used.
HOW TO LOGIN BY NEW USER:
1. Migrant will have to open GSTN Portal (www.gst.gov.in) for Enrolment Process.
2. Login as new user by clicking the NEW USER LOGIN Icon.
The below mentioned image will be reflected.


Thereafter, declaration webpage will reflect as below.


Tick Mark Declaration and Click ‘continue’ button.
How to LOGIN TO GST PORTAL BY USING THE ID AND PASSWORD
Enter provisional User Id and Password obtained from Excise and Taxation Department from your concerned Districts of Punjab.
Thereafter, Press ‘login’ for next step.



THEN THE IMPORTANT PAGE OF VERIFICATION WILL APPEAR

It is important that valid email and mobile number of the authorized signatory only, must be incorporated. As, all future correspondence from GST Portal will be sent on this number and mail ID.
WARNING: Please fill the Email and Mobile Number with due caution, as the same is non-­editable till 1st of April 2017 and in no case, Tax Professional Email or Mobile Number can be given.
Click ‘continue’ button.
One Time Password (OTP) Password
Enter OTP password, which was sent by the GST portal, as one will appear on phone and other on Email.
WARNING: Every best possibility should be applied while entering the OTP Passwords as in case of any error, one is to repeat the entire process and it is also pertinent to mention that One Time Password will expire in 15 minutes. In any case, if there will be any error, one case use the option of “Resend OTP”.


NEW USER NAME AND PASSWORD

User name and password will be of choice subject to availability and security questions must be remembered, as in case to reset the password, the same is required. 

FOR SUCCESSFUL LOGIN
Below mentioned webpage will appear which will ask for your username and password.
► Enter username and password created in previous step
► Click on “Login”



ENTER THE DETAILS OF BUSINESS 
1.    Few below mentioned columns are automatically filled up and no change can be made as PAN based.
·         Legal Name of business
·         Legal Name of business
·         PAN Number
·         State
·         Zone/District/Ward/Zone Number 
2.    Next Step:
Select and fill the Registration type, Registration Number and Date of Registration. 
3.    For entering other registrations like Service Tax, Central Excise, one is to click ‘Add’ and is to upload the required documents. For required list of document – CLICK HERE.
 4.   Save and continue. 


ENTER DIRECTOR/PROMTER/PARTNER DETAILS, AUTHORIZED SIGNATORY AS PER COLUMNS:


After filing the details,  Save and continue 


ENTER DETAILS OF PRINCIPAL PLACE OF BUSINESS
For details of Principal Place of Business, necessary columns are required to be filled. Some are mandatory fields, beside this, one is to upload the Proof of Principal Place of Business. Relevant options are available, so use the same as per nature of business.
Click on Save and Continue to go to next step.
 

ENTER DETAILS OF ADDITIONAL PLACE OF BUSINESS IF ANY BY USING THE COLUMN OF “ADD PLACE OF BUSINESS”



ENTER DETAILS OF GOODS & COMMODITIES WITH TOP FIVE COMMODITIES SUPPLIED AND ALSO ENTER THE HSN CODE.
Save and continue.


IN CASE THE DEALER IS DEALING WITH SERVICE THEN SERVICE ACCOUNDING CODE (SAC) OF THE CONCERNED SERVICE.
Then Save and continue.


ENTER DETAILS OF BANK ACCOUNT
Details are as under:
·         Account Number,
·         IFSC code of bank branch
·         Type of account
Note: Maximum 10 Bank Accounts can be added. Upload documents in support. 
Click on Save and Continue.



VERIFICATION FORM



At this stage, the GST Portal will verify the entries and ask for DSC in case of Companies and Digital Signature Certificate (DSC). 
Tick on the Verification box and enter the information i.e.
·         Name of Authorized Signatory,
·         Designation of Authorized Signatory,
·         Place,
·         Date.
NOTE: While submitting details, Digital signatures are required to be used.



Click on ‘Proceed’ where image is reflecting ‘Warning’ to go to the next step.


 
ENTER PARTICULARS OF DIGITAL SIGNATURE CERTIFICATE
Click Digital Signature by selecting from pop-up window.
Note: In case Digital Signature Certificate is not registered with GST common portal then one cannot submit enrolment application and for this one is to register the DSC at the GST common portal by clicking on the column of Register DSC Menu.


PROCESS OF VALIDATION
After completing all above steps, the following window will open, showing the Success of Submission. After submission the GST portal will verify the information and you will receive unique application reference Number (ARN) on the registered Email Address and Mobile Phone Number. Thereafter, on validation, acknowledgement will be received in 10 to 15 minutes.

Sunday 11 December 2016

SPECIMEN FOR APPOINTING AUTHORIZED REPRESENTATIVE REQUIRED FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX (GST) ACT



Particulars for Authorized Representative

1.
Name of the Firm :
________________________________
2.
Place of business with address
________________________________
________________________________
________________________________
3.
Full name of the authorized representative
________________________________
4.
Designation :
________________________________
5.
Permanent Residential Address :
________________________________

________________________________

________________________________

________________________________
E-mail id
________________________________
Telephone Number(s)
________________________________
Mobile Number(s)
________________________________
Fax Number(s)
________________________________
6.
Period for which authorized to act as an authorized representative
________________________________

Declaration:-

I/we declare that the person named above is authorized to act as an authorized representative for the above referred business for the purpose of collecting GST Id and password only. His action in relation to this business shall be binding on me/us.
Signatories:-

 Full name                                          Signature                                                        Status


Acceptance as an authorized Representative:-

I, accept to act as an authorized representative for the above referred business for the aforementioned purpose.

Full name of the person
_____________________
Designation
_____________________
E-mail id
_____________________
Place
{city} - Date ___/____/2016

Signature of authorized representative


_____________________________________
Signature of Attestor

DOCUMENTS REQUIRED FOR ENROLLMENT IN THE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX (GST) ACT FOR PROPRIETORSHIP CONCERN, PARTNERSHIP FIRM, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COMPANY