The 35th GST Council meeting held last day at New Delhi under the new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman has approved the use of the Aadhaar card for the enrollment on the Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN). The use of Aadhaar card would doing away with the requirements of various other documents.
“In the earlier system, people have to give various documents and submit them in physical and scan form. No we have decided the use Aadhaar and several advantages will occur to businesses. The person applying can go online and using his Aadhaar number and OTP authentication can register himself in the GSTN portal and get GSTN registration number,” said Revenue Secretary, Ajay Bhushan Pandey, told a briefing after the Council meeting on Friday.
The Council further approved several changes made during the last few months, that includes increasing the GST registration limit threshold, Composition scheme for service provider among others.
“The last date for filing the annual return was 30 June however, we have received several representations from trade and business, and thus extended the date by two more months up to 30 Aug 2109,” said Pandey.
“GST registration limit threshold is increased from Rs 20 Lakh to 40 Lakh. Earlier it was done through a notification and now appropriate changes have been made in the law,” he said.
He also said that GST council has approved e-ticketing for multiplexes cinema halls.
