GST registration in 3 to 7 working days, applicability checked first.

Our fee starts at from ₹1,999, and there is no government fee for GST registration. The Starter plan covers the applicability check, the REG-01 application, document preparation, every query reply and the certificate. Growth adds three months of return filing and invoice setup; Complete covers a full year of filing with input credit reconciliation.

Usually within 7 working days from complete documents. Aadhaar-authenticated applications are approved within seven working days unless the officer raises a query, and low-risk applications are often approved sooner. If the officer orders physical verification of the premises, allow up to 30 days. Most delays come from address proof, which we check first.

You must register once turnover crosses ₹40 lakh for goods or ₹20 lakh for services (₹10 lakh in special category states), and from day one if you sell goods across state lines or through an e-commerce marketplace. Below that, registration is voluntary. It is worth it when your customers are businesses or your purchases carry a lot of GST.

In practice, yes. The law requires registration for inter-state e-commerce sales of goods from the first order, and marketplaces ask for a GSTIN at onboarding regardless. Only a seller shipping within one state and staying under the threshold can list without a GSTIN, and only where the platform offers a non-GST seller route.

Register early if you sell to businesses, expect to cross the limit within a year, or pay significant GST on rent, software, equipment or inventory. You recover that tax as input credit. Wait if your customers are individuals and you are far below the limit, because a registered business must file returns every month, even nil ones.

Composition lets a business with turnover up to ₹1.5 crore (₹50 lakh for services) pay a flat 1%, 5% or 6% of turnover instead of charging GST, with one return a quarter. You cannot claim input credit, sell inter-state or show GST on invoices. It suits local traders and restaurants selling to consumers, not suppliers to businesses.

Yes. A residential address is accepted as the principal place of business. You need the electricity bill or property tax receipt in the owner's name and a consent letter from the owner, even if the owner is a parent or spouse. Co-working spaces work too, with the agreement and the operator's letter.

The penalty is ₹10,000 or the tax evaded, whichever is higher, plus the GST due on all sales from the date you became liable, with 18% interest. Since you could not have collected that tax from customers, it comes out of your margin. Registering a month early costs nothing and removes the risk.

Yes, one registration per state where you have a place of business, such as an office, warehouse or shop. Shipping goods to customers in another state does not need a registration there. Within one state you can hold a single registration for several branches, or opt for separate ones for each business vertical.

Add your bank account on the portal within 30 days, print the GSTIN on invoices and signage, and start charging GST. Your first GSTR-1 is due on the 11th and GSTR-3B on the 20th of the month after registration. We send the login, the invoice format and the due dates in one message the day the certificate arrives.

It can, usually for a mismatched address proof or a name that differs from the PAN. Before rejecting, the officer issues a query in REG-03 and you get seven working days to reply. We reply with exactly what is asked and, if a file is rejected outright, refile it at no extra fee.