GST in India is the unification of taxes, like Service Tax, Excise Duty, CST and state taxes). Implemented From 1 July, 2017 to all Indian service providers, traders and manufacturers. Every venture buying and selling and good or services must register for GST. For turnover yearly exceeding 20 lakhs in case of services and 40 lakhs in case of goods, GST Registration is compulsory. GST is structured in a way that it reduces the worry of many taxes that were implemented earlier, making it now easier to get a sustainable tax system. With new terminology of GST, the complicated things that were confusing people are now easy to understand.
If you have just started your business, and your annual turn over is more than 20 lakhs then you should apply for GST get extra benefits of GST registration.
There are three components of GST, SGST, CGST, and IGST.
Central GST
State GST
Interstate GST
Central/State/Interstate GST respectively.
GST Identification Number
represents the STATE CODE.
Next 10 Digits:are the PAN Card Number of the Business Identity.
13th Digit:the number of registration within a State.
14th Digit:Z alphabet.
15th Digit:Random Security Digit Automatically Generated.