I am working in a company with a turnover of 60 crores. We currently have GST registration in Telangana state only, whereas our employees work in all states. All employees are registered in Telangana, and only professional tax is deducted for those residing in Telangana; for others, it is not deducted. We primarily get business from four major telecom companies all over India. They issue purchase orders for Telangana state regardless of the work being allocated in any state. Since we are primarily involved in service activities, we haven’t faced any issues, and there has been no requirement to get registration in other states.
However, when we started engaging in supply activities, we faced issues with issuing e-way bills and obtaining purchase bills in IGST format, as some vendors do not understand the requirements and others have denied issuing IGST invoices. We used to receive IGST invoices for 90% of our purchases and have availed of ITC on all such bills.
Now, we are uncertain whether we need to obtain GST registration in the states where we are currently operating. We have guest houses and godowns in all locations, but all are under staff names.
I would like to know whether state-wise GST registration is mandatory if we want to engage in supply activities, or can we raise an e-way bill from Telangana to the receiver state by adding the dispatch address of the local state?
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