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sonu agrawal

44 Points Posted on 21 July 2021

Can the department reject application for registration merely on the ground that a person liable to register in Gst is also liable for professional tax liabilty and show causing regarding payment for professional tax even if there was no registration under earlier law?

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This discussion clarifies that professional tax liability cannot be a valid ground for rejecting a GST registration application. GST and professional tax are distinct types of taxes, one indirect and the other direct, and are not related. Therefore, a department cannot reject a GST registration solely based on a person's professional tax obligations, especially if there was no prior registration under older laws.

CA. Sourav Sarkar

Chartered Accountant

24588 Points Posted on 21 July 2021

No this was not a valid reason for GST registration cancellation

CA Anurag Sharma

17100 Points Posted on 21 July 2021

Will be interesting if this has been done. have you received such notice or are you just asking of a possible scenario? if you have received a notice then it will be great if you could dm me that. if you are just asking then it can't be the ground. professional tax is a direct tax while gst is an indirect tax. they are not at all related to each other.