Individuals to undergo Aadhaar authentication for GST Registration from 1/04/2020



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From 1st April 2020, individuals applying for Goods and Services Tax (GST) registration will be required to authenticate their Aadhaar number. This new rule applies to individuals, authorised signatories, managing and authorised partners of partnership firms, and the Karta of a Hindu undivided family. If an Aadhaar number is not available, alternative identification methods will be provided.

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Notification No. 18/2020 - Central Tax
New Delhi, the 23rd March, 2020

G.S.R….(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6B) of section 25 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies the date of coming into force of this notification as the date, from which an individual shall undergo authentication, of Aadhaar number, as specified in rule 8 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in order to be eligible for registration:

Provided that if Aadhaar number is not assigned to the said individual, he shall be offered alternate and viable means of identification in the manner specified in rule 9 of the said rules.

2. This notification shall come into effect from the 1st day of April, 2020.

[F. No.CBEC-20/06/04/2020-GST]
(Pramod Kumar)
Director, Government of India

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Notification No. 19/2020 - Central Tax
New Delhi, the 23rd March, 2020

G.S.R….(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (6C) of section 25 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies the date of coming into force of this notification as the date, from which the -

(a) authorised signatory of all types;
(b) Managing and Authorised partners of a partnership firm; and
(c) Karta of a Hindu undivided family,

shall undergo authentication of possession of Aadhaar number, as specified in rule 8 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017(hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in order to be eligible for registration under GST:

Provided that if Aadhaar number is not assigned to the said persons, they shall be offered
alternate and viable means of identification in the manner specified in rule 9 of the said rules.

2. This notification shall come into effect from the 1st day of April, 2020.

[F. No.CBEC-20/06/04/2020-GST]
(Pramod Kumar)
Director, Government of India

FAQ :

Aadhaar authentication will be mandatory for GST registration from the 1st day of April, 2020.

Individuals, authorised signatories, managing and authorised partners of a partnership firm, and the Karta of a Hindu undivided family must undergo Aadhaar authentication.

If an Aadhaar number is not assigned to an individual, they will be offered alternative and viable means of identification as specified in the rules.

This requirement is based on powers conferred by sub-section (6B) and (6C) of section 25 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.

The Aadhaar authentication process is specified in rule 8 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.




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