GST Practitioner is a tax professional who can prepare returns and perform other activities on the basis of the information furnished to him/her by a taxable person. (However, the legal responsibility for such filings remains with the Taxpayer.) For this purpose, GST Practitioners (GSTP) are required to be enrolled with Centre or State Authority. CA/ CS/ CMA, Graduate, or post graduate degree in Law/Higher Auditing/Business Management/Commerce/Banking/Business Management, Retired Government Officials, Degree examination of any Foreign University recognized by any Indian University etc are eligible to apply for GSTP. In addition, GSTPs can be appointed as Authorized Representatives to act on the behalf of the taxpayers and represent them before the tax authorities.
It is recommended that you register as a GST Practitioner at the GST Portal to file Returns for your client.
A GST Practitioner must fulfill following conditions he/she can enroll on the GST Portal:
1. Applicant must have a valid PAN Card
2. Applicant must have a valid mobile number
3. Applicant must have a valid e-mail ID
4. Applicant must have a Professional address
5. Applicant must have the prescribed documents and information on all mandatory fields as required for Enrolment
6. Applicant must fulfill the eligibility criteria of GST Practitioner.
To be enrolled as a GSTP, the applicant should be in one of the following categories/ passed one of the following exams:
Yes, you can save your Registration Application up to 15 days from the day your TRN was generated upon successful submission of PART- A of the Registration Application.
The Registration Application submitted by you will be processed by Tax Officer. Once your Registration Application is approved by the concerned Tax Official, your GSTP ID will be generated by the system along with a temporary password for first-time login and the same will be communicated to your registered e-mail address. ARN status will also be changed to ‘Approved’. Enrolment Certificate will be available at the Dashboard of the GSTP for view, print and download.
In case of rejection, Rejection Order will get generated and communicated to you. ARN status will be changed to ‘Rejected’. Intimation of Rejection will be sent to the applicant who filed the application for the enrolment of GSTP via email and SMS on his registered email address and mobile number respectively. Rejection Order will be available at the Dashboard of the GSTP for view, print and download
Single Enrolment shall be sufficient for practicing on all India basis. No separate registrations are required for other States or Centre. However, you are free to apply for another registration in other state if you have a Professional Address in that state.
You can view your administrative authority under "Track Application Status" after logging to the GST Portal.
After filling all the details in Part A of the application, when you click on Proceed button, GST Portal displays all the GSTINs / Provisional ID’s / UINs / GSTP IDs mapped to the same PAN across India.
Yes, you can use same e-mail address, mobile number and PAN combination for taking multiple registrations on GST Portal.
Yes, you can engage with your client using old GSTIN, for all matters related to old GSTIN.
Yes, you can engage with your client using new GSTIN. GST Portal will automatically migrate you as a GST Practitioner of your client for new GSTIN.
Yes, you can engage with your client using old GSTIN, for all matters related to old GSTIN.
Yes, you can engage with your client using new GSTIN. GST Portal will automatically migrate you as a GST Practitioner of your client for new GSTIN.