Dimapur, March 21 (EMN): The last date for enrolment of dealers under GST has been fixed on March 31 for the whole country. The CEO of Goods and Services Network (GSTN) has informed the Commissioner of Taxes, Nagaland that the process of enrolling for GST will only be available upto the aforementioned date. Dealers failing to enroll themselves within this period may face deregistration under the current VAT law and have difficulties to register afresh for GST. This will affect smooth transaction of business under the GST regime which is likely to come into effect from July 1.
It also informed that the Department of Taxes has set up facilitation centres in all its offices across the state to assist dealers for enrolling in GST portal with facilities such as computers with internet facilities, scanners and printers as well as trained staff to assist in the enrollment process.
The dealers who have still not received their provisional IDs and passwords issued by GSTN have been asked to login to the state VAT portal using their current credentials or immediately contact their respective tax office and collect the same. Those who have enrolled but have not submitted details were also asked do the same within the time frame using Aadhaar e-sign or Digital Signature Certificate (DSC).
CEO also notified that a helpdesk has been set up with phone number-0124-4688999. For assistance and queries on may email to helpdesk@gst.gov.in. More details may be found in the departmental website www.nagalandtax.nic.in.
