GST Liability-Basics
Every supplier, who makes taxable supply of goods or services or both, in a State or
Union territory, shall be liable to be registered, if his aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds Twenty Lakh Rupees.
This limit has been increased to Rs. 40 Lakhs, only for those
suppliers, who is exclusively engaged in the supply of goods, subject to
certain conditions.
In the case of Special Category States, the above said aggregate turnover limit will be Twenty Lakhs Rupees.
In other words, where such person
makes taxable supplies of goods or services or both from any of the Special Category
States, he shall be liable to be
registered if his aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds Ten Lakh Rupees.
Meaning of Aggregate
Turnover
ü For the purposes of registration, the expression “aggregate
turnover” shall
include all supplies made by the taxable person, whether on his own account or
made on behalf of all his principals;
ü Supply
of goods, after completion of job-work, by a registered job worker shall be
treated as the supply of goods by the principal and the value of such goods
shall not be included in the aggregate turnover of the registered job worker;
List of Special Category States
Special Category States are Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Manipur,
Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura, Himachal Pradesh, Uttarakhand and
States of Jammu & Kashmir.