Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for verification of taxpayers granted deemed registration - GST - Instruction No. 4/3/2020
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..... has failed, the proper officer has to mandatorily initiate physical verification of the premises, or in cases where the physical verification is difficult, certain additional documents may be called for by the proper officer (upon approval of an officer not below the rank of Joint Commissioner) for verification before deciding upon grant of registration. Further, the present provisions allow for deemed registration upon completion of 21 days of application in such cases if the proper officer has not issued any notice within the said 21 days. 2. Data suggests that during the period from 21st August, 2020 to 16th November, 2020 deemed registration has been granted in many cases where Aadhaar authentication has not been opted for or has faile .....
..... ications must be completed in a time bound manner, within 3 weeks of these instructions. Zonal Chief commissioners already have the freedom to divert the staff from one formation to another within the Zone to complete the task. A weekly status report to be submitted to the Board in the format enclosed to this instruction. 4.1 The Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) to be followed by the proper officer for carrying out the physical verification of the persons who have been granted a deemed GST registration is outlined below. 4.2 The proper officer shall conduct physical verification of the principal place of business and wherever possible, additional place of business, indicated in GST registration FORM REG-01 of the concerned registrant. Dur .....
..... ndertaking from the applicant. Phone number declared / linked to each of the bank accounts may also be obtained. c. Quantum of capital employed/proposed to be employed. d. Out of the amount mentioned at (c) above: (i) Own Funds: (ii) Loan Funds: (indicate the names, complete address, PAN and amount borrowed from each such lender separately): e. In case of own funds, also check the audited balance sheet for previous financial year, where available, in addition to the Income Tax Returns mentioned in (a) above. f. In case of loan funds check the proposal submitted to the Bank/FI for approval of the loan and the maximum permissible bank finance as per such proposal, where the amount is proposed to be borrowed from a Bank and/or FI. 5. Field for .....