Can I use one GST threshold for every business?
No. The commonly quoted turnover numbers are not interchangeable. The applicable position depends on goods or services, the state or Union Territory and notification conditions. A threshold illustration for one type of supplier is not an exemption for every person below that number.
What should I check besides turnover?
Write down your legal structure, business state, supply type, annual aggregate turnover and where customers are located. Check compulsory-registration provisions and applicable relief before choosing a registration route. Turnover alone does not settle every case.
What changes when I sell across states or online?
Inter-State services and marketplace goods have specific notification provisions. For example, Notification 34/2023 provides conditional relief for certain small goods suppliers through electronic commerce operators; it is not general permission for unrestricted inter-State online sales. Ask for the provision that supports your actual model.
Prepare for a useful conversation
- PAN-level turnover working
- Goods and services breakdown
- Business and customer locations
- Marketplace role and any proposed new revenue stream
Share a short description first. Do not put PAN, Aadhaar, bank details, tax files, passwords or OTPs in a general enquiry.
What changed in this edition
Replaced the blanket threshold table with an applicability decision process and current-notification dependencies.
Next editorial review target: , or sooner if a relevant rule changes. This is a review target, not a claim that a future check has occurred.
Sources checked for this guide
- CGST Act: registration framework (read with amendments) ↗
- CBIC: Integrated Tax notifications, including inter-State service relief ↗
- Notification 34/2023-Central Tax: conditional marketplace relief ↗
Older official reference pages must be read with later amendments and notifications. No universal numeric threshold or authority-processing guarantee is inferred from them.
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