Procedure for registration
The assessee shall make an application in form ST 1 to the
Superintendent of Central Excise in duplicate.
The application shall be filed within 30 days from the date of providing
taxable service and shall bear the address sought to be registered
The application should be filled up carefully without errors and columns
and boxes which are not applicable may contain "NA" stated across them.
All the taxable services provided should be mentioned on the application
and there would not be separate applications for each of such taxable
services
The Form should be signed by the director/partner/sole proprietor as the
case may be or the authorized signatory.
The application shall be accompanied by copies of the following
documents
Self certified copy of PAN, (where allotment is pending, copy of the
application for PAN may be given)
Copy of MOA/AOA in case of Companies
Copy of Board Resolution in case of Companies
Copy of Lease deed/Rental agreement of the premises
A brief technical write up on the services provided
Registration certificate of Partnership firm
Copy of a valid Power of Attorney where the owner/MD/Managing Partner
does not file the application
Once filed, the acknowledgement for having filed the application is to
be obtained on the duplicate copy for one's own reference
If the Particulars stated in the Form are correct, then the registration
certificate would be provided within a period of seven days. Where not
so provided, the registration is deemed to have been granted.
Centralized registration
Centralised registration is opted for in a case where the accounting and
billing operations of the assessee are centralized in an administrative
office which may be a branch or Head Office despite the services being
provided from more than one location. The premises that is registered
here is the one where the centralized accounting and billing is done.
This decision is at the option of the tax payer and he can also opt to
have
multiple registration which however may not be advisable. The procedure
would be the same as explained above with a few exceptions -
The registration in case of centralized registration would be granted by
the Commissioner of Central Excise having jurisdiction over the
centralized premises
The registration formality at the department's end takes a little longer
than the period stated above and the concept of deemed registration need
not apply here
The following documents
are required in addition to the documents needed under the
aforesaid procedure -
Proof of address of each such premises or branches for which centralised
registration is sought
Proof of address of branches, new offices opened if any
Making amendments with regard to changes in particulars
Amendment would be required where there is any change in the
particulars furnished in the ST 1 at the time of registration.
The changes shall be intimated to the department within 30 days of such
change
The fact that the ST 1 is being filed for an amendment, should be
clearly highlighted on the form
The assessee shall submit a certified copy of the Registration
Certificate
The application may also be accompanied by a covering note explaining
the circumstances that led to the change with copies of relevant
documents being given.
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