The CGST Act provides for both cancellation and suspension of GST registration in India.
There are several reasons why a business may wish or be obliged to cancel its GST registration. The main reasons for doing so are as follows:
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•ÌýÌýÌýÌý Discontinuance of the business.
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•ÌýÌýÌýÌý Transfer of the whole of the business for any reason, including the death of the proprietor.
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•ÌýÌýÌýÌý Amalgamation with another legal entity, demerger or other disposal of the business.
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•ÌýÌýÌýÌý Change in the constitution of the business.
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•ÌýÌýÌýÌý No longer being liable to be registered, or intending to opt out of voluntary registration. A business that, for example, ceases to make taxable supplies but continues to trade making only exempt supplies must deregister.
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•ÌýÌýÌýÌý Registration was obtained by means of fraud, wilful misstatement or suppression of facts.
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•ÌýÌýÌýÌý Non-filing
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