A business whose aggregate turnover in a financial year exceeds Rs 20 lakhs has to mandatorily register under Goods and Services Tax. This limit is set at Rs 10 lakhs for North Eastern and hilly states flagged as special category states. Also, the definition of taxable turnover has been changed to aggregate turnover
The traders supplying goods to other states will need to register under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) even if their turnover is below Rs 20 lakh
Rs 20 lakh registration limit is only for intra-state traders,
Traders, thus, will not be able to avail of threshold exemption of Rs 20 lakh turnover, if they have inter-state supplies. "Then they will have to register. Threshold exemption is only for traders who are trading within the state,
The traders, who have turnover below Rs 20 lakh and supply goods and services within the state, can also go for voluntary registration to avail input tax credit.
"But once registered, the traders will have to pay taxes on all supplies, even if turnover is less than Rs 20 lakh,"