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Published on:
December 26, 2022
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Paramita

NOC: How to make a consent letter for GST registration

While understanding the necessity for NOC consent before GST registration, let us first examine how businesses must lawfully collect and credit applicable sales taxes from customers to comply with regulations as a recognized supplier. Complex requirements include not only registration under the Goods and Services Tax but ongoing adherence to convoluted policies determining taxable transactions. Simpler enterprises may struggle with multifaceted obligations spanning varied documentation, periodic returns, and audits mandated to legitimately partake in commercial exchanges under the law. Proper authorization through a no-objection certification offers security for formalizing operations and transactions according to statute. 

NOC Consent letter

What is an NOC or Consent letter?

While many enterprises run operations from residential quarters lacking recognized commercial domains, registration necessitates the place of business proof. For owned premises, property certificates validate ownership upon registering. Tenants must furnish lease agreements. Without ownership or tenancy, permission letters suffice during evidence upload.

Consent involves a No Objection affidavit from property owners acknowledging business activity without objection. GST omits letter formatting, prioritizing operational approval over form. Varied enterprises creatively adapt living spaces into workplaces, although registration confirms physical location veracity. Authorizations, whether rental records or domicile endorsements, establish operational legitimacy for tax authorities.

Who must sign for approval of the Goods and Services Tax registration application? 

The owner of the premises is required to sign a letter of no objection. However, circumstances sometimes necessitate additional documents. GST officials occasionally demand a formally notarized agreement confirming permission, written on government-mandated legal paper. Yet uploading a simple digitally signed approval may prove sufficient. Should an officer particularly insist on the traditional stamped version, it remains easy to promptly fulfill such specifications.

Complementary records accompany the consent memo. Verification of the company's address, like a municipal property document or electricity bill copy, joins the permission letter for authentication of the application. With landlord approval and proof of location established, tax authorities possess what's necessary to process registration. Though policies vary slightly between regions and officials, open communication helps ensure applications proceed efficiently.

How might one upload properly signed approval papers for a Notice of Completion on the Goods and Services Tax portal?

1. Initially, access the GST portal and browse to Functions -> Enrollment -> Fresh Registration.

2. Secondly, while filling out the form, opt for "Consent" under the character of ownership of the area if the place of business is a rented premises or the taxer uses the premises of a relative or friend. The owner of the premises must personally sign the letter of approval.

3. Thirdly, add the consent letter in PDF or JPEG configuration, yet the document size cannot surpass 1 megabyte. Additionally, longer sentences mixed with shorter ones can help add complexity and variability to help mimic human writing styles.

Format of a consent letter for GST registration

Consent Letter:

TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN

This is to certify that I ___________________(Name of the owner), owner of the property______________________, (Principal address) have permitted and allowed_______________________ (Name of the Proprietor) for operating and conducting their business from the ADDRESS MENTIONED ABOVE.

I further state that I have no objection if ____________________ (Name of the proprietor) uses the address of the said as their mailing address.

This is a no-objection certificate issued to obtain registration under GST.

Owner of the property

Sd/-

Signature

_______________ (Name of the owner)

Date: ______________

Place: ______________

Forgot to submit a consent letter? No worries

When completing the GST registration application in Form GST REG-01, if a taxpayer forgets to include the consent letter and the proof of address. In that case, the GST officer will contact the taxpayer by email or phone. When a taxpayer receives such communication, he or she can include the consent letter in the application.

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