Gujarat government has decided to simplify the VAT
(Value Added Tax) registration procedure. The new
procedure will come into effect from December 1, said
Minister of State for Finance, Saurabh Patel. Under the
new procedure, a provisional VAT number will be
generated and issued within three days of receiving the
application, an official release said. Patel said that
Permanent VAT number will be issued after physical
verification of the workplace within 60 days of issuing
the provisional number. In case the Permanent Number
could not be issued within 60 days, the Provisional
Number will automatically be converted into Permanent
one. The application will be accepted in all districts,
however, special centres will be set up in six big
cities, namely, Ahmedabad, Vadodara, Surat, Rajkot,
Gandhinagar and Bhavnagar for the registration purpose,
the release said.
