How to Start a Professional GST Practice?
                     How to Start a 
Professional GST 
Practice?
GST stands for “Goods and Services Tax” Implemented 
in the year 2017 to bracket taxes across the country 
under one tax name, it is now very prominent that one 
should have themselves registered under GST 
requirements to do any sort of business. One should 
know that only a professional can provide compliance 
to an individual or a business.
For a person to be eligible to provide compliance, they 
must have themselves registered under the GST portal 
and GST Network (GSTN). Given the importance of 
handling your accounting with regards to Goods and 
Services Tax and mandatory registration, let look into 
how one can start their professional GST practice. 
s20 offers a GST course in Ahmedabad. So, if this is 
something that interests you, then search Super 20 
Training.
It is a no-brainer that a person who understands the 
legal and financial workings can only be a GST 
practitioner. There are certain qualifications that one 
must possess in order to be eligible to be a practitioner.
1. Advocate
2. Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant or a 
company secretary holding a certificate of practise 
(COP).
3. Graduate or Post Graduate in Commerce/ Law/ 
Banking/ Business Administration from an Indian or 
recognized foriegn university.
4. A retired officer from the Commercial Tax 
department of any state government or the Central 
Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs for at least two 
years.
5. Tax return preparer or Sales Tax practitioner with 
an experience of five years.
Aside from these requirements, other basic 
requirements include being an Indian citizen, being of 
sound mind, not being adjudged insolvent, and not 
having been convicted of an offence punishable by two 
or more years in prison.
Now with all that being cleared, let's look at the steps 
of registering as a GST practitioner.
Step 1: Go to the GST official website.(www.gst.gov.in)
Step 2: Click on "Services" followed by "Registration". 
Select the option of "New Registration".
Step 3: Under "New Registration".
1. Select "GST Practitioner" under the "I am a" 
dropdown list.
2. Then select the state and district from the lockdown.
3. Enter your personal details such as name, PAN, 
email address and mobile number.
4. Enter the captcha code.
5. Click on "proceed".
You will then be directed to an OTP verification page.
Step 4: Please enter the two different OTPs you are 
given for your registered mobile number and email 
address. Click on "Proceed".
Step 5: You will get a Temporary Reference Number 
(TRN). Click on the "Proceed" button.
Step 6: Enter the generated TRN and clear the 
captcha process. Click on "Proceed".
Step 7: Carefully type out the OTP received on your 
registered mobile number and click on "Proceed."
Step 8: Enter all the relevant details in this given 
section and upload the said documents in either.pdf 
or.jpg format. Click on "Submit" on the verification 
page.
Details of Applicants
1. Type in your date of birth and enter your first, 
middle, and last names.
2. Choose your gender, other requested information, 
and a JPEG photograph. Make sure the file size is less 
than 100 KB (Kilo bytes).
3. Once all the asked details are entered and your 
photograph is uploaded, click on the "Save and 
Continue" button to move on to the next section.
Professional Details
1. Enter your address with its respective pincode. The 
relevant state and district will be auto-filled from Part A 
of the form.
2. Click on the appropriate address proof given in the 
drop-down menu.
3. Upload the proof of professional address in JPEG or 
PDF form with a file size of no more than 1 MB 
(megabytes).
4. Once all the details are submitted and the 
documents are uploaded, click on "Save & Continue" to 
go to the final section.
Verification Page
1. Select the checkbox with the verification statement 
and enter the place.
2. Make sure you submit the application using a Digital 
Signature Certificate, Electronic Verification Code, or e-
Signature. For e-signature, make sure you update your 
Aadhaar number in the applicants' details section.
There are two ways the application can be 
submitted:
1. Digital Signature Certificate (DSC): Submit the 
application using the DSC token. Note that you should 
have emSinger (from e-Mudra) installed on your 
computer and the DSC is registered in your computer.
2. Electronic Verification Code and e-signature - You will 
receive 2 OTP’s, one on the Aadhaar-linked mobile 
number and the other on the e-mail ID. Enter the OTPs 
and submit the application.
Make sure a "success" pop-up message is displayed 
after you have submitted the application. You will also 
receive an acknowledgement on your registered mail 
ID under 15 minutes from the time of successful 
submission of the application. With that, you have 
completed your process of registering as a GST 
practitioner.
Conclusion
It is very important to note that for you to be a credible 
practitioner, you should have a sound knowledge or 
abundance of experience in your hands. One good way 
of achieving both is by making sure you check out 
offers of s20 from Ahmedabad that provide the 
practical facility to learn the GST course. It may be a 
cliche to say here that nothing is easy but given the 
weight of responsibility this post offers, the weight is 
necessary and fruitful. All the best.
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