Chapter III  of CGST Rules, 2017

REGISTRATION

¹[RULE 14A. Option for taxpayers having monthly output tax liability below threshold limit. (Corresponding section 25) (Relevant Updates)

(1) Any person who has made application for registration under rule 8 and who determines that his total output tax liability on supply of goods or services or both made to registered persons on account of central tax and State tax or Union territory tax and integrated tax and compensation cess, does not exceed two lakh and fifty thousand rupees per month, shall have an option to get registration electronically, in accordance with the provisions of this rule.

(2) Any person, other than a person notified under sub-section (6D) of section 25, who has not opted for authentication of Aadhaar number, shall not be eligible for grant of registration in terms of this rule.

(3) Notwithstanding anything contained in rule 11, a person registered under this rule in a State or Union territory shall not be eligible to obtain another registration in the same State or Union territory under this rule against the same Permanent Account Number.

(4) Upon successful authentication of Aadhar number, the applicant referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be granted registration electronically by the common portal, within three working days from the date of submission of application.

(5) The registered person who intends to withdraw from the option availed under sub-rule (1), shall file an application, in FORM GST REG-32, duly signed or verified through electronic verification code on the common portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner:

Provided that the registered person shall not be allowed to file such application unless he has furnished, -

(a) returns for a period of minimum three months, where such application is filed before 1^st April, 2026;

(b) returns for a period of minimum one tax period, where such application is filed on or after 1^st April, 2026; and

(c) all the returns due for the period from the effective date of registration till the date of application for withdrawal:

Provided further that the registered person shall be allowed to file such application where no proceedings under section 29 have been initiated against such registered person.

(6) Where there is any change in particulars furnished in FORM GST REG-01 by the person who has been granted registration under this rule, the said registered person shall get the particulars amended under rule 19 before filing an application for withdrawal under sub-rule (5).

(7) Based on data analysis and risk parameters on the common portal, the provisions of sub-rule (4A) of rule 8 relating to authentication of Aadhaar number or biometric-based Aadhaar authentication, taking photograph of the applicant along with verification of original copy of documents uploaded along with registration application in FORM GST REG-01, shall, so far as may be, apply to application for withdrawal filed under sub-rule (5).

(8) The provisions of sub-rules (5) and (6) of rule 8 relating to issuance of acknowledgment, shall, mutatis mutandis, apply to the application filed under sub-rule (5).

(9) The application filed for withdrawal under sub-rule (5), shall be verified in accordance with the provisions of rule 9.

(10) Upon verification under sub-rule (9), the proper officer shall issue an order in FORM GST REG-33 allowing the application for withdrawal from the option availed under sub-rule (1) or order for rejection of application in FORM GST REG-05, within a period specified under rule 9, as the case may be, which shall be made available to the registered person on the common portal.

(11) The registered person who has received an order issued under sub-rule (10) allowing withdrawal shall be able to furnish the details of output tax liability on supply of goods or services or both made to registered persons, exceeding the output tax liability as referred to in sub-rule (1), from the first day of succeeding month in which the said order has been issued.

(12) A registered person to whom an order under sub-rule (10) has been issued, shall not amend the details furnished in respect of output tax liability so as to exceed the limit of the output tax liability specified in sub-rule (1) for the period prior to the first day of succeeding month in which the said order has been issued.

(13) Where proceedings for cancellation of registration have been initiated by the proper officer after the filing of withdrawal application and the said proceedings are pending, the withdrawal application under sub-rule (5) shall be rejected by the proper officer and the provisions in relation to approval of application on deemed basis under sub-rule (5) of rule 9, shall not be applicable in such case.]

1. Inserted vide:- Notification No. 18/2025 - Central Tax dt. 31.10.2025 [Para 4] (w.e.f. 01.11.2025)