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REG-18 is the reply to the REG-17 show-cause notice filed within seven working days of receipt. The taxpayer must furnish all pending GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns, pay outstanding tax, interest under Section 50 and late fee under Section 47, and explain the reason for default with supporting documents. A satisfactory reply triggers REG-20 dropping of cancellation proceedings.
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Our team has handled cancellations under VAT, service tax, excise and now GST since the 1 July 2017 rollout. Deep familiarity with Chennai jurisdictional officers, REG-19 patterns and revocation jurisprudence.
REG-16 application drafted with the correct ground — cessation of business, transfer or merger, change in constitution, fall below threshold, or death of proprietor. Effective date and supporting documents matched to the legal trigger.
Final return GSTR-10 prepared and filed within 3 months of REG-19 order or cancellation date — Section 47(2) ₹200/day late fee never applies to Pulianthope clients.
ITC on stock and capital goods reversed under Rule 44 — Rule 44(1)(a) full reversal on inputs, Rule 44(1)(b) higher-of-two-methods on capital goods. Computation sheet annexed to GSTR-10.
All pending GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filed before REG-19 issuance, with capped late fee under Notification 03/2023 amnesty windows where applicable. Section 50 interest at 18% on cash tax computed and paid.
For suo motu cancellation under Section 29(2), REG-18 reply drafted within the 7-working-day window with pending returns, dues clearance and grounds explanation — securing REG-20 dropping of proceedings.
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Why this matters here — In Pulianthope, the cluster of leather, metalwork, wholesale businesses that defines Pulianthope's commercial fabric; served by short connections to Otteri and Perambur and onward to central Chennai.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — In Pulianthope, the business activity radiating outward from Pulianthope High Road and nearby commercial pockets.
Deadline pressure points we see in Pulianthope: Closer to Pulianthope, for the professional and salaried population of Pulianthope navigating personal-tax and home-office GST.
Forms most asked about here — In Pulianthope, where leather businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Show cause notice issued where the proper officer is not satisfied with the REG-21 application; requires the applicant to demonstrate why revocation should not be refused
Reply by the registered person to the REG-23 notice, carrying additional submissions and supporting documents to defend the revocation request
Return capturing closing stock of inputs, semi-finished and finished goods, capital goods particulars, and the input tax credit reversal liability or output tax payable on such stock, whichever is higher, on the day immediately preceding cancellation
Form used to deposit the reversal computed in Table 11 of GSTR-10, any output tax shortfall, interest under Section 50, and late fee, voluntarily before recovery proceedings are initiated
First appeal to the Appellate Authority against an order of cancellation passed by the proper officer, where revocation under Section 30 is not the preferred remedy
Refund application for the unutilised balance lying in the electronic cash ledger after the final return is filed and all dues are discharged
Cancellation application by a provisionally registered person under Section 139 who was not liable to register under the GST Acts
Used by a GST Practitioner engaged for filing of REG-16 or GSTR-10 to withdraw authorisation, typically encountered when a closure-stage engagement is reassigned between practitioners
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Statutory hooks that bite here — In Pulianthope, where leather businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Sub-section (1) of Section 29 provides that the proper officer may, either on his own motion or on an application filed by the registered person or by his legal heirs in the event of death, cancel the registration in such manner and within such period as may be prescribed. The five recognised triggers under clauses (a), (b) and (c) are discontinuance of business, transfer of business on account of amalgamation, demerger, sale, lease or otherwise, change in constitution of the business, the person no longer being liable to be registered under Section 22 or Section 24, and the taxable person opting out of voluntary registration obtained under Section 25(3). The operative form is REG-16.
View sourceSection 45 obliges every registered person who is required to furnish a return under sub-section (1) of Section 39 and whose registration has been cancelled to furnish a final return within three months of the date of cancellation or date of order of cancellation, whichever is later, in the form and manner prescribed. The operative form is GSTR-10. The final return is independent of and additional to the periodic returns due up to the effective date of cancellation. Non-furnishing attracts a late fee under Section 47(2) and a recovery trigger under Section 62.
View sourceSub-rule (1) of Rule 22 requires the proper officer, where he has reason to believe that the registration is liable to be cancelled, to issue a notice in Form REG-17 requiring the registered person to show cause within seven working days. Sub-rule (2) prescribes the reply in REG-18. Sub-rule (3) requires the officer to pass a cancellation order in REG-19 within thirty days of the reply, or to drop the proceedings in REG-20 where the reply is satisfactory. Sub-rule (4) covers cancellation in response to a voluntary REG-16 application.
View sourceSub-rule (1) of Rule 23 enables a registered person whose registration has been cancelled on the proper officer's own motion to apply electronically in Form REG-21 for revocation, within the time frame prescribed under Section 30. All pending returns up to the effective date of cancellation must be furnished, with payment of tax, interest, penalty and late fee, before the application is processed. Sub-rule (2) requires the officer to either approve revocation in REG-22 or issue a show-cause in REG-23 followed by an order on the basis of the REG-24 reply.
View sourceSub-section (3) is a clarificatory provision which states that cancellation of registration shall not affect the liability of the person to pay tax and other dues under the Act or to discharge any obligation under the Act or the rules made thereunder for any period prior to the date of cancellation, whether such tax and dues are determined before or after the date of cancellation. The cancellation closes the registration for prospective compliance but preserves all assessment, recovery, refund and prosecution avenues for the antecedent period.
View sourceSub-section (5) of Section 18 is the cognate provision read with Section 29(5). It prescribes that where any registered person ceases to pay tax under Section 10 or his registration is cancelled, he shall pay an amount equivalent to the credit of input tax in respect of inputs held in stock and capital goods, on the day immediately preceding the date of such switch or cancellation. Rule 44 of the CGST Rules operationalises the computation, prescribing the proportionate basis for inputs and the remaining-life basis of sixty months for capital goods.
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Statutory correspondence for Pulianthope businesses routes through the Perambur Division, so we align every GST Cancellation engagement to that jurisdiction from the start. The 600xx geo-zone covering Pulianthope groups several locality clusters under common administration, keeping documentation expectations predictable. Because PIN 600012 sits inside the Chennai North jurisdiction, the handling office for Pulianthope stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. Every Pulianthope engagement we open begins with the basics: PIN 600012, the Perambur Division, and the coordinates 13.1011, 80.2611 that anchor the locality.
Pulianthope reads as a residential commercial mix with leather and metal trade pocket with medium commercial activity, anchored around Pulianthope High Road and fed by the Pulianthope Bus Stop corridor. Pulianthope sustains a medium flow of commerce for a residential commercial mix with leather and metal trade locality, and that flow is the raw material for the GST Cancellation files we close here. The businesses clustered around Pulianthope High Road in Pulianthope drive the bulk of the GST Cancellation workload we see each cycle. Freight and foot traffic from the Pulianthope Bus Stop hub pull steady daily commerce through Pulianthope, so there is rarely a quiet filing month in this residential commercial mix with leather and metal trade pocket.
wholesale units around Pulianthope share recurring GST Cancellation patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation. Mixed wholesale activity across Pulianthope means our GST Cancellation team keeps sector playbooks ready rather than improvising per client. A wholesale operator in Pulianthope gets a GST Cancellation workflow shaped by sector norms, not a one-size-fits-all template. Because Pulianthope hosts a cluster of wholesale businesses, we benchmark each new GST Cancellation engagement against patterns we already track for the locality.
We keep a repeatable GST Cancellation checklist for Pulianthope so nothing in the cycle is improvised or missed. Fixed-fee scoping means a Pulianthope business knows the GST Cancellation cost up front, with no surprise additions mid-engagement. Every GST Cancellation file we open for Pulianthope is reconciled, reviewed by a qualified practitioner, and archived for seven years. A Pulianthope client sees the same GST Cancellation cadence each cycle: intake, reconciliation, review, filing, acknowledgement.
Coverage from Pulianthope naturally extends to Perambur, so group entities across the area share one GST Cancellation workflow. Businesses straddling Pulianthope and Perambur get a single GST Cancellation point of contact rather than two. A client relocating between Pulianthope and Perambur keeps the same GST Cancellation file and the same team. Group companies spread across Pulianthope and Perambur consolidate their GST Cancellation under one engagement with us.
Over several cycles in Pulianthope, the recurring GST Cancellation issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. The GST Cancellation mistakes we see most in Pulianthope are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Each engagement in Pulianthope adds to a record of what the Chennai North jurisdiction expects, sharpening the next GST Cancellation file. Patterns we track for Pulianthope include metalwork documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Perambur Division tends to raise.
Relocating a registered office into Pulianthope (PIN 600012) changes the assessing division, and we handle that GST Cancellation transition cleanly. Incorporating in Pulianthope comes with jurisdiction, registration and GST Cancellation steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch. New wholesale ventures in Pulianthope lean on us to stand up GST Cancellation correctly before the first deadline rather than after a notice. When a Vyasarpadi business expands into Pulianthope, we extend its GST Cancellation setup to PIN 600012 without disruption.
Voluntary cancellation under Section 29(1) for Pulianthope businesses is filed in Form REG-16 with a complete stock statement, Section 29(5) ITC reversal computation under Rule 44 and GSTR-10 final return prepared within the 3-month statutory window.
A dedicated GST cancellation consultant in Pulianthope handles every stage — pending return clean-up, REG-16 application drafting, ITC reversal on stock and capital goods, GSTR-10 final return and post-cancellation record retention under Section 35.
For Pulianthope businesses served REG-17 show-cause notice under Section 29(2), REG-18 reply with pending returns, dues clearance and grounds explanation is drafted within the 7-working-day window to secure REG-20 dropping of proceedings.
Where suo motu cancellation has already occurred, REG-21 revocation application is filed within 90 days (extendable to 180 days under Section 30) with all pending GSTR-3B and dues — restoring the GSTIN from the original cancellation date.
Sub-section (5) of Section 9 read with Notification 17/2017-Central Tax as amended places the tax payment obligation on the e-commerce operator for restaurant supplies. A restaurant choosing to operate solely through aggregators after cancellation may not require fresh GSTIN if turnover stays below the Section 22 threshold on direct supplies.
Section 22 of the CGST Act read with applicable threshold notifications prescribes the aggregate-turnover threshold below which registration is not mandatory — currently forty lakh rupees for goods in most states and twenty lakh rupees for services, with special-category states at lower thresholds.
A non-resident taxable person's registration under Section 27 ordinarily expires on the period specified in the certificate. Cancellation through REG-16 on event or project completion is advisable to formally close the GSTIN, recover unutilised advance tax under Section 54(13) and shut down the compliance window.
Issuing tax invoices and collecting GST after the cancellation date is impermissible. Any amount so collected attracts Section 76 of the CGST Act read with the special framework for tax collected but not deposited, with full recovery and penalty exposure under Section 76(3) read with Rule 142.
On cancellation, the GSTN portal disables IRN generation prospectively from the effective date. Invoices issued post-cancellation will not receive a valid IRN. Recipients placing such purported invoices into their GSTR-2B universe will face ITC denial on the absence of supplier-side IRN authentication.
Cancellation suspends e-way bill generation rights on the EWB portal prospectively from the effective date. Continuing to move goods under purported supply post-cancellation is impermissible; the consignment may be intercepted and detained under Section 129 of the CGST Act subject to penalty.
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Many VAT jurisdictions distinguish between routine deregistration on cessation of business and compulsory deregistration as an enforcement tool. The European Union Council Directive 2006/112/EC leaves the deregistration design to Member States, producing significant variation. The Indian framework under Section 29 reflects a graded design — voluntary application under Sub-section (1), suo motu cancellation under Sub-section (2) for compliance failures, and revocation under Section 30 for procedural-cancellation cases. The Pulianthope taxpayer therefore encounters a coherent architecture where each cancellation track has a specific procedural pathway. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines recommend that deregistration should not be used as a disguised penalty mechanism, a principle reflected in the Section 30 revocation safety-valve that protects taxpayers from being permanently excluded from the GST system due to procedural lapses. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper recorded the design intent that cancellation should be reversible where the underlying business activity continues.
Cancellation under Section 29 is distinct from suspension under Rule 21A of the CGST Rules. Suspension under Sub-rule (1) of Rule 21A occurs automatically on the filing of REG-16 by the taxpayer or on the issue of REG-17 show-cause notice by the proper officer, and the GSTIN status changes to 'suspended' while the cancellation process runs its course. Sub-rule (3) of Rule 21A bars the suspended person from making any taxable supply but does not extinguish past liabilities. The Pulianthope taxpayer should appreciate that suspension is a procedural intermediate state — the substantive cancellation crystallises only on the issue of REG-19 order. The OECD Forum on Tax Administration has recognised the suspended-status design as a transparency feature that signals the precarious compliance state to counterparties while the cancellation adjudication is pending. The GST Council 47th meeting recommendations refined the Rule 21A framework to reduce the suspension period from indefinite to a defined adjudication window.
GST cancellation in India is governed by Section 29 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 read with corresponding State legislation. Sub-section (1) of Section 29 provides for cancellation on the registered person's own application — typically on discontinuance of business, change of constitution, or where the person ceases to be liable to register. Sub-section (2) of Section 29 provides for suo motu cancellation by the proper officer on enumerated triggers including non-filing of returns for the prescribed continuous period, registration obtained by fraud, contravention of the Act or Rules, and non-commencement of business within six months of voluntary registration. The Pulianthope registered person therefore faces a bifurcated cancellation architecture — taxpayer-initiated under Sub-section (1) versus officer-initiated under Sub-section (2) — with materially different procedural cadences. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines recognise this bifurcation as a design feature distinguishing voluntary deregistration regimes from compulsory enforcement regimes. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper anchored the policy intent that cancellation should close the compliance cycle cleanly rather than leave dormant GSTINs accumulating nil-return obligations indefinitely. The architecture also embeds a revocation safety-valve under Section 30 for suo-motu-cancelled persons, recognising that procedural cancellation should not become a substantive bar to lawful business resumption.
For discontinuance, Sub-section (5) of Section 18 applies — closing-stock ITC reversal computed under Rule 44, with the residual electronic-credit-ledger balance lapsing on cancellation. For transfer of business, Sub-section (3) of Section 18 applies — the unutilised ITC can be transferred to the transferee through Form ITC-02 subject to the transferee's acceptance within fifteen days. The Pulianthope taxpayer should appreciate that the ITC treatment is materially different — discontinuance loses the credit, transfer preserves it. The CBIC Circulars have clarified the operational mechanics of ITC-02 filing. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines on credit-continuity in business-transfer events endorse this design as preserving economic efficiency. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper recorded the policy intent of preserving credit through business-continuation events.
For transfer of business, Section 85 of the CGST Act imposes joint-and-several liability on the transferee for any tax, interest or penalty due from the transferor up to the date of transfer. For discontinuance, no equivalent succession arises since the underlying entity continues to bear its own liabilities. The Pulianthope transferee should conduct pre-transfer due-diligence on the transferor's tax-liability position. The Madras High Court has held in Section 85 proceedings that the transferee's liability is capped at the value of the business transferred or the consideration paid. The CBIC Circulars have clarified the procedural mechanics of liability-claim against the transferee. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines on liability-succession in business-transfer events endorse this design as preserving revenue while providing a quantum cap.
Many VAT jurisdictions treat business-transfer events as outside the scope of supply altogether under a business-transfer-as-a-going-concern exception. The European Union framework under Article 19 of Council Directive 2006/112/EC permits Member State discretion on this exception, producing variation. The Indian framework treats the transfer of business as a Schedule II Sub-paragraph 4(c) event with deemed supply only where the transferee elects to discontinue rather than continue the business as a going concern. The Pulianthope taxpayer should appreciate that the going-concern characterisation is the gateway to the no-supply treatment. The CBIC Circulars have clarified the going-concern test parameters. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines on business-transfer treatment endorse the going-concern exception as economically efficient. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper anchored the going-concern design.
Sub-section (3) of Section 18 of the CGST Act read with Sub-rule (1) of Rule 41 of the CGST Rules permits the transfer of unutilised input tax credit from a transferor's GSTIN to a transferee's GSTIN in the case of sale, merger, demerger, amalgamation, lease or transfer of business with the specific provisions for transfer of liabilities. The transfer is effected through Form ITC-02 filed by the transferor. The Pulianthope taxpayer engaging with a business-transfer event should sequence the ITC-02 filing before the REG-16 cancellation filing to preserve the credit. The CBIC Circulars have clarified the operational mechanics including the chartered-accountant-certification requirement for the ITC-02 quantum. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines on credit-continuity in business-transfer events endorse this design.
The transferee must accept the ITC-02 on the common portal within fifteen days of the transferor's filing for the credit to flow into the transferee's electronic-credit-ledger. Where the transferee does not accept within the window, the ITC-02 lapses and the credit must be re-initiated through a fresh filing. The Pulianthope transferor should coordinate with the transferee to ensure prompt acceptance. The CBIC Circulars have clarified the operational mechanics of the acceptance workflow on the common portal. The OECD Forum on Tax Administration has analysed this acceptance-window design as preserving the transferee's election while imposing a reasonable response cadence. The GST Council 53rd meeting recommendations have refined the workflow to address counterparty-non-cooperation scenarios.
Sub-rule (2) of Rule 41 of the CGST Rules requires the transferor to furnish a Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant certificate confirming the ITC quantum being transferred. The certificate validates the credit pool against the underlying tax-paid documentation and the closing-credit-ledger position. The Pulianthope transferor should engage the CA at the cancellation-planning stage to enable a clean ITC-02 filing. The CBIC Circulars have clarified the certification scope including the documentary trail expectations. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines on credit-transfer certification endorse the design as a transparency feature that prevents abuse of the credit-transfer mechanism. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper anchored the CA-certification requirement as part of the original credit-transfer architecture.
A fourth common mistake is filing REG-16 for one State GSTIN of a multi-State entity without considering the coordination with the other State GSTINs. ITC pooled at one State GSTIN cannot be transferred to another State GSTIN of the same legal entity through ITC-02, and the credit lapses on cancellation. The Pulianthope taxpayer winding down a multi-State operation should plan refund applications under Sub-section (8) of Section 54 read with Rule 89 in each State-level GSTIN before triggering REG-16 in that State. The CBIC Circulars have clarified the inter-State coordination expectations. The GST Council 47th meeting recommendations endorsed the refund-pre-cancellation discipline. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper recorded the federal architecture of GSTINs as a constitutional design under Article 246A.
A common mistake is filing REG-16 before discharging all pending returns, settling all dues, or completing the ITC-02 transfer where business is being transferred. The premature filing triggers Rule 21A suspension immediately and the suspended status cuts off the ability to cure the underlying gaps. The Pulianthope taxpayer should approach the cancellation cycle with a checklist — all returns filed, all dues cleared, ITC-02 filed and accepted if applicable, closing-stock schedule prepared, CA certification obtained — before triggering REG-16. The CBIC Circulars have emphasised the importance of pre-filing checklist discipline. The GST Council 47th meeting recommendations endorsed a pre-cancellation health-check workflow on the common portal to identify gaps before REG-16 submission. The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines endorse procedural pre-check designs as preventing avoidable suspension-related disruption.
Another common mistake is treating the REG-19 cancellation order as the end of the compliance cycle and failing to file GSTR-10 within the three-month window. The Sub-section (5) of Section 45 final-return obligation continues post-cancellation and the Sub-section (2) of Section 47 late-fee accumulates from day-one of the missed window. The Pulianthope taxpayer whose GSTIN has been cancelled should calendar the GSTR-10 deadline immediately on receipt of REG-19. The CBIC Circulars have clarified that GSTR-10 can be filed on the common portal even after the GSTIN is in cancelled status. The GST Council 47th meeting recommendations have endorsed periodic amnesty schemes for waiver of accumulated GSTR-10 late-fees. The OECD Forum on Tax Administration has commended the periodic-amnesty design as recognising the administrative challenge of legacy non-compliance.
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REG-21 is the form for applying to revoke a cancellation order under Rule 23. The application must be filed within 30 days of the service of the REG-19 cancellation order, extendable up to 90 days by the Commissioner. Pending returns and tax liabilities must be cured before filing, and the proper officer disposes of the application within 30 days.
Suo motu cancellation is the cancellation of a GSTIN initiated by the proper officer on his own motion under Section 29(2) — without an application from the registered person. The common grounds are six months of consecutive non-filing of GSTR-3B (Rule 21(b)), fictitious place of business (Rule 21(a)), or fraudulent issue of invoice without supply (Rule 21(c)).
Section 29(5) requires the registered person, on cancellation, to pay an amount equivalent to the ITC availed on inputs held in stock, semi-finished and finished goods, and capital goods on the cancellation date. The amount is computed under Rule 44 — for capital goods, the reversal is the higher of pro-rata ITC for remaining useful life or the tax on transaction value.
Rule 21 lists the specific grounds on which the proper officer may suo motu cancel a registration — non-conduct of business from the declared place, issue of invoice without supply, violation of Section 171 anti-profiteering, non-filing of GSTR-3B for 6 months (3 months for composition), non-furnishing of bank account details, and fraudulent or wrongful availment of ITC.
ITC-02 is the form used to transfer unutilised input tax credit in the electronic credit ledger from one GSTIN to another on sale, merger, demerger, amalgamation, lease, transfer or change in constitution of business under Section 18(3). It must be filed before the predecessor's cancellation takes effect and requires a chartered accountant's certificate.
Aggregate turnover under Section 2(6) is the all-India PAN-level turnover including taxable, exempt, exports and inter-State supplies, excluding inward RCM supplies. For voluntary cancellation, the dealer may apply once turnover falls below the registration threshold under Section 22 — ₹40 lakh for goods and ₹20 lakh for services in Tamil Nadu.
Effective date of cancellation is the operative date from which the GSTIN ceases to be a registered person — declared by the applicant in REG-16 for voluntary cases, or fixed by the proper officer in REG-19 for suo motu cases. The dealer cannot issue tax invoices or claim ITC from this date, and the 3-month GSTR-10 clock starts here.
Rule 23 prescribes the procedure for revocation of a cancellation order. The 30-day initial window from service of REG-19 may be extended by the Joint Commissioner by 30 days and by the Commissioner by a further 30 days — total 90 days. Pending returns must be filed and dues paid before the revocation application is admitted.
REG-22 is the order passed by the proper officer accepting a revocation application — restoring the GSTIN to active status from the original effective date as if the cancellation had never occurred. Returns for the intervening period must still be filed and the dealer remains liable for the compliance gap during the cancelled period.
Closing stock for cancellation purposes covers inputs, semi-finished goods, finished goods and capital goods held on the cancellation effective date. The valuation rule under Rule 44 is the higher of book value or open market value, and the ITC reversal is the input tax that was originally availed on these items at procurement.
For capital goods on cancellation, Rule 44 requires reversal of the higher of (a) the ITC availed reduced by 5% per quarter or part thereof from invoice date or (b) the tax on transaction value under Section 15. Useful life is presumed at 60 months for the pro-rata calculation, so older capital goods carry lower reversal exposure.
Section 45 requires every cancelled registered person to file a final return in GSTR-10 within 3 months of the date of cancellation or the date of cancellation order, whichever is later. The form discloses closing stock, ITC reversal payable, and outstanding tax liabilities — failure to file attracts late fee under Section 47(2) and a separate REG-24 notice cycle.
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“We closed our trading business after 9 years and were worried about the cancellation paperwork. FilingPro handled REG-16, computed ITC reversal on closing stock under Rule 44, and filed GSTR-10 well within 3 months. Clean exit — no notices, no surprises.”
“Received a REG-17 show-cause notice for non-filing of GSTR-3B. FilingPro filed all 7 pending returns under Notification 03/2023 amnesty, drafted the REG-18 reply within the 7-day window, and secured REG-20 dropping. Our registration was saved.”
“My husband ran a proprietorship; after his demise, I needed to cancel the GSTIN. FilingPro guided me through REG-16 with succession documents, the closing stock statement and GSTR-10 final return. Handled with great sensitivity and full compliance.”
“Our partnership firm was dissolved and converted to a private limited company. FilingPro cancelled the old partnership GSTIN, computed capital goods reversal under Rule 44(1)(b) higher-of-two-methods, and filed GSTR-10. Simultaneously got the new company's REG-01 done.”
“Suo motu cancellation order had already been issued. FilingPro filed REG-21 revocation within the 90-day window with all pending returns and dues. Got REG-22 restoration order with original GSTIN intact — saved us from re-registering and losing customer continuity.”
“Closed my proprietorship trading business below the ₹40 lakh threshold. FilingPro filed REG-16 with the closure declaration, reversed ITC on small closing stock, filed GSTR-10. Total fee exactly as quoted, no hidden costs. Recommended.”
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