Businesses can approach jurisdictional tax officer to migrate to GST by 31 August: CBIC

The CBIC on Wednesday asked taxpayers, who wish to migrate their excise and service tax registration to the GST, to approach their jurisdictional tax officers by 31 August along with their provisional ID.  Registered taxpayers under the erstwhile indirect tax regime were allotted a 15-digit provisional ID before the introduction of the goods and services tax (GST) on 1 July, 2017. These taxpa…