About 1,800 businesses opt for migration to GST regime

About 1,800 businesses that were registered under the earlier VAT and service tax regime have applied for migrating to the GST regime. The GST Council, in its meeting in July, had allowed businesses with provisional GST ID to migrate to the new GST regime. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had then asked these taxpayers to approach the jurisdictional nodal officer of…