Foreign OIDAR firms providing services to unregistered persons must register, pay GST in India from October 1

Effective October 1, foreign companies providing online services such as advertising, cloud services, music and information to non-GST-registered individuals in the country will have to pay goods and services tax. Consequently, the compliance burden for these service providers is also likely to increase significantly as they would have to register for GST purposes, remit taxes and file returns. Th…