The Government of Tamil Nadu on May 20, 2024, issued a circular regarding the Standard Operating Procedure to be followed by GST newly registered taxpayers.
The following has been stated: -
•The importance of eradicating the non-existent taxpayers and bill traders is emphasized in various forums and review meetings. It is felt that the RPAD services could be effectively used for such verification in the initial stage.
•In order to welcome the newly registered taxpayer as a goodwill measure and also to prevent the proliferation of bill traders and nipping them in the bud, the following Standard Operating Procedure, is prescribed to be followed by the field formations.
•Once the registration task is approved by the Registering authority, a task will be created in the login of the jurisdictional Territorial Joint Commissioner in the TSP 2.0 Portal. The Joint Commissioners can download the draft 'Welcome letter' from the Portal. The bilingual format of the 'Welcome letter' is enclosed in the Annexure.
•The Joint Commissioners shall send the signed bilingual 'Welcome letter' to all the newly registered taxpayers through Registered Post with Acknowledgment Due (RPAD).
The detailed Standard Operating Procedure is given in the document below.
[Circular No.4/2024 (PP2/GST-15/29/2024)]
