Traders can register themselves under the GST from Dec 16

Around 3.48 lakh traders of the city, registered with the Delhi government's Trade and Taxes department, can register themselves under the upcoming Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime from December 16. The exercise for the registration of city's traders under the new tax law will continue till December 31.

The department today organised a workshop on front-end business on GST portal for the city traders at Delhi Secretariat in order make the process smooth. "A self-training module is available on the gst.gov.in that could be used for understanding the process.

All verifications of documents will be done online. If all documents are provided, the process will be completed in three days," an official said. According to the Trade and Taxes department, it would also train some traders at different market hubs who could further help members of their fraternity. Official said that the second round of training for traders will be done on December 16. Besides, government is also associating different market and trade associations in the exercise.

On the occasion, Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia, who also holds the Finance portfolio, said that the GST is the biggest tax reform of the country but he was apprehensive about its implementation.

The Deputy CM said that being Finance minister, he has been involved in the process at different stages, adding that however, he is worried about its implementation. Sisodia urged all traders to come up with their suggestions. "Our officers will be training one trader in each market, who could further help others in registering themselves under the new regime," said an official. #casansaar (MoneyControl)