Important notification / guidelines to dealers / VAT Practitioners / Auditors

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1 Important notification / guidelines to dealers / VAT Practitioners / Auditors As you all aware, the new Portal is available for online registration under various Acts and online generation of check post declarations. As on date, following services are available in the new portal: e-registration under all Acts e-amendment/modification in Registration under all Acts e-payment for availing the above services (through Net banking/e-challan) e-declaration for Check post movement (Form JJ/MM/KK) e-transit Pass/way bills (Form LL) SMS / notifications Online grievance Feedback/suggestions Usage of Digital Signature Certificate by the dealers Following services will be available shortly: Annexure based return filing for all Acts. Complete Online Statutory forms based on return annexure Assessment, notice/reply filing through Portal e-ledger facility for all tax payers e-mis match reports on cross verification Online refund Online Appeal/Revision petition SIGNIFICANT PROCESS CHANGES :- Common TIN for all Acts Online based Registration and further modifications and amendments.

2 Complete Online (net- banking) / Offline(e-Challans) payment facility through the authorized banks. Acceptance of Cash receipts only as a last resort at Check Posts/Roving Squad. No need for submission of hard copies relating to Registration /Returns, if applied with Digital Signature. Acknowledgement & Notifications/Communications through SMS and to a registered mobile No. and . Easy Profile Change including modification of mobile No., ID, Telephone Number etc. Online generation of Form-JJ/MM/KK/LL for easy movement of goods. Help files, Manuals, FAQ and User Guides in e-form available in the portal with regular updation. Registration for existing/new VAT Practitioners / Chartered Accountants through sign up process. Online allotment of TDS Deduction Number (TDN) to all the Tax deduction authorities/contractees for online remittance. A) ONLINE SIGNUP BY EXISTING DEALERS All existing dealers (Monthly/Annual return dealers) shall register with the e-c Tax system using the online Signup process by furnishing their PAN, id and Mobile number at the time of sign up. id and mobile number should be unique and they are validated during the Signup process In continuation to the process, dealers can also register for various tax types applicable (VAT, CST etc.).

3 B) DEALER DATA CORRECTION (DDC) The old data of all the existing dealers have been migrated to the new portal. Since the data migrated is incomplete/blank in some of the fields, it is very much essential to clean the data. Therefore to facilitate the same, one time data correction by the dealers themselves is enabled. The data not involving any amendment procedure like addition/modification of go down, change of address (which are required to be amended through e-amendment), can be updated. All the dealers, after sign up, are requested to go to DDC sheet and complete the correction and submit to the authority for approval. C) NEW REGISTRATION : Online registration has been introduced. Only online mode of application with online or offline (e-challan) payment shall be accepted for Registration. Registration Certificates can be issued only through an online application. While registering online, the dealers are requested to fill in their own mobile phone and address for their security (and not that of VAT Practitioner). They may add a VAT Practitioners ID if they want to. There are three types of registration available for the dealers to choose namely 1) regular dealer - means those dealers intending to commence and do business continuously in a regular course, 2) casual dealer - means those dealers who propose to do business for a particular period/days e.g. exhibition sales and 3) non-resident dealer - means those dealers have no permanent place of business in Tamil Nadu. Within these types, there are more options to choose like compounding dealer, works contractor etc. The dealers shall ensure the proper selection of type.

4 Dealers need to submit their individual PAN card in case of proprietorship concern, firm PAN card in case of partnership and company PAN card in case of companies. Validation has been enabled to verify the correctness of PAN Detail as submitted to the Income Tax Department. Therefore while applying for VAT registration, the dealers are requested to submit their names as first name, middle name and surname/last name in case of proprietorship, and firm name/company name in case of partnership/companies as per application submitted to IT department. Dealers need to upload the mandatory documents only as provided in the rules. The facility of using digital signature by the dealers is introduced. If any online application submitted with Digital Signature, there is no need to file physical submission of application at circles. The Digital Signature shall be that of the authorized signatory of the applicant. If the dealer has no Digital Signature, signed copy of the acknowledgement (without annexure) need to be submitted to the Registering Authority. Registration Certificates shall be issued with Digital Signature of the Registering Authority. There is no need to print or post the RC since the dealer can generate it through online. Common TIN will be assigned for registration across all tax types. (VAT, CST, LT, Entertainment Tax, Betting Tax) by the system. Only online application shall be accepted for modification / cancellation of Registration Certificate under all ACTs. For inclusion of additional place of business, tasks for verification of the additional place of business outside the jurisdiction of the registering authority will be created in the system and after verification by the jurisdiction officer inclusion should be done. The dealers shall

5 ensure selecting the correct jurisdiction assessment circle where the branch/godown falls. Issuance of duplicate RC is dispensed with as the digitally signed RC can be printed out any time from the dealer s login as required by the dealer. User Manual is available in the Portal Help User Manual for Registration D) CHECKPOST DECLARATION FORMS; The facility of online generation of Form JJ/MM/KK/LL has been introduced in the new portal. The movement of goods should be accompanied with appropriate e-declarations applicable as the case may be. (Presently, generation of Form LL is enabled in both the portal viz. and Other than the above, Form JJ (Advance Inward Waybill as per Section 67-A) is introduced and it is mandatory for the movement of 16 notified commodities originated at the outside of state and moved in to Tamil Nadu. For generation of online Form MM/KK, transporters/clearing and forwarding agent need to sign up in the new portal. User Manual is available in the Portal Help User Manual for Check post declaration E) HELP DESK (STATE & CIRCLE) ( ) : A State Help Desk has been formed with 10 agents (5 from TCS & 5 from CTD) is functioning 24 x 7. This Help desk will assist dealers in technical as well as tax-related queries.

6 A Help Desk has been created in each Circle with the circle co-ordinator as Help Desk operator. He/She will assist the dealers in resolving the issues. F) GRIEVANCES SYSTEM / FEEDBACK MODULES : Online registering of grievance is introduced. In case of any grievance the dealers may login and register their grievance. All the grievances will be resolved within the stipulated time Likewise, in case of any suggestion on the new portal, any person/dealer may register their feedback, and the same will be considered for the improvement of the Portal. Apart from the above guidelines, User Manuals with a step by step procedure for all the modules are available in the new portal and all the dealers are requested to go through the same for proper understanding of all the e services available. Principal Secretary / Commissioner of Commercial Taxes