How to change GST registration details of a business?

How Changing Your Company Name Affects GST Registration: All You Need to Know

What will be the change in GST registration by changing the name of the company and which form is required to be filled? If an office is being run in a rented property and you are making any change in its name, then you can give a valid rent agreement or lease agreement in the GST form. You can give property tax receipt, copy of corporation account or electricity bill in the name of the landlord. 

In this blog we will discuss about what is the effect on GST registration if the legal name of the company (the name given after completing all the legal procedures) is changed, or if it is changed, and what to do for re-registration. It happens. The first thing is that if the name of the company is changed, it is not necessary to make changes in the GST registration. In some cases, further work can be done even without changing the GST registration.

It is for the ownership group of the company to decide whether it wants to change the GST registration or not. The company can make changes in it if it wants. After a change of business name or company, it has to be updated on the GST portal. For this, form GST REG-14 has to be filled and submitted. Keep in mind that it is necessary to fill this form within 15 days of change in the name of the company.

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How to get approval for changing the firm's name in GST registration?

Only after filling this form, verification takes place and the change in the name of the company is given validity. When a person applies for change in name, the GST officer approves the change after examining the application. The change in name is approved within 15 days only after verifying Form GST REG-15. The reform is given validity from the day it is approved.

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What documents required for change of company name in GST registration?

For change in GST registration, some important documents have to be attached with the form.

• Details of your land and room : If you are changing the name of the land on which the building or room in which the company is running, you will have to provide the ownership papers of that land. For this you can give a property tax receipt. You can give a copy of the Municipal Corporation's account or electricity bill. This has to be paid when the land or room is in your name.
• Rental property : If an office is running in a rented property and you are making any changes in its name, then you can give a valid rent agreement or lease agreement. You can give property tax receipt, copy of corporation account or electricity bill in the name of the landlord.
• The land should neither be rented or owned : If the property in which the office is running is neither rented or owned, then its rules are different. The person in whose name the property is named will have to attach a consent letter along with the ownership papers. The documents mentioned above can be given in the title paper.
• What to do if there is no rent agreement : An affidavit detailing the date from which you have taken possession of the property will have to be attached with the GST form. With this you can submit a copy of the electricity bill.
• If you have an office in SEZ : If your office is in a Special Economic Zone and you are changing its name or changing GST registration, then it will be necessary to attach any document issued by the Government of India for SEZ.

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