GST registration
Find out whether your business must register for GST, apply on the GST portal, and get your GSTIN and registration certificate (REG-06).
About this guidePending verification
Published on 12-11-2026. Not every fact has been checked against its official source yet: confirm at the office.
For whom: Traders, shopkeepers, service providers and firms that supply goods or services from Telangana.
Answer the questions below first. Then the documents and steps open.
1Your situation
We show only what your answers need.
- Which of these fits your business?
Your answers stay on this phone.
Each step below says who it is for. Confirm yours at the office, then change your answer here.
This route does not apply to your situation
People who sell only goods or services that are not taxed or are wholly exempt from GST, and farmers who sell only produce from their own land, need not register for GST (CGST Act, section 23). Check again if you start selling taxable goods or services too.
→ You need no GST registration for now. For MSME (Udyam) registration, which is separate from GST, see this guide:
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This route does not apply to your situation
For a business supplying from Telangana, GST registration becomes compulsory once its total turnover in a financial year crosses ₹20 lakh (CGST Act, section 22). The ₹40 lakh limit that some states have for sellers of goods only does not apply to sales within Telangana (Notification 10/2019-Central Tax). So you need not register now. You may register by choice: pick that answer. Apply within 30 days of turnover crossing ₹20 lakh.
→ If you wish, you can register now by choice: pick "Turnover is below ₹20 lakh, but I want to register by choice" in the previous question. For questions, the GST help desk: 1800-103-4786.
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2Documents you need
Tick the ones you have. They are kept in this browser.
Details
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If you don't have it: If no mobile number or e-mail is linked to the Aadhaar, update it first.
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What the photo must look like- File for an online form: up to 100 KB, JPEG/PDF
Not confirmed: The portal manual gives only the file type (PDF or JPEG) and the 100 KB limit; it gives no photo size or background. If the upload fails, ask the GST help desk.
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A PDF or JPEG file, up to 1 MB
Not confirmed: The manual does not say which documents count as proof of appointment; ask the GST help desk.
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Own premises: one of the latest property tax receipt, a municipal khata copy or an electricity bill. Rented or leased: a valid rent or lease agreement, with one of the owner's property tax receipt, municipal khata copy or electricity bill. Other premises (shared ones too): a consent letter, with the consenting owner's municipal khata copy or electricity bill. PDF or JPEG, up to 1 MB; put several documents together in one file.
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Not confirmed: The portal's FAQs say the e-mail lists the documents; we have not seen that list.
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Nothing to get ready before these steps.
3Your steps
· Do them in order. Tick each one when it is done.
- Do this now
On the GST portal, open Services > Registration > New Registration.
Choose "Taxpayer", then Telangana as the state and your district. Enter the business's legal name as in the PAN, the PAN, and the e-mail and mobile number of the primary authorised signatory.
Open the official pageSources: 4, 6, 1, 3
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Enter the two different OTPs sent to the mobile and to the e-mail (valid for 10 minutes).
Note down the 15-digit Temporary Reference Number (TRN) you get.
Open the official pageSources: 4, 6
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On the New Registration page, choose "Temporary Reference Number (TRN)" and log in with the TRN and a new OTP.
In the Business Details tab, fill in the trade name, the constitution of business (proprietorship, partnership and so on), the date business started and the date you became liable to register. In 'Option for registration under Rule 14A', choose Yes only if your total output tax on supplies to registered persons (central, State and integrated tax and compensation cess together) is ₹2.5 lakh a month or less (then Aadhaar authentication is compulsory and registration is due within 3 working days); otherwise choose No.
Open the official pageSources: 4, 20
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In the Promoter/Partners and Authorized Signatory tabs, give each person's name, date of birth, address, mobile, e-mail, PAN and Aadhaar number, and upload their photograph.
A person who is not an Indian citizen gives a passport number. Mark one person as the Primary Authorized Signatory.
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In the Principal Place of Business tab, give the address of the business (you can pin it on the map), choose whether the premises are owned or rented, and upload the proof.
Add any other shops in Telangana in the Additional Places of Business tab.
Open the official pageSources: 4, 6
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In the Goods and Services tab, choose the HSN codes of your main goods and the codes of your services (up to 5 of each).
If you do not know a code, search by the item's name.
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In the Aadhaar Authentication tab, keep "Yes", which is already selected, and choose one promoter or partner besides the primary authorised signatory.
If you choose "No", you must go to a GST Suvidha Kendra (GSK) for a photo and document check, and an officer must visit your place of business.
Open the official pageSources: 4, 5
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In the Verification tab, tick the declaration and submit with EVC, e-Sign (an Aadhaar OTP) or a digital signature (DSC).
Companies and LLPs must submit with a DSC. The e-Sign OTP goes only to the mobile registered with Aadhaar.
Open the official pageSources: 4, 8
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After you submit, if you (and the chosen promoter) get an Aadhaar authentication link by e-mail and SMS, open it, enter the Aadhaar number or VID, and enter the OTP sent to the mobile or e-mail linked with Aadhaar.
Open the official pageSources: 5, 4
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If instead you get an e-mail to book a slot at a GST Suvidha Kendra (GSK), book it and go to the centre on that day.
They do biometric Aadhaar authentication and check documents there. Both the primary authorised signatory and the chosen promoter must go. You get the application number (ARN) only after this.
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Once you have the ARN, open Services > Track Application Status on the portal, choose "Registration" and check the status with the ARN.
The officer either approves it or asks for a clarification; either way you are told by e-mail.
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The 7 working days and the 30 days are from rule 9 of the CGST Rules as on 1 June 2021 and from the portal's FAQs; we could not read rule 9 as amended after 2021. Ask the GST help desk which time limit applies to your application.
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If the status says "Pending for Clarification", log in with the TRN and give the clarification or upload the document the officer asked for.
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Once approved, the GSTIN and a password come by e-mail and SMS.
Log in with them through the "First time login" link on the portal, and set your own username and password.
Open the official pageSources: 10, 11
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Log in and download your registration certificate (FORM GST REG-06).
It shows your GSTIN, the principal place of business and any other places.
Open the official pageNot confirmed
Rule 10 says the certificate is made available on the portal; we did not find an official page saying which menu holds it. If you cannot find it, ask the help desk.
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When you first log in, the portal asks you to add the business's bank account details through a "non-core amendment" application: do it.
Open the official pageSources: 11, 4, 17, 16
- Do this now
In Telangana, the Commercial Taxes Department gives a professional tax number (PTIN) automatically to everyone who gets a GST registration; the login details usually come by e-mail within 30 days.
Do not apply again for professional tax registration; watch for the e-mail.
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If something goes wrong
If it is rejectedThe officer cannot reject the application without first asking for a clarification, and you have 7 working days to reply.
The officer cannot reject the application without first asking for a clarification, and you have 7 working days to reply. You can appeal to the Appellate Authority within 3 months of receiving a rejection order. For questions, call the GST help desk.
GST help desk · Open the official page
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If it is lateCheck the status with the ARN.
Check the status with the ARN. If Aadhaar authentication is done and the officer does nothing in 7 working days, the application is treated as approved; with a site visit, after 30 days. If it is approved but no login details came, have them sent again with the "click here" link on the status page. If the problem remains, call the help desk.
GST help desk · Open the official page
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AlsoIf the Aadhaar OTP does not come: it goes only to the mobile and e-mail linked with Aadhaar.
If the Aadhaar OTP does not come: it goes only to the mobile and e-mail linked with Aadhaar. Within 15 days of the TRN, resend the link from My Saved Applications > Aadhaar Authentication Status > RESEND VERIFICATION LINK. If the e-Sign OTP does not come, update the mobile number in Aadhaar, or submit with a DSC.
GST help desk · Open the official page
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Official websites for this work
- GST portal GST registration
Related guides
The 20 official pages and papers this guide is written from
- The Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (No. 12 of 2017), as published in the Gazette of IndiaMinistry of Law and Justice, Government of India (on the GST Council website), Chapter VI: section 22 (liable above ₹20 lakh aggregate turnover in a financial year), section 23 (not liable: exclusively exempt supplies; agriculturist for produce of own land), section 24 (compulsory registration: inter-State taxable supply, e-commerce suppliers and others), section 25 (apply within 30 days; voluntary registration; PAN needed); section 107(1) (appeal within three months). Text as enacted: later amendments are not in this copy (12-04-2017) · read on 30-10-2026
- Notification No. 10/2019-Central Tax, 7 March 2019 (exemption from registration for suppliers of goods up to ₹40 lakh)Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Government of India (on the GST Council website), Exception (iii): persons making intra-State supplies in Telangana (and nine other states) are not covered by the ₹40 lakh exemption; in force from 1 April 2019 (07-03-2019) · read on 30-10-2026
- Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, Part A (Rules), as on 1 June 2021Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (on the GST Council website), Rule 9(1) and its proviso and rule 9(5) (seven working days, or thirty days after physical verification where Aadhaar is not authenticated, and deemed approval after them), as the rule stood on 1 June 2021; rule 10 (certificate in FORM GST REG-06 made available on the common portal; effective date when applied within 30 days) (01-06-2021) · read on 30-10-2026
- Manual: Apply for Registration Normal Taxpayer (FORM GST REG-01)Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, Part A steps 1–15 (Services > Registration > New Registration, PAN, e-mail and mobile of the Primary Authorized Signatory, OTPs valid 10 minutes, TRN); Part B tabs (Business Details, where an option must be chosen in "Option for registration under Rule 14A": Yes if the output tax liability is ₹2.5 lakh a month or less, and then Aadhaar authentication must also be Yes; Promoter/Partners with photograph PDF/JPEG up to 100 KB, Authorized Signatory with proof of appointment up to 1 MB, Principal Place of Business proofs up to 1 MB, Goods and Services up to 5 HSN/SAC codes, Aadhaar Authentication tab with Yes by default); Verification with DSC, e-Signature or EVC (DSC for companies and LLPs); bank details optional at application, added by non-core amendment after the grant · read on 30-10-2026
- FAQs: Aadhaar Authentication (new registration)Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, Q2–5 (Yes: OTP link or GSK slot link by risk parameters; No: photo capture and document verification at a GSK; link valid 15 days; no ARN for biometric cases not completed in 15 days); Q7 (not authenticated: site visit, deemed approval after 30 days); Q10 (whose Aadhaar by constitution of business); Q15–16 (common OTP to the mobile and e-mail linked with Aadhaar; resend from My Saved Applications) · read on 30-10-2026
- FAQs: Landing Page (new registration, Part A)Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, Q4 (PAN of the business; a proprietor gives a personal PAN), Q5 (Primary Authorised Signatory's e-mail and mobile), Q11 (OTPs valid 10 minutes), Q14 and Q19 (TRN is 15 digits, valid 15 days from creation), Q21 (shops in other states need separate registration) · read on 30-10-2026
- FAQs: General (registration)Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, Q9–13: biometric Aadhaar authentication based on risk parameters; both the promoter/partner and the Primary Authorised Signatory visit the GST Suvidha Kendra; ARN only after it is done within 15 days · read on 30-10-2026
- FAQs: Verification and SubmissionGoods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, Q2 (DSC mandatory for companies, LLPs and PSUs), Q5 (e-Sign OTP goes to the mobile registered with UIDAI), Q6 (response within 7 working days: approval or notice seeking clarification), Q7 (no rejection without a chance to clarify; 7 working days to reply) · read on 30-10-2026
- FAQs: Application for Filing ClarificationGoods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, Q1: status "Pending for Clarification"; log in with the TRN and reply or upload within 7 working days · read on 30-10-2026
- Manual: Track Application Status (Pre-Login)Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, Services > Track Application Status > Registration > ARN; status types; Note 5 (after approval, first-time login details by e-mail and SMS, and how to have them sent again) · read on 30-10-2026
- Manual: Logging in and Managing Username and PasswordGoods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, First-time login with the GSTIN and the password from the e-mail; creating a username and password; prompt to file a non-core amendment for bank account details · read on 30-10-2026
- GST portal: Contact UsGoods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), Help Desk Number: 1800-103-4786 · read on 30-10-2026
- GSK Centre: Biometric Aadhaar Authentication for Registrations (list of GST Suvidha Kendras in Telangana)Commercial Taxes Department, Government of Telangana, 14 centres: Adilabad, Ameerpet, Gagan Vihar, GST Bhavan, Karimnagar, Khammam, Madhapur, Mahabubnagar, Mancherial, Nalgonda, Nizamabad, Ramanthapur, Sangareddy, Warangal, with addresses · read on 30-10-2026
- Help Document to the Taxpayers on new PT ModuleCommercial Taxes Department, Government of Telangana, New Taxpayer Registration: holders of a GST or VAT registration get a PTIN automatically (generated in the first week of each month for the previous month's registrations) and the login details by e-mail · read on 30-10-2026
- Profession Tax portal: New Dealer – Profession Tax RegistrationCommercial Taxes Department, Government of Telangana, Note: with a GST or VAT registration you need not apply for PT registration; it generally takes 30 days after the GST/VAT registration to generate the PTIN · read on 30-10-2026
- Notification No. 38/2023-Central Tax: Central Goods and Services Tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2023Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, Ministry of Finance (on the GST Council website), Para 3 (rule 10A: bank account details within thirty days of the grant of registration, or before furnishing outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 or using the invoice furnishing facility, whichever is earlier); para 4 (rule 21A: registration suspended for not complying with rule 10A) (04-08-2023) · read on 01-11-2026
- Manual: Amendment of Fields other than Principal Place of Business (Non-Core Fields)Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN), on the GST portal tutorials, FAQ 5 (adding bank account details after the grant by a non-core amendment; notes 1 to 4 on the log-in pop-ups, note 4 for an active taxpayer whose 30 days have expired without bank details; step 13, the rule 10A time limit and possible cancellation proceedings) · read on 01-11-2026
- Notification No. 10/2017 – Integrated Tax, 13 October 2017 (exemption from registration for persons making inter-State supplies of taxable services, aggregate turnover up to ₹20 lakh)Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), Government of India (on the CBIC GST website), The whole notification: persons making inter-State supplies of taxable services whose aggregate turnover, computed on an all-India basis, does not exceed ₹20 lakh in a financial year are exempted from obtaining registration (the proviso gives ₹10 lakh for special category States; the guide does not use it). Whether this notification was amended later was not checked; the later notifications on supplies through online marketplaces (e-commerce operators) were not read (13-10-2017) · read on 12-11-2026
- Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017: rule 9A (Grant of registration electronically)Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Tax Information Portal), The whole rule: an applicant under rule 8 (or rule 12 or 17) identified on the common portal by data analysis and risk parameters is granted registration electronically by the portal within three working days of submitting the application. Inserted by Notification No. 18/2025-CT of 31.10.2025, in force from 1 November 2025 (31-10-2025) · read on 12-11-2026
- Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017: rule 14A (Option for taxpayers having monthly output tax liability below threshold limit)Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (Tax Information Portal), Sub-rule (1): the option is for a person whose total output tax liability on supplies made to registered persons (central tax, State or Union territory tax, integrated tax and compensation cess) does not exceed ₹2,50,000 a month; sub-rule (2): not for a person who has not opted for Aadhaar authentication; sub-rule (4): on successful Aadhaar authentication the portal grants registration electronically within three working days of the application. Inserted by Notification No. 18/2025-CT of 31.10.2025, in force from 1 November 2025 (31-10-2025) · read on 12-11-2026