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The TaxManager number search tool helps you with GSTIN verification and to check the validity of a GST Identification Number (GSTIN) on the internet free of cost. TM’s GST search tool also allows any person to verify the GSTIN authenticity with a single click for easily spotting fake GSTIN. Read on to know more on how to easily do a GST search online and check GST number of any business.
What is GSTIN?
GSTIN is the GST identification number or GST number. A GSTIN is a 15-digit PAN-based unique identification number allotted to every registered person under GST. As a GST Registered dealer, you might want to do a GST verification before entering it into your GST Returns. You can use the GST number check tool to do GST number (GSTIN) verification.
There can be multiple GSTINs for a single person with a PAN, being an assessee under the Income Tax Act. A GSTIN is obtained for every state or Union Territory from which such a person operates. It becomes compulsory to obtain GSTIN when the person crosses the threshold limit for GST registration by registering himself under GST.
Unlike the previous indirect tax regime where multiple registration numbers were present for different laws such as Excise, Service Tax and VAT, GSTIN is a single registration number under GST.
Why is it necessary to verify the GST Number?
A GSTIN or GST number is public information. GST search by name is an important task that every business dealing with GST-registered taxpayers must carry out to ensure the authenticity of the vendor and the GSTIN or GST number being used in the invoice.
You can partly verify the GSTIN or GST number on the first look by checking if the vendor’s PAN number matches with the digits between 3 and 10 in the GSTIN.
It is also necessary to carry out a thorough check of the GSTIN authenticity to avoid generating incorrect invoices and e-invoices, to claim a genuine input tax credit, and to pass on the tax credits to rightful buyers, to mention a few.
TM’s GSTIN number search tool enables you to verify a GSTIN with a click of a button from anywhere and anytime. Search for a GST number before you proceed with a business contract. Use TM’s GSTIN verification tool and GST Search to verify GSTIN or verify the GST number in a jiffy!