Glitch at company sparks I-T department’s advisory – Times of India

BENGALURU: Haryana’s excise and taxation department issued an advisory, cautioning businesses not to change premises or their principal place of business without amending the same in their GST registration. The trigger for this advisory was a recent event at Cloudtail, where the firm had moved premises, a joint venture between Amazon and Narayana Murthy’s Catamaran Ventures, and one of the largest sellers on Amazon India.
The department has said it conducted a routine physical verification at Cloudtail’s business premises and found it to be non-existent. “Accordingly, a show-cause notice for cancellation of registration under Rule 22 of HGST Rules, 2017 was issued to the taxpayer (Cloudtail) on December 4. In its reply, Cloudtail on December 7, accepted they had moved their premises but were unable to amend their GST registration. The department accepted their reply and restored the registration of Cloudtail on December 8,” the advisory said.
It added that should businesses choose to conduct such changes, they must amend the same within the prescribed timeline. A spokesperson of Cloudtail did not immediately respond to TOI’s emailed query.
Earlier this week, Cloudtail had to temporarily hold all shipments from its Haryana fulfilment centre due to this issue. TOI has seen Cloudtail’s communication to its vendors alerting them of the same, and which said it was working with relevant authorities to fix the issue.