In an fast moving solo-entrepreneurship era where most of the entrepreneurs carry out business remotely or from homes, without an office space, it is faster and easier to register a business in a home address as there is no mandatory rule to declare a place of business in a commercial space.
Since, most of the time that property or resedential space is owned by family members, the home-owner cannot issue signed lease or rental agreement, because that will bring the commercial aspect of the property and will attract commercial taxes. Therefore, a NOC (No Objection Certificate) from the home-owner is required to declare the property as a place of business in the GST Registration form. This allows the entrepreneur to register their business at their residential address without attracting many legal paperworks.
This article provides details on what is a consent letter, how to use it, who should sign it, consent letter generator, format for downloading the consent letter for GST registration.
What is Consent Letter for GST Registration or NOC?
A consent letter for GST registration is a document that is used to declare a property as a place of business in the GST registration form. In India, businesses are required to register for GST if they exceed a certain threshold of annual revenue. However, there is no mandatory rule that requires a business to declare a place of business in a commercial space. As a result, many entrepreneurs are registering their businesses at their residential address. In such cases, the home-owner may not be able to issue a signed lease or rental agreement because doing so would bring the commercial aspect of the property and attract commercial taxes. Therefore, a consent letter, or NOC (No Objection Certificate), from the home-owner is required to declare the property as a place of business in the GST registration form. This allows the entrepreneur to register their business at their residential address without attracting commercial taxes.
Who must sign the consent letter?
The owner of the property should sign the
consent letter.
Most of the time GST
Officers do not ask for the consent letter to be
printed on a Stamp Paper or get notarized. But
it is advised to print the consent letter on a
Indian Non Judicial Rs.10 Stamp paper and get
signed by the property owner.
Documents needed to be submitted along with consent letter
The consent letter must accompany an Self Attested Identity document of the consent provider. A PAN or Aadhaar is what is needed to accompany the consent letter. As there is a higher chance that the GST Officer with issue a Show Cause Notice (SCN) if they don't find any self attested ID Document from the consent provider.
Consent Letter Generator
Follow the instructions below to fill the form:
- Make sure you fill the form in English language.
- Make sure to fill data according to your Aadhaar Card.
- Make sure that your principal place of business matches exactly with the address of the property added below.
- After generating the Consent Letter for GST Registration copy it or download the file in desired format and print it on a Rs 10 Indian Non Judicial Stamp Paper and submit in the GST Portal.
CONSENT LETTER
TO WHOMEVER IT MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that I, , , owner of the property , have permitted and allowed , my , for operating and conducting business from ADDRESS MENTIONED ABOVE.
I further state that I have no objection if uses the address of the said premises as their mailing address.
This is a no objection certificate issued to obtain registration under GST.
Owner of the property
Signature
( )
Date:
Place:
Format of a consent letter
CONSENT LETTER
TO WHOMSOEVER IT MAY CONCERN
This is to certify that I,.................................................(Name of Property Owner), S/o/D/o ...................................................(Father of Property Owner), owner of the property .....................................................................(Principal address), have permitted and allowed .....................................................(Name of the Proprietor), my ...................................(Relationship), for operating and conducting their business from the ADDRESS MENTIONED ABOVE.
I further state that I have no objection if .................................................(Name of the Proprietor) uses the address of the said premises as their mailing address.
This is a no objection certificate issued to obtain registration under GST.
Owner of the property
Signature
.................................................(Name of the Property Owner)
Date: .................................................
Place: .................................................
Download GST Consent Letter
Click on the below link to download the .docx (Word) format of the GST Consent letter.
How to submit a signed Letter of No Objection to the GST Portal
Step 1: Visit the GST portal and navigate to ‘Services’ -> ‘Registration’ -> ‘New Registration’.
Step 2: While filling up the form, select ‘Consent’ under the nature of possession of premises if the place of business is a rented premise or the taxpayer uses the premises of a relative. Upload Electricity Bill or Utility Bill of the owner of the property.
Step 3: The consent letter can be uploaded in PDF or JPEG format, but the file size cannot be more than 1 MB. If it is above 1MB, compress it and then upload.