Process to cancellation of Registration by legal heir in case of Death of sole proprietor

Source: https://twitter.com/askGSTech     Mar 05, 2018

Processto cancellation of Registration by legal heir in case of Death of soleproprietor

Steps

Ø Visitjurisdiction officer to submit the death certificate of sole proprietor alongwith the succession certificate  as documentaryevidence

Ø Jurisdictionofficer will add legal heir as the authorized signatory on the GST portal

Ø Applyfor new registration

Ø Oncethe new registration is approved, apply for transfer of ITC by filing FORM GSTITC -02 to new entity

Ø Usernameand temporary password reset will be communicated to the e-mail address of thenewly added authorized signatory

Ø Newlyadded authorized signatory needs to login to the GST portal using the firsttime login link

Ø Postlogin, change the username and password with the username and temporarypassword emailed on the newly added e-mail address of the primary authorizedsignatory

Submit applicationfor cancellation and select the “Death of proprietor”  as reason of cancellation of registration andattach sufficient proof.