In the five years she has been running a small business of gift packaging, Samiksha Dhingra has not felt the need to apply for a sales tax number. “My business is very small and doesn’t require sales tax registration,” says the Gurgaon-based entrepreneur. But this will soon change because Dhingra plans to take her business online. The Goods and Services Tax (GST), which comes into effect from 1 July, requires all e-commerce businesses, including tiny outfits like Dhingra’s, to register under the new tax regime.
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