GST for freelancer working from home

Mukesh (Freelancer) (56 Points)

16 January 2023  

Hello!

I'm a full time freelancer working from home. I'm into digital marketing and my clients are based outside of India. I don't have a registered company and I like this style of working. I contacted a few CAs regarding registration of GST and they all said that for GST, a registered company and office location is required. They said a GST personnel will visit my house and reject my application if I don't have an office location. I don't see why I need to register a company and get into the trouble of finding and paying rent for an additional premises that I'm not even going to use?

I wanted to know if there is any way to register for GST for a freelancer like me.

Also, is the threshold of registration 20lakhs/annum or 40lakhs/annum? Some say it's 20 and others say its 40.

Thank you so much in advance for your help!