Is trade licence a must for registration

Dipjyoti Majumdar (CA in service & CS. dipmaj@ rediffmail.com )   (3468 Points)

17 October 2012  

Friends

Is trade licence a must for obtaining service tax registration.

While selecting the division, range for application of fresh ST no. in ST 1, should the same be chosen on the basis of address of the premises of the applicant or category of service (now it is not relevant under negative list)

Regards,