How To Register Complaint On Misuse of PAN In GST Registration?

The Goods and Services Tax Network has finally brought the feature of 'registering complaints regarding misuse of PAN in GST Registration'. Consequently, it shall check the misuse of PAN, grab the fraudsters and assist the officials in conducting an enquiry and further provide input for the making a decision related to the cancellation of the registration of the culprits.

Taking a view of the procedure, once a complaint is being registered, it shall be forwarded to the concerned jurisdictional authority where the fraud has been committed and then further proceedings shall be undertaken.

Steps to register your complaint for misuse of PAN

Step 1

At the web portal of GST, an option of 'search functionality is given. It is used to identify whether any GSTIN has been issued on a particular PAN or not. Go to 'Search Taxpayer' > 'Search by PAN'. Thereafter, the system shall display details of the GST registration that is available on the aforesaid PAN. However, in case, no registration is found on that PAN, the message 'No Records found' shall pop up on the screen.

Step 2

Any individual who has become the victim of PAN being misused might directly or through an authorised representative register a complaint at the GST Portal. He might search the GSTIN based on Permanent Account Number (PAN) and the registration which has not been done by him shall be selected and reported to the jurisdictional officer.

Step 3

On clicking of 'Report' option, the following image shall pop up. In the case of Individual PAN (Wherein the 4th letter in PAN is P), Legal Name as per PAN shall be auto-populated. Meanwhile, during registering a complaint, the complainant shall have to provide the e-mail and the mobile number for validation. Other information required is DOB, address and so on.

For an entity other than the proprietor, complainants have to enter the personal details that shall be followed by authentication of Aadhar.

Step 4

After the request has been submitted, ARN shall be generated. In case multiple GSTNs are selected for such complaints, ARN for each GSTIN will be generated separately and shall be assigned to their respective jurisdictional officers on their dashboards for taking further apt action. The ARN shall be shown to the complainant on registering complaints on the user's screen.

Step 5

In this step, the complaint so registered shall be made available to the competent authority at his dashboard under the heading "Application for Reporting Fake GSTIN's for further necessary action".

By Amit Gupta Co-Founder and MD, SAG Infotech