Haryana - VAT Registration

[Rangarajan DV]

Dear Friends

We are opening a new office in Gurgaon and an Application Laboratory attached to this office. There will not be any sale activity or manufacture taken place here. Whether VAT registration is required in Haryana?

Further, we will be purchasing office / laboratory equipments for this office. I understand that Form ST 38 is required to bring these goods into Haryana State, and VAT registration is mandatory to obtain the Form ST 38 for inward receipt of the goods.

Can anyone clarify and share their expertise, please

Thanks, Best REgards

AI Summary

Voluntary VAT registration can be used to obtain permission for inward receipt of office and laboratory equipment into the state.
Whether VAT registration is required for a new office and application laboratory with no sales is addressed by practitioner replies: entities may opt for voluntary registration under the Haryana VAT regime to regularise affairs and to obtain Form ST 38 for inward receipt of goods into the State; however, some practitioners contend sales tax registration may be required in such factual scenarios.