Launching Vyapari Kshatipurti Yojana in Chandigarh, Haryana Chief Minister Manohar Lal Khattar on Thursday announced that the traders having annual turnover of below Rs 20 lakhs will now get the CA certificate free of cost from the Chartered Accountants empaneled with the . This will come into force from April 1, 2023, he said.
Khattar, addressing the gathering after the launch, said that small traders require a CA certificate for doing their GST registration, and to get the same, they have to pay some amount. Now, small traders with a turnover of less than Rs 20 lakhs will get the CA certificate from the Government empaneled CAs, and its expense will be paid by the State Government, said Khattar.
In 2019, the State Government had launched Mukhyamantri Vyapari Kshatipurti Yojana to give Insurance benefits to traders having an annual turnover is up to Rs 1.50 crore, he said.
The Chief Minister said that now under this scheme, insurance coverage ranging from Rs five to Rs 20 lakhs is provided to the taxpayer traders against loss of stock and furniture and fixtures by fire, burglary, and natural calamities. The scheme benefit will be given to those eligible taxpayers of the State registered as on March 31 or the date of registration or at later date under Goods and Services Tax (GST) either in the State or Central Jurisdiction.
Further such beneficiaries should also be registered on the online portal of this scheme. The registration fee as prescribed will be collected by Haryana Traders Welfare Board (HTWB) and then the same would be transferred to Haryana Parivar Suraksha Nyas (HPSN), shared Khattar.