Want us to carry your goods? Show GST number first: Transporters to traders

This is being done to avoid collecting taxes from sender and depositing with the govt

Transport companies are now insisting traders furnish their GST numbers before accepting goods for transportation anywhere. Traders who have not acquired GST numbers will not be entertained, some transporters told Business Standard.

Ashok Shah, chairman of V- Trans, a large Mumbai-headquartered logistics company and past chairman of Bombay Goods Transport Association confirmed the development. He said, "Octroi being subsumed in GST is a big relief and will save both, time in transit and fuel. However, for transporting goods, the sender's GST number is required, because given the way tax provisions for transporters have been structured, that becomes necessary".

Under the old tax