Amazon.in opens 16 GST Cafes across 11 cities

Amazon.in has announced the setting up of 16 “GST Cafes” across 11 cities to help sellers understand the nuances of GST and transition seamlessly through the entire process and these cafés, available from June 26, 2017 will be available for a duration of two weeks to train and empower sellers on the implications of the new GST tax. These support centres, which are being set up at various Amazon Service Provider and Amazon partner sites across the country, will help sellers address their queries on GST compliance and stay relevant for the upcoming GST regime. 

Under this program, sellers will be able to walk into the cafe and get training and guidance from trained resources and experts for navigating their accounts and getting their queries resolved. The “GST Cafes” in Mumbai, New Delhi and Bangalore will specifically have an experienced Charted Accountant to assist sellers in updating their GSTIN on Seller Central and get GST related concerns resolved on the spot. The cafés in other cities will be operated by qualified Amazon.in Service Provider or Account Managers who will help sellers with “how-to” queries around updating GST details in Seller Central, procedural formalities and other simpler queries. All unresolved queries at these cafes will be redirected to Amazon Tax team and will be addressed remotely through email mechanism to ensure sellers get satisfactory resolution....Read More