GST masterclass answers traders' queries: Can L&T or D'Souza register?

The lessons are in Hindi this week, to be followed by English classes next week

Prime Minister Narendra Modi described the goods and services tax (GST) as “the good and simple tax” but traders found it difficult to register for the new tax system if their names had special characters in them — D’Souza, for example. The same problem could arise if Larsen & Toubro wants to register, because these words use special characters such as apostrophe or ampersand.

These and other questions were put to Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia on the first day of the masterclass on the GST.  

Prakash Kumar, chief executive officer of GST Network, which is responsible for the technology infrastructure, pointed