New Delhi, April 18 -- The Centre's indirect tax administration has asked top field officers to make sure that GST registration process remains smooth and efforts to check fake registrations do not lead to burdensome compliance requirements for businesses.

A fresh set of instructions has been issued to address difficulties faced by applicants during the goods and services tax registration process, mainly on account of queries from officers seeking additional documents, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said in a statement on Friday. These instructions will reduce the compliance burden on taxpayers and facilitate transparency, the CBIC said.

The instructions issued on Thursday mandate that officers have to strictly a...