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Due Date For Filing 2018-19 Annual GST Returns Extended Till December 31

Due Date For Filing 2018-19 Annual GST Returns Extended Till December 31

The government on Saturday extended the due date for furnishing annual GST or goods and services tax returns for financial year 2018-19 by two months. The new deadline is December 31, instead of October 31. This is applicable to businesses filing annual returns as well as audit reports for the year to March 31, 2019. Earlier, the taxman had extended the due date by a month till October 31. Now, businesses can file the annual return, using Form GSTR-9, and the reconciliation statement, Form GSTR-9C, for financial year 2018-19 by December 31.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said the government has been receiving a number of representations on the need to extend the due date, on account of obstruction to business due to COVID-19-related restrictions.

Form GSTR 9 is used by registered taxpayers to file a GST return every year. The return contains details on inward and outward supplies under different heads.

Form GSTR-9C comprises a statement of reconciliation, matching details provided in a GSTR-9 return with the audited annual financial statements.

Currently, GST assessees with aggregate annual turnover of more than ₹ 2 crore have to furnish annual returns mandatorily. Only by registered GST assesses with aggregate annual turnover of more than ₹ 5 corer are required to file the reconciliation statement (GSTR-9C).

Source: NDTV.

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GST: CBIC notifies due date of Form GSTR-3B for October 2020 to March 2021

GST: CBIC notifies due date of Form GSTR-3B for October 2020 to March 2021

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) notified that the return in Form GSTR-3B of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 for each of the months from October 2020 to March 2021, which shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the 20th day of the month succeeding such month.

However, the Board notified 22nd day of the succeeding month to file the return in Form GSTR-3B if the taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to Rs. 5 crore in the previous financial year, whose principal place of business is in the States of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep.

Further, the Board notified 24th day of the succeeding month to file the return in Form GSTR-3B if the taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to Rs. 5 crore in the previous financial year, whose principal place of business is in the States of of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha, the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh or Delhi.

“Every registered person furnishing the return in FORM GSTR-3B of the said rules shall, subject to the provisions of section 49 of the said Act, discharge his liability towards tax by debiting the electronic cash ledger or electronic credit ledger, as the case may be and his liability towards interest, penalty, fees or any other amount payable under the said Act by debiting the electronic cash ledger, not later than the last date, as specified in the first paragraph, on which he is required to furnish the said return, the CBIC notified.

Source: TaxScan.

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GST: E-Way Bill generation facility to be blocked for Taxpayers who failed to file GSTR-3B for 2 or more Tax period from Oct 15

GST: E-Way Bill generation facility to be blocked for Taxpayers who failed to file GSTR-3B for 2 or more Tax period from Oct 15

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has clarified that, E-Way Bill generation facility to be blocked for Taxpayers who failed to file GSTR-3B for 2 or more Tax period from Oct 15, 2020.

In terms of Rule 138 E (b) of the CGST Rules, 2017, the E Way Bill generation facility of a person is liable to be restricted, in case the person fails to file their GSTR-3B returns, for a consecutive period of two months or more.

The GST Council in its last meeting has decided that this provision will be made applicable for the taxpayers whose Aggregate Annual Turn Over (AATO, PAN based) is more than Rs 5 Crores.

Thus, if the GSTIN associated with the respective PAN (with AATO over Rs 5 Cr.) has failed to file their GSTR-3B Return for 02 or more tax periods, up to the month of tax period of August, 2020, their EWB generation facility will be blocked on the EWB Portal. Please note that the EWB generation facility for such GSTINs (whether as consignor or consignee or by transporter) will be blocked on EWB Portal after 15th October, 2020.

The CBIC also said that, To avail continuous EWB generation facility on EWB Portal, you are therefore advised to file your pending GSTR 3B returns immediately.

Source: TaxScan.

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CBIC gives 30-day grace period for those not yet ready for GST e-invoice

CBIC gives 30-day grace period for those not yet ready for GST e-invoice

Businesses not yet prepared for generating Goods and Services Tax (GST) e-invoices despite having got about nine months to prepare for, have been given “one last chance” to avoid penalty and regularise their invoices, the government said late on Wednesday.

The compulsory e-invoicing of business-to-business transactions of companies with more than ₹500 crore sales kicks in from Thursday.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said in a statement that the announcement of this compliance requirement was first made last December and was to be effective from April but was extended to 1 October keeping in mind the hardships faced by businesses. Despite this long notice, some businesses are reportedly still not ready, the tax authority noted. They are now given a chance to ward of penalty if they comply within 30 days.

“As a last chance in the initial phase of implementation of e-invoice,” the invoices issued by such taxpayers during October without e-invoicing “shall be deemed to be valid and the penalty leviable for such non-adherence to provisions, shall stand waived off if the invoice reference number (IRN) for such invoices is obtained from the designated portal within 30 days of the date of invoice,” CBIC said in the statement.

“It may be noted that no such relaxation would be available for the invoices issued from 1 November,” said the statement.

This relief is a ‘win-win’ for the government and businesses with neither the implementation/anti-evasion objective being deferred nor businesses facing penalties for non-compliance, said Abhishek Jain, Tax Partner.

Source: Live-Mint.

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Government extends due date for GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C till October 31

Government extends due date for GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C till October 31

The Government on Wednesday extended the due date to file GSTR9 and 9C for 2018-19 by a month.

“After obtaining due clearances from the Election Commission in view of the Model Code of Conduct, Government has extended due date for furnishing Annual Return in GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C for 2018-19 from 30.09.2020 to 31.10.2020,” said a tweet from Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC).


“With the GST annual compliance date coinciding with implementation of e-invoicing, the industry had given up hope on meeting both the statutory deadlines. Though announced at the last moment, still the deferment is likely to bring some respite to the industry,” said Harpreet Singh, Partner,  in India.

Earlier the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India (ICAI) has written to the GST Council seeking deferment of 2018-19 GST annual return filing deadline by three months till December 31. The government had in May extended the last date for filing annual GST return for financial year 2018-19 by three months till September 2020.

Source: Economic-Times


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CBIC waives off Late Fee on failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-10

CBIC waives off Late Fee on failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-10

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) waived off the late fee payable for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-10.

As per section 47(1) of the CGST Act, any registered person who fails to furnish the requisite returns by the prescribed due date shall pay a late fee of Rs 100 for every day during which such failure continues. Such a fee is subject to a maximum amount of Rs 5,000.

A taxable person whose GST registration is cancelled or surrendered has to file a return in Form GSTR-10 called as Final Return. This is a statement of stocks held by such taxpayers on the day immediately preceding the date from which cancellation is made effective.

The Board waived the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the CGST Act which is in excess of Rs.250 for the registered persons who fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-10 by the due date but furnishes the said return between the period from 22 September, 2020 to 31 December, 2020. The waiver comes in wake of COVID-19 pandemic to provide relief to the persons registered under Goods and Service Tax.

Source: TaxScan

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CBIC waive off Late Fee payable for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4

CBIC waive off Late Fee payable for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) waived off the late fee payable for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4.

The board seeks to amend notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 73/2017– Central Tax, dated the 29th December, 2017, which says that failure to furnish GSTR 4 (Composition dealer’s return) on due date late fee revised to Rs. 25 per day and for nil return it is Rs.10 per day.

In the said notification, after the second proviso, the proviso, “provided also that late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act, shall stand waived which is in excess of two hundred and fifty rupees and shall stand fully waived where the total amount of central tax payable in the said return is nil, for the registered persons who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 for the quarters from July, 2017 to March, 2020 by the due date but furnishes the said return between the period from 22th day of September, 2020 to 31st day of October, 2020,” shall be inserted.

In other words, the person who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 for the quarters from July, 2017 to March, 2020 by the due date but furnishes the return between the period from 22th day of September, 2020 to 31st day of October, 2020 the payment is waived off.

Source: TaxScan

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CBIC extends due date of GST compliance of E-Way Bill in respect of goods sent/taken on approval for Sale/Return are removed before the Supply takes place

CBIC extends due date of GST compliance of E-Way Bill in respect of goods sent/taken on approval for Sale/Return are removed before the Supply takes place

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) extended the due date of GST compliance and validity of the e-way bill till October 31, 2020 in respect of goods sent/taken on approval for sale/return are removed before the supply takes place.

The Board seeks to amend notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 35/2020-Central Tax, dated the 3rd April, 2020.

The board seeks to amend clause (i) of the said notification to extend the due date of compliance which falls during the period from the 20th day of March, 2020 to the 29th day of June, to 30th day of June, 2020.

In the said notification, in the first paragraph, in clause (i), after the first proviso, “provided further that where, any time limit for completion or compliance of any action, by any person, has been specified in, or prescribed or notified under sub-section (7) of section 31 of the said Act in respect of goods being sent or taken out of India on approval for sale or return, which falls during the period from the 20th day of March, 2020 to the 30th day of October, 2020, and where completion or compliance of such action has not been made within such time, then, the time limit for completion or compliance of such action, shall stand extended up to the 31st day of October, 2020,” shall be inserted.

The Section 31(7) of the Union Territory Goods and Service Tax Act says, “where the goods being sent or taken on approval for sale or return are removed before the supply takes place, the invoice shall be issued before or at the time of supply or six months from the date of removal, whichever is earlier.”

Source: TaxScan.

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Govt extends FY20 GST return filing date for composition dealers till October 31

Govt extends FY20 GST return filing date for composition dealers till October 31

The government on Monday extended by 2 months the due date for filing of annual GST returns for 2019-20 by composition dealers to October 31. This is the second extension in as many months given by the government.

The original deadline for filing the return was July 15, which was earlier extended till August 31.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in a tweet said, “Last date GSTR 4 for FY 2019-20 extended to 31st October 2020”.

Goods and Services Tax (GST) composition scheme can be opted by any taxpayer whose turnover is up to Rs 1.5 crore.

Under the scheme, manufacturers and traders are required to pay GST at the rate of 1 per cent, while restaurants (which do not serve alcohol) have to pay GST at 5 per cent rate.

Source: Economic-Times.

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Delayed GST payment: Interest to be charged on net tax liability from September 1

Delayed GST payment: Interest to be charged on net tax liability from September 1

The government has said that interest on delayed payment of goods and services tax (GST) will be charged on net tax liability with effect from September 1.

The industry had earlier this year raised concern over the directive of recovery of about Rs 46,000 crore of unpaid interest on delayed GST payment. The interest was charged on gross tax liability.

The GST Council, comprising centre and state finance ministers, in its 39th meeting in March had decided that interest for delay in payment of GST to be charged on net tax liability with effect from July 1, 2017, and law would be amended retrospectively.

However, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) on August 25, notified September 1, 2020, as the date from which interest would be charged on net tax liability.

Associates Senior Partner Rajat Mohan said this notification seems to be in disconnect with decisions of GST Council wherein it was assured to the taxpayers that the said benefit would be available retrospectively from July 1, 2017.

“Prospective availability of this benefit would mean that millions of taxpayers may be looking at demand of interest for over 3 years from the date of GST implementation. Businesses are expected to approach the High Courts again on this unjustified and illegal demand of interest basis the ‘principle of estoppel’,” Mohan said.

The CBIC had earlier said that GST law permits interest calculation on delayed GST payment on the basis of gross tax liability. This position has been upheld in the Telangana High Court’s decision dated April 18, 2019.

Net GST liability is arrived at after deducting input tax credit from gross GST liability.

Hence, calculating interest on gross GST liability increases the payout burden on businesses.

Tax Partner Abhishek Jain said with the GST Council having approved a retrospective amendment to interest being applicable on net liability, businesses would now await retrospective prescription for this.

“The retrospective notification becomes all the more imperative to subside multiple notices which were issued by the revenue authorities demanding GST on gross liability,” Jain added.

Businesses, other than those under the composition scheme and quarterly return filers, registered under goods and services tax (GST) have to file returns (GSTR-1) showing tax liability by 11th of following month and pay taxes by filing GSTR-3B between 20th-24th (due date varies according to the state in which businesses are registered).

There have been cases where GST assessees have paid taxes after due date but did not pay the interest due on account of delayed payment.

There were doubts on whether the interest was to be paid on gross tax liability or net tax liability. Interest at the rate of 18 per cent is levied on delayed tax payment.

Source: Economic-Times.

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