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Few more days to file your GST Annual Return Form GSTR-4: Know Complete details

Few more days to file your GST Annual Return Form GSTR-4: Know Complete details

The last date of Annual Return Form GSTR-4 is April 30, 2021, so file your annual return without a late fee.

The GSTR-4 is a GST Return that has to be filed by a composition dealer. Unlike a normal taxpayer who needs to furnish 3 monthly returns, a dealer opting for the composition scheme is required to furnish only 1 return which is GSTR 4 once in a year by the 30th of April, following a financial year.

Salient Features of GSTR 4 Return Form

Firstly, GSTR 4 Returns will file on an annual basis for compounding Taxable persons. The last date for filing the GSTR- 4 (CMP-08) payment form is the 18th of the month following the quarter. GSTR 4 (CMP-08) returns can be filed on 18th April, 18th July, 18th October, and 18th January, and so forth.
Secondly, GSTR 4 Form is filed by all the taxpayers who registered under the composition scheme.
Thirdly, business entities registered under the composition scheme will be required to pay taxes at fixed rates quarterly without availing input tax credit facility.
Fourthly, the taxpayer will be required to show the total value of supplies made in a specific period and tax paid at the composition rate.
Fifthly, the taxpayer will be required to insert invoice- level purchase details for the purchases from normal taxpayers, which will be automatically updated GSTR 4A Form from supply invoice uploaded by the opposite party in GSTR 1.

Procedure for filing GSTR 4 Return Form

GSTR 4 return form is divided into 13 sections but it is not necessary to fill all these sections.
1.GSTIN
Every Taxpayer gets a state-wise PAN-based 15 digit Goods and Services Taxpayer Identification Number (GSTIN) from the Government. It must be noted that the identification of the taxpayer will be automatically filled at the time of filing return in the coming future.

2. Legal Name of the Registered Person and Trade name
The taxpayer name will automatically fill time of filing the returns at GSTN portal

3. Annual Turnover in the preceding Financial Year
A taxpayer will be required to fill all the information only for the first time of filing and after then it will be automatically updated in the succeeding years.

4. Inward supplies including supplies on which tax is to be paid on reverse charge
Inward supplies received from a registered supplier (other than supplies attracting reverse charge), the information will be auto-populated from the provided by the supplier in GSTR-1 and GSTR-5. Inward supplies received from a registered supplier (attracting reverse charge- this information will be automatically filled from the information provided by the supplier in GSTR-1, inward supplies received from an unregistered supplier, and Import of service. It must be noted that all inward supplies to composition will auto-filled here.

5. Amendments to details of inward supplies furnished in returns for earlier tax periods in Table 4
It will include amendment information mentioned in earlier tax periods and also original amendments of debit or credit note received, rate-wise. Place of supply to be mentioned in case if the same is different from the location of the recipient. While providing the information of the original debit /credit note, the details of the invoice must be provided in starting three columns, whereas, providing the revision of the details of the original debit /credit note shall be provided in the first three columns of Table.

6. Tax on outward supplies made
Under this section, you will provide the details of a tax rate, total turnover, out of turnover reported, and the composition tax amount including both central tax & State/UT tax.

7. Amendments to Outward Supply details furnished in returns for earlier tax periods in Table No. 6
Under this section, you will be able to rectify the incorrect details you provided in Table 6 in previous returns, without turnover reported details additionally added.

8. Consolidated Statement of Advances paid/Advance adjusted on account of receipt of supply
Under this, details of the advance paid relating to reverse charge supplies and if you paid taxes on them, adjustments against invoices issued to be mentioned in Table 8.

9. TDS Credit received
The Tax Deduct at Source will be auto-filled in Table 9.

10. Tax payable and paid
Under this section, you will be to provide the details of Integrated Tax, Central Tax, State/UT Tax, and cess tax amount payable as well tax amount paid

11. Interest, Late Fee payable and paid
This section for those taxpayers who have not paid the taxes timely.

12. Refund claimed from Electronic cash ledger
If in case the tax liability of the composition dealer is below than the TDS deducted, he can get a refund of balancing amount. The amount which is available for the refund will auto-filled under this section.

What happens after Form GSTR-4 (Annual Return) is filed?
After Form GSTR-4 (Annual Return) is filed:
1. ARN will be generated on successful filing of the Form.
2. An SMS and email will be sent to the mobile number of the authorized signatory on the successful filing of Form GSTR-4 (Annual Return).
3. Electronic Cash Ledger and Electronic Liability Register Part-I will get updated.

Late Fees and Penalty
A late fee of Rs. 200 per day is levied if the GSTR-4 is not filed within the due date. The maximum late fee that can be charged cannot exceed Rs. 5,000.

Source: TaxScan.

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Govt extends due date for filing FY20 GST annual returns till March 31

Govt extends due date for filing FY20 GST annual returns till March 31

The government on Sunday extended the deadline for filing GST annual returns for 2019-20 fiscal by a month till March 31.

This is the second extension given by the government. The deadline was earlier extended from December 31, 2020, to February 28.

In view of the difficulties expressed by the taxpayers in meeting this time limit, Government has decided to further extend the due date for furnishing of GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for the financial year 2019-20 to March 31, 2021 with the approval of Election Commission of India, the Finance Ministry said in a statement.

GSTR 9 is an annual return to be filed yearly by taxpayers registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). It consists of details regarding the outward and inward supplies made or received under different tax heads.

GSTR-9C is a statement of reconciliation between GSTR-9 and the audited annual financial statement.

On the extension, Associates Senior Partner Rajat Mohan said, Even though it is a relatively small extension of 31 days but is sufficient for the tax professionals to complete the requisite filings.

Tax Partner Abhishek Jain said most industry players were struggling to meet this statutory deadline and had represented to the government for an extension.

Furnishing of the annual return is mandatory only for taxpayers with aggregate annual turnover above Rs 2 crore while reconciliation statement is to be furnished only by the registered persons having aggregate turnover above Rs 5 crore.

Source: Business-Standard 

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CBIC extends due date for Filing GST Annual Return

CBIC extends due date for Filing GST Annual Return

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has extended the due date for filing GSTR-9 (Annual Return) for the Financial Year 2018 – 19 to be extended till the 30th of September, 2020.

The GST Council, in its 39th meeting, had extended the due date for filing GSTR-9 (Annual Return) and GSTR-9C (Reconciliation Statement) for the Financial Year 2018 – 19 to 30th June 2020.

GSTR 9 is an annual return to be filed yearly by taxpayers registered under GST. It consists of details regarding the outward and inward supplies made/received during the relevant previous year under different tax heads i.e. CGST, SGST & IGST, and HSN codes. It is a consolidation of all the monthly/quarterly returns (GSTR-1, GSTR-2A, GSTR-3B) filed in that year. Though complex, this return helps in extensive reconciliation of data for 100% transparent disclosures.

The late fees for not filing the GSTR 9 within the due date is Rs 100 per day, per act. That means late fees of Rs 100 under CGST and Rs 100 under SGST will be applicable in case of delay. Thus, the total liability is Rs 200 per day of default. This is subject to a maximum of 0.25% of the taxpayer’s turnover in the relevant state or union territory. However, there is no late fee on IGST yet.

Read Notification here: https://www.taxscan.in/preview/?previews=15ax53cDwCpa7kwoRqfcTGX6Lai_q4Go_

Source: TaxScan.

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CBIC enables option to File GSTR-9 & GSTR-9C for FY 2018-19

CBIC enables option to File GSTR-9 & GSTR-9C for FY 2018-19

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) enabled the option to file GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for the financial year 2018-19.

GSTR-9 is an annual return to be filed yearly by taxpayers registered under GST. It consists of details regarding the outward and inward supplies made/received during the relevant previous year under different tax heads i.e. CGST, SGST & IGST and HSN codes. Basically, it is a consolidation of all the monthly/quarterly returns (GSTR-1, GSTR-2A, GSTR-3B) filed in that year. Though complex, this return helps in extensive reconciliation of data for 100% transparent disclosures.

GSTR-9C is reconciliation statement which is every registered person whose turnover during a financial year exceeds the prescribed limit of rupees two crores shall get his accounts audited by a chartered accountant or a cost accountant.GSTR-9C is a statement of reconciliation between the Annual Returns in file GSTR-9 for an FY and the figures as per the audited annual Financial Statements of the taxpayer.

It can be considered to be similar to that of a tax audit report furnished under the Income-tax act. It will consist of gross and taxable turnover as per the Books reconciled with the respective figures as per the consolidation of all the GST returns for an FY. Hence, any differences arising from this reconciliation exercise will be reported here along with the reasons for the same.

The late fees for not filing the annual return on the due date are Rs. 200 per day. This implies that the person has to pay Rs. 100 under the CGST Act and Rs. 100 under the SGST Act as a penalty in case of delay. The penalty is subjected to a minimum of 0.25% of the taxpayer’s turnover in the relevant state. There are no fees on IGST yet.

The due date to file GST annual for the Assessment Year 2018-19 is 31st March 2020.

Source: Tax-Scan

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GST: CBIC extends GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C filing dates in a staggered manner

GST: CBIC extends GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C filing dates in a staggered manner

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) late on Friday night extended the due date for furnishing GST Annual Return and Reconciliation Statement (GSTR-9 / 9A and GSTR-9C) for FY 2017-18 in a staggered manner. The last date to file the Returns was January 31, 2020.

This came after thousands of taxpayers took to social media complaining about the GST portal not working. “Considering the difficulties being faced by taxpayers in filing GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for FY 2017-18 it has been decided to extend the due dates in a staggered manner for different groups of States to 3rd, 5th and 7th February 2020 as under,” CBIC said in a Tweet.

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Accordingly under Group 1, the states of Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Other Territory has been placed and they will need to file their returns by 3rd February 2020.

Group 2 includes Jammu and Kashmir, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan and Gujarat that have to file by 5th February 2020.

Lastly group 3 includes the states of Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Jharkhand, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Lakshadweep, Madhya Pradesh, and Uttar Pradesh, which now have to file by 7th February 2020.

On a day when the Economic Survey acknowledged the fact that both GST system is complex, taxpayers found it impossible to file their returns. By evening of January 31, #gstnfailed was the top trend on Twitter. At 10 30 pm CBIC tweeted the extension dates, but early reports suggest the portal is still not working.

The due date for the states in Group 1 ends today (February 3), but it is unclear if any notifications regarding the extension of date has been generated. Moreover, GSTN portal was not working for most of February 1, with the site showing it was under schedule maintenance. Taxpayers are now hoping for a further extension of the deadline.

Under GST, annual return is to be furnished in GSTR-9. In addition, as per Section 35 of CGST Act, 2017, every tax payer whose turnover exceeds Rs 2 crore during a financial year, is required to submit audited annual accounts and a reconciliation statement in GSTR-9C. The late fee for not filing the GSTR 9 within the due date is Rs 200 per day.

Source: Economic-Times

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GSTR-9, GSTR-9C gets simplified further, submission dates extended

GSTR-9, GSTR-9C gets simplified further, submission dates extended

The Government has to extend the due dates of filing of Form GSTR-9 (Annual Return) and Form GSTR-9C (Reconciliation Statement) for Financial Year 2017-18 to December 31, 2019 and for Financial Year 2018-19 to March 31, 2020.

It has also decided to simplify these forms by making various fields of these forms as optional.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) on Thursday notified the amendments regarding the simplification of GSTR-9 (Annual Return) and GSTR-9C (Reconciliation Statement) which inter-alia allow the taxpayers to not to provide split of input tax credit availed on inputs, input services and capital goods and to not to provide HSN level information of outputs or inputs, etc. for the financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19.

CBIC expects that with these changes and the extension of deadlines, all the GST taxpayers would be able to file their Annual Returns along with Reconciliation Statement for the financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19 in time.

“Since the returns were not simplified, the extension is not a surprise. However, frequent extensions and delay in non-simplification has been a let down for businesses. Our sense is that businesses are ready to comply with GSTR-9 so they can move on and prepare for the new simplified return filing system,” said Archit Gupta .

Earlier the last date for filing of GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for Financial Year 2017-18 was November 30, while that for Financial Year 2018-19 was December 31.

Source: Economic-Times

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GST Annual filing waived off for taxpayers below Rs 2 cr turnover

GST Annual filing waived off for taxpayers below Rs 2 cr turnover

The GST Council, in its 37th meeting held at Goa provided relief to MSMEs by allowing them waiver to file GSTR 9 and GSTR-9A.

Announcing the relaxation in filing of annual returns for MSMEs for FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19, a statement said waiver of the requirement of filing FORM GSTR-9A for Composition Taxpayers for the said tax periods will be provided.

Additionally, filing of FORM GSTR-9 for those taxpayers who (are required to file the said return but) have aggregate turnover up to Rs. 2 crore made optional for the said tax periods.

Abhishek Jain, Tax Partner, EY said, “The annual return compliance waiver till Rs 2 crore turnover would be quite an aid from an ease of compliance perspective for small businesses. To recall, an annual return requirement historically under the VAT regime as well was exempt for businesses with a specified threshold and hence this proposal may be aligned to the pre GST regime. Also, smaller businesses were looking for this relief because they had not maintained quite a lot of details which were required to be reported in the annual return; essentially owing to the suspension of GSTR-2.”

A Committee of Officers to be constituted to examine the simplification of Forms for Annual Return and reconciliation statement.

“The Council’s decision to make annual return (GSTR-9 and GSTR-9A) and audit report (GSTR-9C) optional for taxpayers with turnover up to Rs 2 crore, would certainly ease the compliance burden of small taxpayers. Further, assurance on further simplification of annual compliances should result in reduction of compliance costs, as undertaking multiple reconciliations was proving to be complex and time consuming.” said Harpreet Singh, Partner, KPMG India.

There is also an extension of last date for filing of appeals against orders of Appellate Authority before the GST Appellate Tribunal as the Appellate Tribunals are yet not functional.

In order to nudge taxpayers to timely file their statement of outward supplies, imposition of restrictions on availment of input tax credit by the recipients in cases where details of outward supplies are not furnished by the suppliers in the statement under section 37 of the CGST Act, 2017.

In another significant announcement, the new return system which was to be introduced from October 2019, will now be introduced from April, 2020. The statement said this is in order to give ample opportunity to taxpayers as well as the system to adapt and accordingly specifying the due date for furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-3B and details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 for the period October, 2019 – March, 2020.

Source: Economic-Times

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Firms with annual income upto Rs 2 crore could get GST return relief

Firms with annual income upto Rs 2 crore could get GST return relief

The all-powerful GST Council is set to discuss a proposal to exempt small businesses with annual turnover of less than Rs 2 crore from filing annual returns.

Senior officials said that despite three extensions for filing the returns, the number has been unsatisfactory. “It is ranging from 25-27 per cent despite extension of deadlines. The GST Council will discuss the issue in its meeting on September 20,” said an official.

He further said that the Council will decide if the mandatory return filing requirement be suspended for only 2017-18 or for subsequent financial years as well.

“There is also a view that government should wait till November 30 to see if the number of those filing returns goes up,” he said adding there would be many procedural issues that would be considered by the Council this time. As per official data, out of about 1.39 crore total assessees, nearly 85 per cent have an annual turnover of Rs 2 crore or less.

Tax experts said that the proposed move to dispense small taxpayers from filing annual returns would ease compliance burden and also help tax authorities focus on big assessees. “There is perhaps a need for rethinking. There is a view that why put more compliance burden on small taxpayers. The system is also not very robust,” said Amit Bhagat, Partner, indirect tax practice, Dhruva Advisors. At present, every GST assessee has to file an annual return in GSTR 9 forms.

MS Mani, Partner with Deloitte India said that during implementation of GST, most small traders and businesses had found it difficult to shift to GST and any relief to them would be a big help for the micro, small and medium enterprises (MSME) sector. “If there is a compliance relief given to them for a year or two it will make GST much more acceptable for the MSME sector,” Mani noted.

Source: Economic-Times

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‘GST return form too complex to meet filing deadline’

‘GST return form too complex to meet filing deadline’

Although the government has postponed the deadline for the filing of annual returns under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the fourth time, tax analysts say that the problems with the form are so confounding that most filers won’t be able to meet even the new deadline of November 30.

The GST legislation requires the filing of the GST annual returns by specified categories of taxpayers along with a GST audit if the turnover is more than ₹2 crore in a financial year.

As of July 1, 2019, the third year of GST implementation had started and yet, tax filers had not been able to file the returns even for the first year. The government had extended the due date for filing the returns four times, with the latest being the extension from August 31 to November 30.

One of the biggest pain points for tax filers, according to the analysts, is that the annual return form — the GSTR-9 — asks for a lot of information. Such information was not required to be given in the monthly or quarterly return forms — GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B. Tax filers are thus finding it very difficult to provide that information.

“GSTR-9 is nothing but complexity and confusion galore,” said Ritesh Kanodia, partner, Dhruva Advisors.

“The complexity starts with the level of details required, despite the fact that most of these were waived for monthly return filing. For example, the break-up of credit into input, input services and capital goods, or the break-up of reversals type-wise, reporting of ineligible credit, which may not have been captured in the financials.

“The values derived from the system does not always match with the books and a lot of time is wasted in trying to match them, with the only conclusion that it cannot be done,” Mr. Kanodia added.

Apart from the discrepancies between the data in the various GST forms that have to be submitted, another major issue being faced is the complexity of the annual return filing itself, and the fact that it requires information that is often at odds with the GST law itself.

“The manner in which the said information is to be provided is quite complicated,” said Prashanth Agarwal, partner, indirect tax, PwC India. “Although some of the aspects have been clarified by the government on this, still there are open issues which need clarity.

“There is a need to provide HSN classification for services at a six-digit level whereas the GST law allows companies to maintain the same at a four-digit level as well,” Mr. Agarwal added.

“Hence, companies don’t have this six-digit classification available with them. The government should allow companies to report HSN at the four-digit level.”

Onerous requirement
In what is being seen as an extremely onerous requirement, the annual return also requires tax filers to provide details of the transactions on which GST is not payable. Further, in terms of discrepancies, the power lies with the government. Companies cannot claim more input tax credit (ITC) than had already been claimed in the year, but the government can ask for more tax if it feels it is needed.

“The annual return requires the details of all those transactions in respect of which no GST is payable during the relevant period, which make the entire process more complex,” Rahul Dhuparh, deputy general manager, Taxmann said.

“No additional ITC can be claimed in GSTR-9, though additional tax, if found to be payable while reconciling, must be deposited with the government in cash.

“Due to the complex structure of the annual return, taxpayers are afraid to file it as there is no provision in the law to rectify the annual returns,” he added.

“Small taxpayers, who run their business from multiple registrations, but do not maintain separate books of accounts and do not have information split according to GSTIN registrations, are facing a huge challenge in preparing GSTR-9,” said Archit Gupta, founder and CEO, Cleartax.

“Taxpayers with a turnover of less than ₹5 crore must be allowed to report GSTR-9 on an aggregate basis, instead of GSTIN-wise,” said Mr. Gupta.

Source: The-Hindu.

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Last date to file GST annual returns extended till 30 November

Last date to file GST annual returns extended till 30 November

The finance ministry on Monday said the last date for filing annual GST returns has been extended by three months to November 30 as taxpayers were facing technical problems in furnishing returns.

Earlier, GST taxpayers were to file required returns by August 31.

“It is hereby informed that the last date for furnishing of annual return in the Form GSTR-9 / Form GSTR-9A and reconciliation statement in the Form GSTR-9C for the financial year 2017-18 is extended from August 31, 2019 to November 30, 2019,” the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) said in a statement.

GSTR 9 is an annual return to be filed yearly by taxpayers registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST). It consists of details regarding the outward and inward supplies made or received under different tax heads.

While extending the date, the CBIC said “certain technical problems are being faced” by the taxpayers as a result annual return for the period July 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 could not be furnished by persons registered under GST.

GSTR-9C is filed by those whose annual turnover exceeds ₹2 crore. It is a statement of reconciliation between GSTR-9 and the audited annual financial statement, while GSTR-9A is the annual return to be filed those who have opted for the Composition Scheme under GST.

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