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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

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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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Businesses with monthly turnover of over Rs 50 lakh to pay at least 1% GST liability in cash

Businesses with monthly turnover of over Rs 50 lakh to pay at least 1% GST liability in cash

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Businesses with monthly turnover of over Rs 50 lakh will have to mandatorily pay at least 1 per cent of their GST liability in cash, the Finance Ministry said as it moved to curb evasion by fake invoicing.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has introduced Rule 86B in Goods and Services Tax (GST) rules which restricts use of input tax credit (ITC) for discharging GST liability to 99 per cent.

“… The registered person shall not use the amount available in electronic credit ledger to discharge his liability towards output tax in excess of 99 per cent of tax liability, in cases where the value of taxable supply … in a month exceeds Rs 50 lakh,” the CBIC said.

While calculating the turnover threshold, sales from GST exempt goods and zero rates supply would not be included.

However, this restriction will not apply where the managing director or any partner have paid more than Rs 1 lakh as income tax or the registered person has received a refund amount of more than Rs 1 lakh in the preceding financial year on account of unutilised input tax credit.

Tax Partner Abhishek Jain said the government has put restrictions on seamless input credit utilisation with introduction of Rule 89B, which blocks utilisation of ITC beyond 99 per cent of the output liability, for businesses having taxable turnover of more than Rs 50 lakh per month.

“With the government providing reasonable exceptions to this rule, the idea remains to prevent misutilisation of credit by businesses taking fake credits,” Jain added.

Further, the CBIC has amended GST rules restricting filing of outward supply details in GSTR-1 for business that have not paid tax for the past periods by filing GSTR 3B.

So far, until now, non-filing of GSTR 3B resulted in blockage of e-way bill but will now result in GSTR 1 blockage as well.

Abhishek Jain, Tax Partner, said, “The government has now restricted filing of outward supply details in GSTR 1 return for businesses who have not paid tax for the past periods by filing GSTR 3B.

“The government’s idea here seems to be to curb input tax credit passing by businesses which have otherwise not paid their GST liability,” Jain added.
AMRG & Associates Senior Partner Rajat Mohan said, “These changes indicate that government is grappling with lower tax collections and high tax evasions, burden of which will again be on honest taxpayers”.

The CBIC has also notified authentication of Aadhaar number or physical verification of business premises for the purposes of obtaining GST registration.

“This amendment has likely been introduced to prevent fraudulent registrations,” Jain added.

Also, the validity of electronic way bill provisions has been amended by the CBIC according to which the e-way bill will be valid for 1 day for every 200 km of travel, as against 100 km earlier.

Source: Times-Of-India.

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GST collection drops for second month in Aug to Rs 86,449 crore

GST collection drops for second month in Aug to Rs 86,449 crore

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The GST collection declined for the second consecutive month in August to Rs 86,449 crore, the finance ministry said on Tuesday.

On year-on-year basis, the August collection was 12 per cent lower compared to Rs 98,202 crore mopped up in the same month last year.

Of the gross collection, Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) stood at Rs 15,906 crore, State Goods and Services Tax (SGST) Rs 21,064 crore, Integrated Goods and Services Tax (IGST) Rs 42,264 crore (including Rs 19,179 crore collected on import of goods) and Cess Rs 7,215 crore (including Rs 673 crore collected on import of goods).

Tax experts said the revenue numbers indicate that domestic economic activity is picking up and the drop in the collection is mainly due to reduced imports.

In a statement, the finance ministry said the government has settled Rs 18,216 crore to Central GST and Rs 14,650 crore to State GST from Integrated GST as regular settlement.

“The total revenue earned by Central Government and the State Governments after regular settlement in the month of August, 2020 is Rs 34,122 crore for CGST and Rs 35,714 crore for the SGST,” it added.

The revenues for August are 88 per cent of the GST collected in the same month last year. During the month, the revenues from import of goods were 77 per cent and the revenues from domestic transaction (including import of services) were 92 per cent of the revenues from these sources during the same month last year, the ministry said.

It further said that taxpayers with turnover less than Rs 5 crore have been permitted to file GST returns till September.

The GST collections have faltered since the beginning of the current fiscal as COVID-19-induced lockdown hampered economic activity.

The revenue in April was Rs 32,172 crore, May (Rs 62,151 crore), June (Rs 90,917 crore) and July (Rs 87,422 crore).

Leader (Indirect Tax) Pratik Jain said the trend in the last couple of months show collections seem to have stabilised at around 10 per cent lower than corresponding month last year.

“As things are opening up gradually, the collection is likely to be progressively better in coming months,” Jain said.

India Partner M S Mani said the collections are on the recovery path and GST collections on domestic transactions just 8 per cent lower than the same month last year indicate revival of economic activities.

“The state-wise data of GST collections indicates that the revival process has resulted in marginal collection increases in some states like Rajasthan and UP, marginal reductions in states like Haryana and Gujarat with significant dips in Maharashtra, Karnataka and Tamil Nadu,” Mani said.

Tax Partner Abhishek Jain said a significant part of the dip is attributable to imports, which has witnessed a decline as a result of reduced international trade.

“Also, domestic collections having attained 92 per cent year-on-year for operations in July is a sign of economic recovery post upliftment of lockdown,” he added.

Chairman and Founder Kapil Rana said: “The GST collection data demonstrates two things – domestic consumption is strongly overcoming the effect of the pandemic, secondly, people are showing more reliance on domestic products, which is pushing the domestic consumption hence the revenue collection”.

Source: Times-Of-India.

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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

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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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GST Portal restores GST Returns data for the year 2017

GST Portal restores GST Returns data for the year 2017

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The Goods and Services Tax ( GST ) Portal has restored the GST Returns data for the year 2017.

In a statement published in GST Portal said that, Facility to view, file and download returns of the period July 2017 has been restored on the portal. The functionality to enable taxpayers for filing revocation application again, in view of ROD order No.01/2020 has been implemented w.e.f. 6thAug, 2020

A couple days back taxpayers were unable to view, file or download returns on the GST Portal for the year 2017.

The professionals and taxpayers had lodged complaints for lost data of the year 2017.
Recently, the twitter handle of GSTN it had clarified that the facility to view, file, and download returns from the period July 2017 will shortly be restored.

Source: Taxscan.

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Public limited companies just 0.6% of GST taxpayer base but pay 35% of revenue

Public limited companies just 0.6% of GST taxpayer base but pay 35% of revenue

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Public limited companies, which account for only 0.6% (72,151) of total GST-registered taxpayers, contribute about 35% to the GST revenue collection, data released by the GST Network showed. About 1.2 crore taxpayers are currently under the GST ambit.

Similarly, only 0.2% taxpayers are public sector undertakings but contribute above 9% of revenue under GST. Other top revenue contributors are firms constituted as private limited companies — about 6.75 lakh or 5.9% of total taxpayers have paid 27.5% of the revenue

The largest chunk of taxpayers — 80.2% — identify as proprietorship, and they pay about 13.4% of the total revenue collection. In terms of turnover, about 7% taxpayers fall under the Rs 5 crore and above category but pay nearly 81% of total taxes. (see chart)

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Similarly, large taxpayers above the Rs 5-crore turnover threshold upload nearly 6,500 invoices per taxpayer per month compared with just 30 invoices if all taxpayers are taken into account. Invoices are required to be uploaded by GST assessees with the GSTR-1 Return which has details of outwards sales by the businesses.

Source: Financial-Express.

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June GST collections stand at Rs 90,917 crore

June GST collections stand at Rs 90,917 crore

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Goods and service tax (GST) collections for June 2020 clocked Rs 90,917 crore at gross levels, 9% lower than the same month last year, the department of revenue said Wednesday.

The collections are higher than those recorded in April and May – the peak months of lockdown due to the Covid 19 pandemic – where GST collection for April was Rs 32,294 crore and Rs 62,009 crore for May.

However, for both months, the collections were lower than those in 2019. Collections in April were down 72% on-year and 38% down on-year in May.

For the month of June, of total collections of Rs 90,917 crore, CGST was Rs 18,980 crore, SGST was Rs 23,970 crore, IGST was Rs 40,302 crore, including Rs 15,709 crore collected on import of goods and Cess was Rs 7,665 crore, including Rs 607 crore collected on import of goods.

The government said GST collection for the first quarter of the year was 41% less than the revenue collected during the same quarter last year, but a large number of taxpayers still have time to file their return for the month of May, 2020 till early this month.

“Since government has allowed a relaxed time schedule for filing of GST returns, returns of the month of April, March as well as some returns of February got filed during June, 2020 and some returns of May, 2020, which would have otherwise got filed in June, will get filed during first few days of July,” the department said.

Source: Economic-Times.

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CBIC waives off late fee on late GST return filing

CBIC waives off late fee on late GST return filing

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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has notified waiver of late fee, capping of late fee at Rs 500 in some cases, interest payable on late payments and extension of due dates for businesses to file goods and service tax (GST) returns for the Covid-19 impacted period, till October.

The decisions were taken by the GST Council on June 12.

Taxpayers who do not have any tax liability but were yet to file returns for the period from July 2017 to January 2020 – prior to the Covid period – no late fee will be charged, the notification issued Wednesday said.

For taxpayers having liability but not having filed their returns, they can do so with a late fee of maximum Rs 500, if returns are submitted by July 1, 2020.

Small taxpayers whose aggregate turnover is up to Rs 5 crore will be provided a waiver of late fees and interest if they file the form GSTR-3B for the supplies affected in months of May, June, and July 2020, by September 30, 2020, the notification added.

During Covid period of February, March and April 2020, interest rate on late return filings by small taxpayers with turnover up to Rs 5 crore, will be reduced to 9% from 18%, if returns of inward supplies are filed till September 30.

Taxpayers having 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 the Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep, the returns for August has to be filed by October 1, 2020.

For taxpayers with turnover more than Rs 5 crore, in 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, the return for August has to be filed by October 3, 2020.

Source: Economic-Times.

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GSTN releases FAQs on filing Form GSTR-3B as NIL

GSTN releases FAQs on filing Form GSTR-3B as NIL

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The Goods and Service Tax Network (GSTN) releases FAQs on filing Form GSTR-3B as NIL.

Firstly, “Form GSTR-3B can be filed as a nil return if there are no outward supplies as well as a liability (including reverse charge liability) in the month, for which the return is being filed. This form can be filed nil, in both online mode and in offline mode (by SMS),” the GSTN clarified.

Secondly, the GSTN further stated that Nil Form GSTR-3B for a tax period can be filed, if the person Has not made any Outward Supply and do not have any reverse charge liability; do not intend to take any Input tax credit and do not have any Liability for that particular or earlier Tax Periods.

Thirdly, it was clarified that the Filing of Form GSTR-3B is mandatory for all normal and casual taxpayers, even if there is no business activity in any particular tax period. So, for such tax period(s), the return can be filed as NIL (if all conditions for filing Nil return are satisfied).

Fourthly while answering the question as to when can Nil Form GSTR-3B be filed, the GSTN clarified that a taxpayer may file Nil Form GSTR-3B, anytime on or after the 1st of the subsequent month for which the return is being filed for.
Instead of filing Nil Form GSTR-3B through online mode on GST Portal, it can be filed through SMS also.

However, for filing Nil Form GSTR-3B through SMS certain conditions needs to be fulfilled which includes taxpayer must be registered as Normal taxpayer/ Casual taxpayer/ SEZ Unit / SEZ Developer and must have a valid GSTIN; authorized signatory and his/ her phone number must be registered on the GST Portal; there is no pending liability of previous period tax, interest or late fee while filing Nil Form GSTR-3B; all GSTR-3B return of previous tax periods must be filed; and there must not be any data in saved stage, in the online version of Form GSTR-3B, on the GST Portal.

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Source: TaxScan.
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Clear picture of GST mop up in April to come by June-end: Finance Secretary

Clear picture of GST mop up in April to come by June-end: Finance Secretary

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Finance Secretary Ajay Bhushan Pandey on Wednesday said the clear picture regarding GST collections for April would emerge only by June 30 — the deadline by which businesses with up to Rs 5 crore turnover can file returns without any late fee and interest. The government had in March extended the deadline to file GST returns for taxpayers with turnover of over Rs 5 crore by 15 days till May 5 from the due date of April 20 without payment of any late fee and interest. However, a reduced rate of 9 per cent interest will be levied if the return is filed after May 5 till June 30.

For taxpayers with turnover up to Rs 5 crore, there would be no interest and late fee would be waived if filed within the stipulated deadline set in June.

Conventionally, the government releases GST revenue mop up numbers on the basis of collections in a particular month. Hence, the collection in April was due to be released on May 1.

To a query on why the April GST number has not been released, Pandey said, “You know that the GST filing dates has been extended. If it will be extended, we have said that returns can be filed till June, people who have turnover of more than Rs 5 crore they also got more time.”

“So after giving these extensions, a clear picture about the revenue collection we will get only by June 30. That’s why we have not yet released the figure. People who are able to file returns have paid GST and rest have time till June 30. It is only after June 30 that we will have a clear idea of the revenue collected,” he said.

In the 2019-20 fiscal, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) collection remained above the key Rs 1 lakh crore-mark for seven months out of 12. The collection stood at Rs 97,597 crore in March.

The real impact of the coronavirus lockdown on GST revenue will be reflected in the revenue collections of May (for business activity in April) as the country was in complete lockdown last month with only essential services permitted.

Experts said the GST mop up in May would mainly come from sectors like telecom, FMCG, food processing and pharma.

Pandey, who is also the revenue secretary, further said about Rs 11,000 crore GST refunds have been issued during April.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had launched a Special Refund Drive in April to clear pending GST and drawback refunds to help businesses tide over the liquidity crunch amid the COVID-19 crisis.

Source: Economic-Times

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