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Recovery of interest for late GST payment needs to be adjudicated in case of dispute, says HC

Recovery of interest for late GST payment needs to be adjudicated in case of dispute, says HC

Goods & Services Tax (GST) authority cannot raise demand or initiate recovery of interest on late payment of tax without adjudication in case of a dispute, a High Court has ruled.

Amid lockdown, a division Bench of Jharkhand High Court, using video conference, delivered judgment to interpret certain Sections on the GST Act. These Sections deal with interest on delayed payment of tax (Section 50), determination of tax not paid or short-paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed of or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts (Section 73 & 74) and recovery of tax (Section 79).

“Liability of interest is automatic, but the same is required to be adjudicated in the event an assessee disputes the computation or very leviability of interest, by initiation of adjudication proceedings under Section 73 or 74 of the CGST Act. In our opinion, till such adjudication is completed by the Proper Officer, the amount of interest cannot be termed as an amount payable under the Act or the Rules,” the Bench said. Further, it ordered that without initiation of any adjudication proceedings, no recovery proceeding under Section 79 of the Act can be initiated for recovery of the interest amount.

Every GST assessee is required to file the return GSTR 3B (actual tax paid) after depositing the tax. Due date for completion of the process is 20 days from the end of month for businesses with turnover of more than ₹5 crore; for those with less than ₹5-crore turnover, the due date in some States/UTs is 22nd day and, in the remaining States/UTs, it is 24nd day from the end of month. Delay will result in interest being levied.

In the matter under consideration, the Jharkhand-based company Mahadeo Construction was saddled with interest of over ₹19.5 lakh for delayed filing of GSTR-3B returns for February and March 2018. The petitioner submitted that, according to GSTN portal, the due date for filing of the return for February 2017-18 and March 2017-18, was March 31, 2019. The returns for both months were filed within the stipulated date.

Bank account attached

However, as the petitioner submitted, the tax authority sent a demand for payment of interest amounting to over ₹19.5 lakh for filing the delayed GSTR-3B. Later, the bank account of the petitioner was attached for non-payment of interest. The petitioner further submitted that not only the respondent (authorities without initiating adjudication process) straight away demanded interest from the petitioner in a most arbitrary and illegal manner, by adopting extra legal steps, initiating garnishee proceedings under Section 79 of the CGST Act for recovery of interest.

A garnishee proceeding refers to a legal action where the creditor is allowed to collect due amount from the debtor’s bank account or any other means.

Responding to the petitioner’s submission, the respondent (tax authority) said that the present dispute pertains to recovery of interest not on the grounds of delay in filing GSTR-3B return, but for delayed payment of tax. Further, for the tax authority, once there is a delay in payment of tax, the liability to pay interest on the same becomes automatic, for which no separate proceedings are required to be initiated for determining such interest liability.

Source: The-Hindu-Business-Line.

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CBIC clarifies on issues under GST Law for Companies under IBC

CBIC clarifies on issues under GST Law for Companies under IBC

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has issued clarifications in respect of issues under GST law for companies under the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) in connection with the notification issued on  Saturday.

As per the Code, no coercive action can be taken against the corporate debtor for dues of the period prior to insolvency commencement date and such dues shall be treated as ‘operational debt’ for which claims may be filed by the PO before the NCLT in accordance with the provisions of IBC.

“The tax officers shall seek the details of supplies made/received and total tax dues pending from the corporate debtor to file the claim before the NCLT. Moreover, section 14 of the IBC mandates the imposition of a moratorium period, wherein the institution of suits or continuation of pending suits or proceedings against the corporate debtor is prohibited,” the CBIC Circular said.

Regarding the cancellation of GST registration of corporate debtor, the circular clarified that registration of an entity for which CIRP has been initiated should not be cancelled. However, the Proper Officer may suspend the registration. In case of cancellation of registration of an entity undergoing CIRP within the permitted time, the Circular advises that appropriate steps should be taken.

According to the circular, IRP/RP are not bound to file returns for the pre-CIRP period as the Code does not impose an obligation on them to comply with all legal requirements for period after the Insolvency Commencement Date.

For the purpose of the notification issued on Saturday, the corporate debtor who is undergoing CIRP is to be treated as a distinct person of the corporate debtor and shall be liable to take a new registration in the appropriate State/UT, the circular said.

“Further, IRP/RP appointed prior to the said notification shall take GST registration within thirty days of issuance of the said notification, with effect from date of his appointment as IRP/RP,” it added.

As specified in the Notification, it is mandatory for the IRP/RP to file returns under section 40 of the GST Act for the period it takes registration till the date on which registration has been granted.

With regard to the procedure for availing input tax credit for invoices issued to registered persons where IRP/RP has been appointed before issuance of NN 11/2020, the circular further clarified that the exception to the procedure stated under R. 36(4) as has been provided under Notification No. 11/2020 C.T. dated 21.03.2020 shall apply only for filing the first return. 

It was further clarified that the claim of refund of deposit in the cash ledger deposited by IRP/RP of erstwhile registration of the corporate debtor from the date of notification specifying the special procedure for corporate debtors undergoing CIRP, shall be available for refund to the erstwhile registration under the head refund of cash ledger, even though the relevant FORM GSTR-3B/GSTR-1 is not filed for the said period.

Source: TaxScan.

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CBIC notifies Due Date for Filing GSTR-3B from April 2020 to Sep 2020

CBIC notifies Due Date for Filing GSTR-3B from April 2020 to Sep 2020

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has notified the due date for filing Monthly Return GSTR-3B of the said rules for each of the months from April, 2020 to September, 2020.

In a Notification issued by CBIC said that, that the due date of return in FORM GSTR-3B of the said rules for each of the months from April, 2020 to September, 2020 shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the twentieth day of the month succeeding such month.

The Notification also said that, for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees five crore rupees 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, the return in FORM GSTR-3B of the said rules for the months of April, 2020 to September, 2020 shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the twenty-second day of the month succeeding such month.

The Notification also said that, for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees five crore rupees in the previous financial year, whose principal place of business is in the States 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, the return in FORM GSTR-3B of the said rules for the months of April, 2020 to September, 2020 shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the twenty-fourth day of the month succeeding such month.

Regarding the Payment of taxes for the discharge of tax liability as per FORM GSTR-3B, the notification added that, 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.

Presently the due dates of filing GSTR-3B returns for every taxpayer is 20th of every month. From now on, the last date for filing of GSTR-3B for the taxpayers having an annual turnover of Rs 5 crore and above in the previous financial year would be 20th of the month. Thus, around 8 lakh regular taxpayers would have the last date of GSTR-3B filing as the 20th of every month without late fees.

GSTR-3B is a monthly self-declaration that has to be filed a registered dealer from July 2017 till March 2020. Every person who has registered for GST must file the return GSTR-3B including Nil returns.

Source: TaxScan

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New upgraded IT system for GST by July, e-invoicing to be implemented from Oct 1

New upgraded IT system for GST by July, e-invoicing to be implemented from Oct 1

The GST Council on Saturday demanded Infosys to upgrade the Information Technology (IT) backbone by July 30. In the meantime, the council decided to defer introduction of e-invoicing till September 30.

Non-executive Chairman of Infosys, Nandan Nilekani, who made a presentation before the Council on Saturday has suggested that in order to smoothen the rollout of the new return system, and to ensure a better uptake, the transition may be made in an incremental manner. He suggested that the process may be initiated by addressing the compliance related issues first, so that the problem of tax evasion and gaming of the system due to non-linking of FORM GSTR-1 and FORM GSTR-3B is addressed immediately.

Nilekani informed the Council that to augment the capacity of the IT system to concurrently handle 3 lakh taxpayers from the present level of 1.5 lakh taxpayers, hardware procurement process has been initiated, which is slightly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic. He sought time till January 31, 2021 to complete the task. However, the Council decided to cut short the time to July 30, 2020.

To support the timely implementation of various initiatives, the Council gave a go ahead for deployment of additional manpower (60 in number) on T&M (Time and Material) basis and assured that both on procurement of additional hardware and hiring of manpower, expeditious approvals would be given. However, the GST Council insisted on immediate removal of technical glitches in filing returns.

Considering proposed change in the IT system, it has been decided to implement e invoicing system from October 1, while new return will also be introduced from the same date. Earlier, April 1 was the date for these two aspects.

Annual Return

Meanwhile, the Council decided to give relaxation to MSMEs (Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises) from furnishing of Reconciliation Statement in FORM GSTR-9C, for the financial year 2018-19, for taxpayers having aggregate turnover below ₹5 crore. Due date for filing the Annual return and the Reconciliation Statement for financial year 2018-19 has been extended to June 30 and late fees not to be levied for delayed filing of the annual return and the Reconciliation Statement for financial year 2017-18 and 2018-19 for taxpayers with aggregate turnover less than ₹2 crore.

MS Mani, Partner at Deloitte India said that the approach of the GST Council to proceed with changes in returns and e-invoicing on an incremental basis would permit businesses to embrace these changes in a calibrated manner. Introduction of multiple changes from April 1, as was proposed earlier , would have put added pressure on businesses, which have been grappling with multiple business and regulatory headwinds. “The concerted efforts to overcome the technology challenges faced by businesses in GST would result in more businesses coming under the ambit of GST,” he said.

Rajat Bose, Partner at Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co said that deferment of introduction of new return formats and E-invoicing to October 2020 should give enough time to the industry for getting their systems in place.

Interest on delayed payment

Giving relief to businesses, the council decided Interest for delay in payment of GST to be charged on the net cash tax liability with effect from July 1, 2017. For this law will be amended retrospectively.

Parag Mehta, Partner with NA Shah Associates, said substantial litigation was expected due to notices issued by the department to recover interest in case of late filing of GST returns on liability paid by utilising Input Tax Credit. The issue is now settled as GST council has proposed to charge interest only on the net amount i.e cash liability and amend the law retrospectively. “This will almost nullify the recovery notices for interest amounting to ₹49,000 crore,“ he said while adding that it is a valid and required amendment.

Source: The-Hindu-Business-Line

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GST collections for February stand at Rs 1.05 lakh crore, fall short of target

GST collections for February stand at Rs 1.05 lakh crore, fall short of target

Goods and services tax collections for February stood at Rs 1.05 lakh crore, falling short of the Rs 1.15 lakh crore target set by the government but grossing 8% more than the revenue collection for the same month last year.

It was the fourth consecutive month when GST collections crossed Rs 1 lakh crore.

Of the total Rs 1,05,366 crore , the central GST stood at Rs 20,569 crore, state GST at Rs 27,348 crore and integrated GST at Rs 48,503 crore, which included Rs 20,745 crore collected on imports, the revenue department said in a statement on Sunday.

The GST cess stood at Rs 8,947 crore, including Rs 1,040 crore collected on imports.

The total number of GSTR 3B Returns filed for the month of January up to February 29, 2020 was 8.3 million, the department said.

The revenue department had in January reset the target for GST collections to Rs 1.15 lakh crore for February and Rs 1.25 lakh crore March. The targets were earlier Rs 1.1 lakh crore for each month.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has been on a war footing to augment collections by reducing input tax credit (ITC) fraud. Field formations of GST authorities have been asked to focus on identifying fraudulent ITC claims while weeding out miscreants that may use fake invoices or inflated or fake e-way bills. Recently, several thousands of notices have been issued by authorities asking companies to reverse ITC which has been wrongfully claimed.

Tax authorities has also been mandated to use data analytics to check mismatch of supply and purchase invoices, mismatch in return filings, over invoicing, excess refunds availed, patching the tax leakages, fake or huge ITC claims, and refunds under inverted duty structure.

Experts said the consecutive collections of Rs 1 lakh crore was an encouraging sign for the economy, and expected collections to stabilise at this level going forward.

“The GST collections continuing at above the Rs 1 lakh mark is quite an encouraging situation for the Indian economy,” said Abhishek Jain, tax partner at EY. “One possible significant reason linked to reasonable collections is the differential liabilities discharged by businesses in reference to the observations in GST annual returns and audit for 2017-18; which was due in January 2020,” he said.

MS Mani, partner at Deloitte India, said, “These numbers indicate that the GST collections are becoming stable, with new changes like e-invoicing and new returns slated for next month, more stability is expected in future.” GST authorities would now go all out to enhance the March collections so that the deficit is reduced to the extent possible, he said.

In its statement, the revenue department said the government settled Rs 22,586 crore to CGST and Rs 16,553 crore to SGST from IGST as regular settlement. The total revenue earned by the Centre and all the states put together after regular settlement was Rs 43,155 crore and Rs 43,901 crore, respectively.

GST revenues during February from domestic transactions showed a growth of 12% year on year, the department said. Taking into account the GST collected from import of goods, the total revenue increased by 8% on year while GST on import of goods declined by 2% on year.

Source: Economic-Times.

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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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ITC-invoices mismatch: Huge sums sought as GST credit denied

ITC-invoices mismatch: Huge sums sought as GST credit denied

The Goods and services tax (GST) authorities have blocked input tax credits (ITC) claimed by thousands of businesses to the extent these claims are not corroborated by invoices uploaded by their suppliers, multiple tax practitioners and businesses told FE.

While the government had indeed announced that the credit restrictions would be implemented from January 1, for most of the affected businesses, especially for smaller ones, the move could result in a serious cash crunch, as they can now meet the tax liability for the rest of FY20 only through cash.

Though no estimate is available of how much the blocked ITCs would add up to, given that the credits to thousands of firms have been curtailed and the amount in a large number of cases are in crores, credits worth many thousands of crores appear to have been denied.

Among the firms whose unmatched ITC claims have been blocked in their electronic cash ledger are social media giant Facebook. Godrej Housing, Duroflex are too among who have been hit by the policy. An email sent to Facebook remained unanswered.

An analysis by the GST department showed that as much as 39% or Rs. 2.5 lakh crore of ITC claimed by taxpayers in FY18 remained unmatched with the invoices uploaded by their suppliers. Though the gap had come down to 13% (Rs. 1.7 lakh crore) in FY19, it was still very large and unacceptable to the department.

The government’s stated intent behind the move is to curb credit claims based on fake invoices. The move could improve GST collections significantly for the next two months owing to increased cash payment by taxpayers and aid the government’s efforts to bridge the perceived tax revenue shortfall (against the revised estimate in the Budget). However, experts said that gains to the exchequer could gradually taper off as large number of missing invoices will get reconciled at a later stage. All unmatched invoices cannot be attributable to fraudulent practices, tax experts feel.

In October, the government inserted a a clause in GST rule saying that a taxpayer filing GSTR-3B (monthly summary return) can claim provisional input tax credit only to the extent of 10% of the eligible credit available in GSTR-2A. The eligible credit is only against those invoices which show up in a taxpayer’s GSTR-2A, which is possible only if the said assessee’s suppliers file and upload all relevant sale bills in their GSTR-1 (which contains details outward supplies).

If ITC claimed by a taxpayer in GSTR-3B for a given month is, say, Rs 100 and the invoices uploaded by the suppliers are only worth Rs 80, then ITC of Rs 20 does not show up in GSTR-2A in the form of corroborating invoices. So the total credit available to the taxpayer in the case will be Rs 88 (i.e. Rs 80 plus 10% of Rs 80).

Another expert said that the variance between credit claimed in self-declared monthly GSTR-3B and GSTR-2A return could also arise from various issues including non-availability of qualified manpower to match invoices on a monthly basis, technical glitch in tax filings and the MSME filers filing GSTR-1 on a quarterly basis. Late filing of GSTR-1 also leads to mismatch as suppliers’ invoices don’t show up for matching. The compliance rate for GSTR-1 filing has hovered around 65-70% in recent months.

“Tax credit blockage by tax officers without any notice and hearing is spreading tax terrorism at the grass root level, although it is expected to pump up the revenue collections in February and March. However, this would be mitigated in succeeding months,” Rajat Mohan, senior partner at AMRG & Associates said.

Additionally, the GST administration has also started clamping down on taxpayers which have not filed GSTR-3B for long periods of time by asking the assessees’ bank to freeze their account. Tax practitioners said that several such notices have been received by assessees. One such notice seen by FE has raised a payment demand on the bank branch used by Hyderabad-based assessee. It asked the banks to ‘attach all the current/savings A/c./FDR/TDR and lockers’ of the taxpayer who has failed to file GSTR-3B for 20 months and owes Rs 1 crore in taxes.

Source: Financial-Express.

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Start recovering Rs 46K-Cr unpaid interest on delayed GST payments

Start recovering Rs 46K-Cr unpaid interest on delayed GST payments

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has directed principal chief commissioners and chief commissioners to begin recovery of nearly Rs 46,000 crore of unpaid interest on delayed goods and services tax (GST) payments.

The direction which requires officials to report on the recovered amount within a week starting February 10, comes at a time when GST collection target for February and March have been revised to Rs 1.15 lakh crore.

“Interest payable on such delayed payment of tax can be recovered under the provisions of section 79 of the CGST Act read with section 75(12) which provides for various methods by which the proper officer shall proceed to recover any amount which is payable to the government,” CBIC member AK Pandey has said in the letter dated February 10. ET has seen a copy of the letter.

The letter has directed the field offices to, “initiate the process of recovery of such unpaid interest as per the provision of section 79 read with section 75 (12) of the Central GST Act.” It has also clarified that interest is required to be paid on total amount of tax liability.

A senior official said that while the period of unpaid interest begins from the time GST was implemented and goes on till date, the direction to recover that amount was well within the legal ambit, since the liability for paying the interest on delayed tax payments was on the taxpayers.

List of people or entities that have not paid the interest while filing their GSTR 3B forms late has been shared by the Principal Additional Director General (Systems). The department wing had also found that Rs 45,996 crore is the unpaid interest amount.

Tax experts said that the move was likely to trigger litigations with taxpayers challenging the demands, since the government had at the time of migration to the new indirect tax regime waived off interest and penalties for filing their tax returns.

“There will recovery proceedings for this leading to widespread tax litigations and inconvenience to taxpayers,” said Rajat Mohan, senior partner .

Source: Economic-Times

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CBIC starts process of Recovery of ineligible Input Tax Credit

CBIC starts process of Recovery of ineligible Input Tax Credit

In a Circular issued by Board, Thiruvananthapuram directed to recovery the ineligible Input Tax Credit is to be initiated immediately and an Action Taken Report and results achieved in this regard are to be furnished to the office.

Section 16(4) of the CGST Act, 2017 prescribes that “A registered person shall not be entitled to take CBIC input tax credit (ITC) in respect of any invoice or debit note for supply of goods or services or both after the due date of furnishing of the return under Section 39 for the month of September following the end of Financial Year to which such invoice or invoice relating to such debit note pertains or furnishing of the relevant annual return, whichever is earlier.”

For FY 2017-18, the same was linked to last date of submitting FORM GSTR- 1 (extended up to 10.04.2019 for regular Taxpayers and 30.04.2019 for the Taxpayers eligible to file GSTR- 1 Statements quarterly), For 20 1 8- 19, the last date of availing of credit thus was 20.10.2010, As such, if any of the registered persons were to file any return in respect of the last two financial years (2017-18: July 2017-March, 2018 and 2018-19).

The time limit as specified in Section 16(4) is linked to Section 39 of the CGST Act, 2017 and “GSTR – 3B” cannot be considered as a return to be filed under Section 39 of the CGST Act, 2017. The return as specified under Section 39 is “GSTR – 3” and not “GSTR – 3B”, the time limit for such returns have been deferred till date and not been notified.

After the due dates as mentioned above, no credit could have been availed except in respect of IGST paid on import of goods by such registered persons. Therefore, any credit availed in these returns is recoverable.

The board directed to take necessary action to recover the ineligible input tax credit (ITC) is to be initiated immediately and an Action Taken Report and results achieved in this regard are to be furnished to board office by 05.02.2020.

Source: taxscan

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CBIC simplifies filing of GSTR-9C ahead of deadline

CBIC simplifies filing of GSTR-9C ahead of deadline

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs ( CBIC ) has made simplification in the filing of GSTR-9C ahead of the deadline.

The CBIC said that,  It’s not mandatory to attach cash flow statement. Instead of ‘True & Correct’ opinion Auditor required to give ‘True & Fair’ opinion.

The CBIC also said that, Table 14 made optionally and Option provided not to fill ‘ITC booked in previous FY claimed in current FY; and, ITC booked in current FY to be claimed in next FY’, in Table 12.

Every registered person whose aggregate turnover during a financial year exceeds two crore rupees shall get his accounts audited as specified under sub-section (5) of section 35 of the CGST Act, and shall furnish a copy of the audited annual accounts and a reconciliation statement, duly certified, in FORM GSTR-9C.
Due Date for furnishing GST Annual Return and Reconciliation Statement (GSTR-9 / 9A and GSTR-9C) for FY 2017-18 to January 31st, 2020.

The CBIC also added that, Option provided not to fill unbilled revenue, unadjusted advances & other entries in Table 5. Any adjustments requiring reporting can be entered in Table 5 0.
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 & 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.

Earlier, the CBIC had said that the Balance sheet and Profit & loss statement/income & Expenditure Statement keywords used in office network firewall/content security filter firewall to deny upload of such files/content as these contain sensitive information.

Source: Tax-Scan

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