The high court also revoked the cancellation of registration of the taxpayer on account of “non filing of Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns for 6 months. The court was hearing a writ petition .

“This case highlights the callous manner in which the assesses has been harassed by the respondents,” the court observed in the case.The indirect tax department had issued show cause notice to the assesses  for not filing GST returns. However, the tax department later accepted that the returns were filed and no dues were pending.“The show cause notice was completely vague and did not even point out as to what ground the reply was proposed to to be sought, the petitioner appeared and apprised that all the returns have already been filed,” the court observed.

The court also asked the tax officer to pay Rs 10,000. In view of the specific findings recorded above to the effect that the petitioner was unnecessarily harassed, the writ petition is allowed with a cost of Rs. 10,000/- to be paid to the petitioner within 30 days by the respondent no. 2 (tax officer) from his own salary,” the high court ruled.

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CBIC in a recent circular has laid down the special procedure to be followed against the non filers of GST returns.This also includes Recovery in GST if GSTR3B has not bee filed by you as per the provisions of the CGST Act.

To improve the compliance and increase revenue collection , dealers will be compelled to file Gstr3b by following the procedure.

If your return in Form Gstr3B is not filed even after the issue of order in GST ASMT 13 , recovery proceedings against you will be initiated.

Standard Operating Procedure detailed the steps to be taken for filing of GSTR3B.

Read Here : SOP for Non filers of GSTR3B

RECOVERY IN GST

As per the provisions of Gst Act , recovery proceeding will be initiated u/s 78 of CGST Act.

If amount mentioned in order passed under this act is not paid within 3 months section 78 will be levied.

To protect the revenue recovery can be done in the following ways as per section 79.

• Amount payable to you by officer can be deducted for the recovery.

• Recovery can be made by selling your goods which are under control of officer.

• If you have receivables , recovery can be made by that person from your dues for the defaulted amount.

• Recovery can also be made through selling pf movable or immovable property of such person who has defaulted.

• Recovery through collector of the address of the residence or business place of defaulted can also be made. For this certificate will be issued by the officer to the concerned collector of the area.

• Magisterial recovery can also be initiated against the person who is in default.

PROVISIONAL ATTACHMENT OF PROPERTY

Section 83 says that in order to protect the interest of revenue if it is necessary to do so, your assets of business, bank accounts may be attached in pursuance of writing order.

Any such attachment of any property or assets shall cease after the expiry of one year from date of attachment.

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This form is not required to be filed by a registered person having category as Input Service Distributor, Non-resident Taxable person , Composition dealer U/s 10 of CGST Act , Person responsible for deducting TDS U/s 51 of CGST Act , or person responsible for collecting TCS U/s 52 of CGST Act .

The due date to file this form is bifurcated and the small taxpayers have an option to file the return in Form GSTR1 quarterly.

The due date to file GSTR1 for persons other than small taxpayers and small taxpayers opting for monthly filing is 11^th of the following month .

For small taxpayers the due date for filing GSTR1 is the 30^th of the following quarter

Small Taxpayers means a taxpayer having aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year or during the current year for new registration less than one crore and fifty lacs .

The details furnished in GSTR1 by the supplier under B2B category in GST Portal shall be reflected in the corresponding GSTR2A of the recipient.

The form in GSTR1 may be amended by the supplier if any error , omission is committed in the month in which such mistake was identified . But the last date to amend the details of GSTR1 by a registered taxpayer shall be the earlier of the following dates :

The date of furnishing annual return in Form GSTR 9 OR

The date of filing return U/s 39 in Form GSTR3B for the September month following the year to which transaction is related to.

Currently , late fees has not been implemented in GST Portal for late filing of GSTR1 . The GST Council in his recent meeting has recently waived the late fee for filing GSTR1 from July 17 to November 19 if to is filed before 10.01.2020. After that late fees may be implemented for GSTR1 also in GST Portal.

Form GSTR2A – This is a read only document which is auto populated on the basis of GSTR1 filed by the supplier . The details which has been uploaded under B2B Category by the supplier is shown here . The form GSTR2A auto populates the purchase details , credit and debit notes details , TDS and TCS details , ISD Credits received details by the receiver . It also auto populates the amendment is respect of Purchase details and credit and debit notes uploaded by the supplier in his GSTR1.

At present , no action is required to be taken by the recipient on the basis of GSTR2A as it is a read only document .This document shows the status of filing GSTR1 by the supplier . Through this form the purchaser shall reconcile his claim of input tax credit on the invoices which were uploaded. The ITC of invoices which were not uploaded by supplier and not shown in GSTR2A shall be restricted to

20 % of uploaded invoices as per Rule 36(4). In the 38^th GST Council meeting this limit was reduced to 10% which awaits notification.

It can be downloaded in JSON as well as excel format for the purpose of reconciliation in the GST Portal.

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Form GSTR3B – This is the return form introduced as a temporary arrangement at the time of implementation of GST in India . Eventually, this return form GSTR3B has been made compulsory for filing in order to collect revenue and to ease the filing process of gst returns as mandated by the GST Act .

GSTR3B is a summary return in which every regular registered taxpayer has to furnish details pf outward supply made , claim Input Tax Credit in respect of purchase made , Pay the liability of reverse charge basis if any and declare the exempt supplies made and acquired during the tax period.

This form must be filed monthly before 20^th of the following month . The output tax liability shall be adjusted with the Input Tax Credit claimed and the net tax payable if any shall be paid in cash . The excess itc after adjustment shall be carried forward to next tax period .

Late fess for belated filing of GSTR3B is Rs 50 per day if there is transaction in  the tax period and Rs 20 if it is a NIL return .

Form GSTR4 – This is quarterly form for filing details of supplies by the composition taxpayers U/s 10 of CGST Act. This form was required to be filed upto FY 2018-19 which was replaced with Form CMP 08 from FY 2019-20 to ease the filing process.

In GSTR4 currently CMP 08 , only outward supply and inward supply liable to reverse charge on which tax liability has arisen shall be declared in the return form .

The GSTR4 is required to filed annually from the FY 2019-20.The due date to file GSTR4 was 18^th of following quarter in which the transaction was done . Now CMP 08 is required to be filed and the due date remains the same as for GSTR4 .

The due date to file annual GSTR4 is 30^th April following the end of Financial Year to which the transaction relates.

Form GSTR-5  The form GSTR5 is to be filed by the Non resident Taxable person . The due date to file GSTR5 is 20^th of following month to which the details pertain.

Form GSTR-5A – This form is to be filed by the person supplying online information and database access retrieval services by a person located outside India to a non taxable person in India. The due date to file this form is also 20^th of the following month.

Form GSTR 6 – This is form for distributing the Input on services by the Input Service Distributors to its branches. The due date to file this form is 13^th of the following month .

Form GSTR 7 – This form is required to be filed by every person registered in GST and is liable to deduct TDS as per the provisions of Section 51 of CGST Act. The details of tax deducted has to be uploaded in GSTR7 by the deductor before 10^th of the following month in which deduction was made.

Form GSTR8 – This form is required to be filed by every person registered in GST and is liable to Collect TCS as per the provisions of Section 52 of CGST Act. The details of tax collected  has to be uploaded in GSTR8 by the collector before 10^th of the following month in which collection was made.

Form GSTR9 – This is the annual return for the regular registered taxpayers in GST. It has to be filed by every registered person as per section 44 of CGST Act . For the FY 2017-18 and 2018-19 , it has been decided by CBIC that person having turnover below 2 crores will have an option to file this form .

The due date for filing GSTR9 was 31^st December of the following Financial Year . For FY 2017-18 date has been extended till 31.01.2020 in the GST Council meeting held on 18^th December 2019.

The due date for filing GSTR9 for FY 2018-19 has been extended till 31.03.2020.

Form GSTR 9A – This is the form for Annual return to be filed by every composition taxpayers in GST. The due date is 321^st December of the following Financial Year . For 1718 due date is extended till 31.01.2020 and for FY 1819 it is extended till 31.03.2020

Form GSTR9C – GSTR9C is a reconciliation and audit statement which shall be filed by the every registered taxpayers in GST if his aggregate turnover in the preceding financial year exceeds Rupees Two Crore .

Due date is same as for filing GSTR9.

Form GSTR-10 – This is the final return which must be filed by a person registered in GST in case of cancellation of GSTIN . This form must be filed within 90 days of the cancellation order.

Form GSTR11 – This is the statement of inward supplies by persons having UIN

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The taxpayers having turnover below 5 Crores may file the return form GST RET 1 Quarterly. The taxpayers having turnover more than 5 Crores shall file the return form GST RET 1 On monthly basis.

The first step to file GST Return in new system is to prepare the return filing profile depending on the turnover.

At the beginning of tax period, taxpayer has to update the profile by giving certain questions.

Firstly, Taxpayers has to declare, whether aggregate turnover during the previous fiscal was upto 5 Crores or not.

If the reply to above question is affirmative, then taxpayer will have an option to file quarterly or monthly returns in GST RET 1.

If the taxpayers opted for filing quarterly, then they will have 3 more options to choose between the return filing depending on the transactions.Taxpayers can choose between these three return forms

               Sahaj Return

              Sugam Return

              Quarterly Normal Return (GST RET 1)

Today we will discuss about the GST RET 1 return for both quarterly and monthly filers. Details required for both the category will be same only the periodicity of filing will be different .

Form GST RET 1 (Normal) Quarterly / Monthly Return

This return will have 9  Tables including the verification tab for taxpayers .

Table 1 and 2 requires the basic details of the taxpayers such as Gstin No and registration details such as Trade Name , Legal Name , ARN and Date of filing. These details will be auto pouplated by the GST Portal .

Table 3 is the summary of outward supplies, Inwards Supplies attracting reverse charge, debit and credit notes issued and tax liability on the same. Table 3 is divided into 5 Parts containing :

          Details of outward supplies,

          Details of inward supplies liable to reverse charge ,

          Details of credit and debit notes issued, advances received and adjusted , other                      reduction or adjustment in liabilities,

         Details of supplies having no liability, and

         Details of total value of supplies and tax liability there on .

Table 4 is the summary of inwards supplies for claiming Input Tax Credit on Purchases. It is divided into 5 Parts containing

           Details of Input Tax Credit based on auto population of Form GST ANX 1 by                             supplier , action taken in GST ANX 2 by recipient  and other claims.

          Details of Reversal of Input Tax Credits

          Details of Input Tax Credit available after adjusting the above details.

          Details of Input Tax Credit during the first two months of quarter. This field                              will be applicable only for quarterly filers.

          Last, the details of Net Input Tax Credit available. The amount in this table has                        to be bifurcated at capital goods and input services level separately.

Table 5 is the details for capturing TDS or TCS credit received by the taxpayers in electronic cash ledger for the said tax period

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Table 6 is for the interest calculation and late fees liability for late filers of return and late payment of taxes.

Table 7 is the Payment of Tax in which the liability for given period has to adjusted with Cash ledger and ITC ledger as the case may be. This table will accept the negative values of previous tax periods also. The amount of tax already paid earlier by quarterly filers will be adjusted through this table and the remaining liability will be paid through this column by creating challan or using ITC.

Table 8 is for the details of refund claimed from electronic cash ledger during the tax period .

Table 9 is for the verification purpose before filing the return.

This return form can be filed online as well as offline. The majority of the details in this form will be auto populated through the annexures form GST ANX 1 (Annexure for Outward Supplies) and GST ANX 2 (Annexure for Inward Supplies) and GST PMT 08 (Payment of Tax) statement for quarterly filers only.

The facility to file this return form GST RET1 as NIL will be provided to the taxpayers through sending SMS .

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GST COUNCIL MEETING AGENDA 

GSTR9 AND GSTR9C DATE EXTENSION

The GST Council to take big decisions regarding date extension for filing GST Annual return in Form GSTR 9 and GST Audit reconciliation statement in Form GSTR- 9C for FY 2017-18.The filing for annual and reconciliation statement is due on 31^st December 2019.

CBIC has recently simplified the forms for GSTR9 and GSTR9C but the simplified forms are not available till date. As per GST Portal, the expected date for releasing the new and simplified forms is 21^st December 2019. Keeping this it is highly expected that the council may take decision on extension of the filing for extra month till 31.01.2020.

GST WAYBILL RULES TWEAKING 

The GST Council meeting is also expected to extend the blocking rule of waybill for non-filing of GSTR1. Presently, only the returns in GSTR3B is taken into consideration for blocking of waybill. If the returns in GSTR3B for two consecutive tax periods has not been filed then gst portal blocks such GSTIN for generating waybill. Now, to improve the compliance and ensure filing of GSTR1 , it may be decided to extend the blocking for GSTR1 also.

If GSTR1 or GSTR3B for two consecutive were not filed the ewaybill facility will be blocked for such GST numbers.

GST CREDIT BLOCKING 

The GST Council is also expected to take a call regarding, blocking of Input Tax Credit by the Tax Official. This decision may be taken on the backdrop of fake claims of Input Tax credit in GST on the basis of fake invoices. Already 25 states are using this method to plug the claims of Input Tax Credit on the basis of invoices that are not valid.

It may also be decided that all the past claims which are not valid may be reversed in the Electronic credit ledger in GST Portal . The reversal of Itc has to be done along with interest @ 24% as per the provisions of Section 50 of CGST Act .

GST CREDIT TO BE CAPPED @ 10%

Another big change on the agenda of GST Council ahead of crucial meeting on 18.12.2019 is regarding the capping of Input Tax Credit on invoices that has not been uploaded by the supplier.

Recently, CGST Rules were amended to insert new provisions in Rule36 (4) , which says that the input tax credit in respect of invoices not uploaded will be capped at a maximum of 20% of invoices that has been uploaded. To understand this rule you may read this article also.

Now the decision may be taken to reduce the percent of 20% to 10% of valid and eligible invoices for which credit will be allowed in respect of invoices not uploaded.

GST RETURN DUE DATE EXTENSION 

GST council meeting scheduled to held tomorrow may also extend the due date for filing GST Returns in form GSTR3B , GSTR1 , GSTR7 ,. GSTTR8 for North Eastern states due to disturbances in these areas after passing of Citizenship Amendment Act. The due date for filing GSTR3B for November 2019 may be extended from 20.12.2019 to 31.12.2019.

For filing GSTR1 monthly for November 2019, due date may be extended from 11.12.2019 to 31.12.2019

For filing GSTR7 and GSTR8 for November 2019 ,  due date may be extended from 10.12.2019 to 25.12.2019.

GST AMENSTY SCHEME FOR NON FILIERS

GST council in a measure to give relief to tax payers and augment revenue, may allow filing of GSTR1 under GST amnesty scheme. Gstr1 may be allowed to file without any penalty from July 17 to November 2019 . This scheme will be applicable if all GSTR1 pending will be filed till 10.01.2020.

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GSTR1 filing Process has been defined in section 37(1) of GST Act. Every registered person, other than an Input Service Distributor, a non-resident taxable person and a person paying tax under the provisions of Section 10 or section 51 or section 52, shall furnish, electronically, the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both effected during a tax period in Form GSTR1. GSTR1 filing process is discussed in details below 

GSTR1 is required to file by every person as per section 37(1) even if there is no transaction or outward supply for a particular tax period or quarter.

In order to file NIL GSTR1 , a dummy entry in any column of online Form GSTR1 in GST Portal is required to be entered and the summary is required to be generated before filing the form. This process takes 20 to 30 minutes for filing a single GSTR1 even if it is NIL.

To solve this issue and save time in filing GSTR1 , Clear Tax has introduced  GST Companion Tool , by which a user can upload and file the GSTR1 for any given tax period either monthly or quarterly directly on a single click without any hustle . To understand the steps on how to file GSTR1 with Clear Tax refer video given below.

GSTR1 is required to be filed by a regular registered person quarterly if the aggregate turnover during the last financial year does not exceed Rs Two Crore and monthly filing is required if aggregate turnover is more than Rs two Crores or if turnover is less than two crores but opted for monthly filing.

Steps to file GSTR1 with Clear Tax :

Step 1 Signup with the tool using the details as required at the time of signing up.

Step 2 – Login with the credentials used for registration .

Step 3 – Add Client to the tool for filing gst returns.

Step 4 – Choose a client from the drop down and Select File NIL return   option.

Step 5 – Now click GSTR1 Nil Return TAB

Step 6 – Choose File with EVC or DSC to directly upload the GSTR1 data to GST portal by giving you user name and password for gst portal.

Step 7 – Once you click to file with Evc or DSC Clear Tax will automatically direct you to the portal for filing and will ask to generate GSTR1 summary after which filing can be done through EVC received on Email or Mobile.

Cross check the data before filing as this process cannot be reversed and once filed It will be final.

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