Deadline for Extended GST Annual Returns

Tax professionals from Gujarat have kept in touch with central and state governments that it is not possible to file GSTR-9, the yearly return of GST inside the set due date of June 30 thus the due date for filing the return ought to be extended. There are near 6.7 lakh enlisted traders in Gujarat, of which just a bunch of them have documented returns and the rest are not ready to filr returns as the auto-computation prompts mistaken sections, prompting over taxation of the dealers. While the form has an arrangement to build the tax liability, there is no arrangement for correction if a businessmen need to profit tax refund, which he neglected to before.

In a letter to finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman and also to experts of Central GST (CGST) and State GST (SGST), Gujarat Sales Tax Bar Association said that the utility for filing of the return was accessible pretty much a month prior and it isn’t possible for the businessmen or the tax professionals to get used to it. GSTBA president Urvish Patel revealed to DNA that the yearly returns get sustains from past returns filed by the purchaser and the seller. In case of mismatch, there will be blunder in filing of returns. “Businesses are concerned. They will finish up settling considerably more government tax than what they are required to. There is an unfair provision that a businessmen are not able to claim the Input Tax Credit (ITC), which they didn’t guarantee on prior event, yet there is an arrangement of paying tax if the credit has been falsely claimed before,” said Patel.

Tax professionals said that as a result of these inconveniences, just a little part of the businesses have filed their yearly return. There are near 6.7 lakh sellers in the state who have been enlisted under GST, however just around 2-3 percent of them have filed their returns, whose due date finishes on Jun 30. A senior authority in SGST division likewise admitted that very few annual returns have been filed up until now. Considering comparative circumstance in the past since the roll out of GST, he doesn’t rule out extension of due date for filing returns.

Former president of GSTBA, Varis Isani said that under the present organization there are high chances of making mistake while filing the return. “In spite of cases of the legislature that the returns are simple, they are in certainty very complicated. Additionally, there are no arrangements for correction or update,” he said. Unless proper reconciliation is affected, it could be an issue for stretched out litigation later-on to the un-accommodated returns or potentially qualified Audit Reports by auditors if proceeded as it were, said the letter.

Former president of GSTBA, Varis Isani said that under the present format there are high chances of making error while filing the return. “Contrary to claims of the government that the returns are simple, they are in fact very complicated. Moreover, there are no provisions for rectification or revision,” he said. Unless proper reconciliation is effected, it could be a matter for extended litigation later-on to the un-reconciled returns and/or qualified Audit Reports by auditors if proceeded as it were, said the letter.

Tax PRACTIONERS IRKED

Impractical to file GSTR-9 inside set due date, they say

  • June 30 – Deadline for yearly return closes
  • 6.7 lakh – Close to 6.7 lakh returns to be filed in the state
  • Evaluated 3% returns filed so far in the state
  • Experts fear litigations, if erroneous returns filed

 

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