What is GST Returns?

Gst returns are extensive reports that include information about the inbound and outward supply of goods and services, as well as tax paid and deducted. Some conditional returns may also include information regarding tax deducted at source and tax collected at source.Your sales, purchases, tax collected on sales (output tax), and tax paid on purchases will all be detailed in your GST return (input tax). You must pay the subsequent tax liability after filing GST returns (money that you owe the government).

The different forms of GST returns required the taxpayer to give the following information during the first filing process:

Outside Resources (Sales)
Internal Resources (Purchases)
GST On Production
taxes on input (Input Tax Credit)
Other Information (As May be Prescribed in the Document).

WHO IS RESPONSIBLE FOR GST RETURNS?

Depending on the type of business, all registered enterprises must submit monthly, quarterly, or annual GST Returns.

All taxpayers operating interstate or intrastate businesses in India are required to file GST returns in accordance with the guidelines established by the GST council and indirect tax department.
The following categories can be used to group different types of GST return forms:

1. GSTR 1

The record of all sales is GSTR 1. The suppliers will be required to report their outgoing supply using this form during the reporting month. All registered taxpayers are typically expected to file their taxes by the 11th of the following month.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 1?

The whole taxpayer population
Every month, GSTR 1 must be filed.
However, the taxpayer may submit on a quarterly basis if his total annual revenue exceeds INR 1.5 crores.

2. GSTR 2

A regular dealer must record all of the inward supplies made during the month on the Form GSTR-2. In general, all inbound supplies from registered enterprises, including those for which reverse charge tax must be paid, must be recorded at the invoice level.

The information on advances paid on supplies subject to reverse charge as well as the advance amount for which tax was paid in an earlier return period but the invoice was received in the most recent reporting period must be declared in addition to inward supplies.

3. GSTR 2A

GSTR-2A is an automatically generated statement that gives the receiver access to all the inbound supplies that your supplier disclosed on GSTR-1. The information will be made available after the return is submitted through the Portal. In addition to the information from GSTR-1, auto-populating data will also include the information from GSTR-5 (Supplies from Non-resident Taxable Person), GSTR-6 (ISD), GSTR-7 (TDS Deductor), and GSTR-8 (TCS collected by e-commerce operator).

Who needs to submit the GSTR 2A form?

It is an automatically filled-out form.

4. GSTR 3

The GSTR-3 is a consolidated monthly return that includes information on tax liabilities, tax collected on outgoing goods, and tax paid by registered persons on incoming supplies. Through the registered person’s GSTR-1 and GSTR-2, the process is automatically filled in. The system would be updating records without much operator interaction.

5. GSTR 3B

A registered dealer is required to submit GSTR-3B on a monthly basis. The objective of the return, which is a streamlined summary return of inward and outward supplies, is for taxpayers to declare their total unpaid GST liabilities for the tax period and to promptly discharge those liabilities.

Who should file form GSTR 3?

Every individual who has registered for GST must file the return GSTR-3B along with Nil returns.

5. GSTR 4 / GST CMP Form 08

GSTR-4 is a form that registered taxpayers who have chosen the composition scheme must submit once every three months (they are known as composition vendors). Taxpayers having disclosed income up to Rs. 1.5 crores can choose to participate in the Composition Scheme and pay taxes at a fixed rate on that income. Form GST CMP 08 has taken the place of the previous GSTR 4. The CMP-08 statement cum challan requests information about imports and exports, including the taxes paid on those imports and exports as well as the interest due.

Who is required to submit form CMP-08 (GSTR 4)?

Taxpayers who chose the composition plan

6. GSTR 5

Every registered non-resident taxpayer who is required to file a monthly return at the GST Portal must submit the GSTR-5 form. Suppliers that do not have a commercial presence in India but have traveled there temporarily to conduct business are considered non-resident taxable individuals.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 5?

Every non-resident taxpayer who has registered

7. GSTR 6

Every month, businesses that are also Input Service Distributors are required to file the Goods and Services Tax Return 6. This report must include information about the inbound supplies received from and purchases made from other registered taxpayers (B2B), as well as information about how input tax credits were allocated across the organization’s branches.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 6?

By each Distribution Service Input

8. GSTR 7

The GSTR 7 is a form or statement that is submitted by taxpayers who deduct tax from payments they make to vendors or suppliers for the inward supplies they have received. The specifics of the transactions from which TDS was deducted, along with a comprehensive list of your suppliers, must be included in your return.

Who needs to file a GSTR 7?

Every enrolled taxpayer who withholds tax from payments.

9. GSTR 8

E-commerce companies are required to submit GSTR 8 statements each month. It must include information on the supply that registered taxable persons and unregistered individuals made to customers through the taxpayer’s e-commerce portal, as well as the fundamental data about the clients and the amount of tax collected at source (TCS), tax payable, and tax paid.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 8?

by online store owners

10. GSTR 9

All GST-registered taxpayers are expected to submit their yearly returns in a specific format. The GSTR 9 is the form name. The information on the supplies made and received during the year under the various tax heads, CGST, SGST, and IGST, is contained in GSTR-9. It compiles the data provided in the monthly/quarterly returns for the specific year. The tax agency has always strictly complied with any violations of the law, and GSTR 9 is no exception. The taxpayer may incur significant costs if they fail to file GSTR 9 on time or do so after the deadline.

The GSTR-9 must be submitted by December 31 of the year prior. For the FY 2017–18, as an example, December 31, 2018.

11. GSTR 9A

The GSTR-9A is a streamlined yearly return that is submitted by business owners that have chosen the GST composition plan. This return contains each and every quarterly return that the compounding dealers submitted throughout that fiscal year.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 9A?

Those taxpayers who choose the composition plan.

12. GSTR 9B

GSTR-9B is the analysis of details filed in GSTR-8 by tax-payers registered as E-commerce operators under GST.
Who should file GSTR 9B?
To be filed by Electronic Commerce Operator

13. GSTR 9C

GSTR 9C is a statement of reconciliation between the data from the taxpayer’s audited yearly financial statements and the annual returns filed in GSTR 9 for a given fiscal year. The GSTR-9C return form must be submitted by registered taxpayers if their combined revenue exceeds Rs. 2 crores. A copy of the taxpayer’s audited annual accounts and reconciliation statements that compare the value of the supplies listed in the return provided for the financial year to those declared in the case in question must also be submitted.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 9C?

Taxpayers who are registered and whose combined revenue exceeds Rs.
People who must have their accounts audited under Section 35 of the CGST Act

14. GSTR 10

The Annual GST Return is not the same as GSTR 10. It is only ever submitted as the final GST return. If a registered taxpayer chooses to revoke their GST registration, they are required to file this return within three months of the cancellation date or the day the cancellation order was approved.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 10?

A taxpayer seeking to revoke their GST registration

15. GSTR 11

Every registered business or individual who receives a Unique Identification Number (UIN) is required to file the Goods and Services Tax Return 11 only in the months in which they make purchases for their personal use and receive a tax credit or refund.

Who needs to submit form GSTR 11?

Every person in possession of a Unique Identity Number (UIN) is required to file a GSTR-11 return.

16. GSTR 11

Every registered entity or individual who is given a Unique Identification Number (UIN) only during the months they buy things for their own consumption while simultaneously receiving a tax credit or refund on their purchases is required to complete the Goods and Services Tax Return 11.

Who is required to submit form GSTR 11?

All individuals who possess a Unique Identity Number (UIN) are required to file a GSTR-11 return.

Fines for filing GST returns after the deadline:

These guidelines have been established for the GST late filing penalty:

When a person fails to submit information on outgoing or incoming supply, a monthly report, or a final return by the deadline, they are subject to a GST penalty of INR 100 each day, and it can go up to a peak of rupees 5,000.
If an individual fails to submit the annual return by the deadline, the late filing penalty for GST is INR 100 per day, up to a maximum of a quarter of the individual’s revenue in the state where he is registered.