GST Annual Return
Description
What is GST Annual Return?
Every year, all the taxpayers right from manufacturers, suppliers, retailers to consumers need to file GST returns. In this digital age, the government is also working towards innovation and automation due to which it has started the services for e-filing or online filing of GST returns on the GST portal.
You can now easily file the returns online with the help of applications and software that is introduced by the Goods and Service Tax Network. These progressive facilities offered by the government ease the filing process and auto-populates the details in GSTR forms.
Step-by-step process to file GST returns online
When it comes to filing GST return online, there is a very easy process.
Step 1: Simply visit the GST portal i.e. www.gst.gov.in
Step 2: Now acquire a 15-digit GSTIN (GST identification number) that will be allotted depending upon your state code and PAN.
Step 3: On the software or the GST portal, upload the applicable invoices. Against each invoice, you will be allotted an invoice reference number.
Step 4: Make sure you check all the errors as well as file the returns, once all the invoices, inward, outward return as well as cumulative monthly return is uploaded successfully.
Points to consider before filing the GST returns
- GSTR-1 is an outward supply return that needs to be furnished through the information section on the GST Common Portal by the 10th of every month.
- There are also chances that a supplier might not accept changes in the details of inward supplies which is given by the recipient in GSTR-1A.
- All the particulars of inward suppliers of taxable goods and services need to be given by the recipient in the GSTR-2 form.
- The supplier also has to give and ensure the availability of the details of outward supplies in GSTR-2A to the recipient.