Form GSTR 3B is the first return of GST regime to be filed by registered dealer and not composition dealer. This online return pertaining to the period of July 2017 needs to be filed by 20-8-2017. This is the summary return of aggregate turnover of taxable supply, exempt supply, export supply and non levy supply and also tax payable. This return can be accessed on gst.gov.in
Provisional Ids and Access Token of Phase 9 dealers, are now made available by GSTN. Dealer can obtain their Provisional Ids from department’s portal www.mahavat.gov.in, using their login credentials. The list of all such dealers is published under GST Tab on Mahavat portal.
Notification No. 16/2017 – Central Tax dated 7th July, 2017 specifies conditions to be fulfilled for export under Letter of Undertaking (LUT) in place of bond. In the extant Central Excise provisions, LUTs were limited to manufacturer exporters only.
With the exemption to the SSI sector being drastically reduced from the existing Rs.150 lakh to Rs.20 lakh, the exemption cover enjoyed by many of the Khadi Institutions (KIs) has been removed. KIs are now mandated to obtain registration under GST and also pay GST on various Khadi products which is 5%.
Loans and advances are used together and in common parlance deemed to be synonyms of each other but as per various judicial decisions there is a clear line of demarcation between the two terms.
It has also been instructed that LUT/bond should be processed on top most priority and should be accepted within a period of three working days from the date of submission of LUT/bond. I hope that the issuance of this circular will bring more clarity regarding exports in the GST regime.
Before moving to file GSTR-3B we need to understand why GSTR-3B is required to be filed by a normal taxable person instead of GSTR-1, GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 for the first two month (i.e. July and August, 2017.
