Below are the 10 things a businessman should consider before filling GST Return for the month of March 2021: 1. File GSTR-3B i.e., GST Return before 20 April or 22nd April as the case may be. To avoid late fees and penalties. 2. ITC reflected in GSTR-2A should be reconciled with books before filling GSTR-3b. If there is a difference between ITC in books and ITC reflected in GSTR-2A then the effect of such difference may be taken in March 2021 return.
This time in GST new things are in Tax Invoice. With effect from the 1st April 2021, All GST taxpayers will have to furnish HSN (Harmonized System of Nomenclature Code), or Service Accounting Code (SAC) in their Tax Invoices. Further if turnover in PYs is more than 50 Cr then E-invoicing is mandatory.
CBDT has notified the ITR-1 to ITR-7 for F.Y. 2020-21 and stated that no significant changes have been made to ITR forms as compared to the previous year to help the taxpayers and minimize compliance burden in view of the ongoing crisis due to the COVID pandemic.
now a taxpayer can know all the details about his purchaser before making any purchase from his supplier. This facility might work as an information exchange module between the recipient and supplier. Taxpayers and registered persons now can search GSTIN of any other taxpayer and view his profile in detail.
New provision says that; if turnover of the buyer is greater than Rs. 10 Cr. in P.Y., and purchase value is Rs. 50 lakhs or more from a single party, then the buyer needs to deduct TDS at 0.1% of such sum exceeding Rs. 50 Lakhs. Let us discuss about it in detail.
in the Union Budget 2021-22, senior citizen above 75 age are exempted from filing return of income subject to certain conditions. The banks on the other side, is required to deduct the requisite tax from the bank account of such senior citizen. It must be noted such assesses are not exempted from paying tax, they are only exempted from ITR filing.
Many GST taxpayers are getting notices for liability of late fees for delay in filing of GSTR-1. Why are such notices being issued by the GST department?
Central GST department has been issuing Show Cause Notices (SCNs) for differences in receipts as per Service tax returns & Income tax returns for different FYs- 14-15, 15-16 and so on. It seems Crores of rupees tax notices have been issued to taxpayers without proper evaluation, and even fulfilling the required law mandates. This is a critical topic to discuss upon.
Arjuna, after the pleads of many taxpayers & tax associations, the tax departments extended the due dates for compliances under Income Tax & GST. However, this is the third time that the Income-tax department has extended the due date for Income tax returns & audits. Plus it is the shortest extension provided in history over time.
Arjuna, the year 2020 has seen a large number of false transactions & malpractices of the taxpayers. Hence in the new year 2021, to curb malpractices used by taxpayers for tax evasion, the GST department is now implementing its new tools to brush out anomalies in the system.
