Summary: The Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has enabled the filing of annual returns in Form GSTR-9 and Form GSTR-9C for the financial year 2025-26 on the GST portal with effect from 8 October 2026. Taxpayers intending to file their annual returns should ensure that all applicable returns in Form GSTR-1 and Form GSTR-3B for FY 2025-26 have been filed. Completion of these filings is necessary to enable access to the GSTR-9/9C tile on the GST portal. Taxpayers who require assistance with filing their annual returns have been advised to raise a support ticket through the GSTN helpdesk self-service portal. The advisory, issued on 13 October 2026, provides an update on the availability of the annual return forms and highlights the prerequisite filings that taxpayers must complete before accessing them. Taxpayers should verify that the relevant periodic returns for the financial year have been filed and seek assistance through the prescribed helpdesk channel if they encounter difficulties.
Goods and Services Tax
Government of India, States and Union Territories
Annual Returns in the form of GSTR-9/9C for FY 2025-26
Oct 13th, 2026
Dear Taxpayer
Annual Returns in the form of GSTR-9/9C for FY 2025-26 have been enabled on the GST portal from 8th October 2026. Please ensure that all returns (GSTR 1 and GSTR 3B) for FY 2025-26 are filed to enable the tile of GSTR-9/9C. Further, in case of any assistance in filing the Annual Returns, the taxpayers are advised to raise a ticket on GSTN helpdesk at
https://selfservice.gstsystem.in/.
Thanks,
Team GSTN
