10 th April, 2018 The Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 has brought with itself a handful amendments and clarifications. Lately, the GST council decided to continue with filing of only two returns, i.e., GSTR 3B and GSTR 1, up to June 2018. A relatively simpler model for filing of GSTR returns is expected to be released soon. The payment of tax under reverse charge has also been deferred. The introduction of E- way bill w.e.f. 1 st April 2018 is expected to have a positive impact on the economy as the travel time and the number of compliance is expected to decrease. For intra-state movement of goods, the E-way Bill is to be implemented in phased manner, but not later than 1 st June 2018. There has been a number of other significant changes which have been incorporated in the document.
A. Extension of Due Dates for filing various Forms Sr. No. FORM Month Due Date 1 FORM GSTR-3B 1 May, 2018 20 th June, 2018 April, 2018 20 th May, 2018 2 3 FORM GSTR-1 2 For taxpayers having aggregate turnover of up to Rs. 1.5 Crores FORM GSTR-1 3 For taxpayers having aggregate turnover of more than Rs. 1.5 Crores June, 2018 20 th July, 2018 April June, 2018 31 st July, 2018 April, 2018 31 st May, 2018 May, 2018 10 th June, 2018 June, 2018 10 th July, 2018 4 FORM GSTR-6 4 July, 2018 April, 2018 31 st May, 2018 5 FORM GST TRAN-2 5-30 th June, 2018 An application for refund of tax paid on inward supplies of goods or services by specified persons (as per section 55 of the CGST Act) shall be made before expiry of eighteen months from the last date of quarter in which such supply was received. 6 B. Applicability of e-way bill E-way bill Rules are made applicable w.e.f. 01 st April, 2018 for inter-state movement of goods. 7 For intra-state movement of goods, various states have come up with the notifications which are summarized below: Sr. No. State Effective Date for applicability of e-way bill for Inra-State movement of goods 1 Karnataka 01 st April, 2018 8 2 West Bengal 01 st June, 2018 9 3 Orissa 01 st April, 2018 10 (If person needs more time to get acquainted with the e-way bill system, prescribed documents like tax invoice/bill of supply shall accompany the consignment)
In the State of Telangana, existing URL https://tgct.gov.in/tgportal is to be used for intra-state movement of goods until further notification. Delhi, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram & Meghalaya have not yet notified effective date for applicability of e-way bill for intra-state movement of goods. In the States other than those specifically covered above, e-way bill on intra-state movement of goods is not applicable as on date. C. Reverse Charge Mechanism 11 Reverse Charge Mechanism under GST on inward supplies received from unregistered dealers has been deferred till 30th June, 2018. D. Clarifications in respect of certain issues CBIC has explained details of IT-Grievance Redressal Mechanism which has been set up to address grievances of taxpayers owing to technical glitches on GST portal. Redressal Committee will essentially address problems with filing / amending of any statutory Form or Return that affect large section of taxpayers. 12 In respect of TRAN-1 issues, CBEC has clarified that: 12 o All such taxpayers, who tried but were not able to complete TRAN-1 procedure (original or revised) on or before December 27, 2017 due to IT glitch, shall be provided the facility to complete TRAN-1 filing o Last date of filing of TRAN-1 is not being extended in general and only the identified taxpayers shall be allowed to complete the process o Taxpayer cannot amend the amount of credit in TRAN-1 during this process o Taxpayers shall complete the TRAN-1 filing by 30 th April, 2018 and filing of GSTR-3B which could not be filed for such TRAN-1, by 31 st May, 2018 Procedures to be followed for sending goods for job work and the related compliance requirements for the principal and the job have been clarified by CBEC vide circular dated 26.03.2018 13 LUTs submitted online in FORM GST RFD 11 by the exporters shall be deemed to have been accepted as soon as an acknowledgement for the same, bearing the Application Reference Number (ARN), is generated online. 14
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