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Implemented in India from 1st July 2017, the Goods and Services Tax (GST) is a comprehensive indirect tax levied on the manufacture, sale, and consumption of goods and services throughout India. Over 1.3 crore businesses in India have been registered and issued GST registration under the new GST regime. The entities registered under GST must file annual returns as per the scheduled GST return due date. GST annual return filing is mandatory for all entities with a turnover of more than two crores required to obtain GST registration, irrespective of the business activity or sales or profitability during the return filing period. Hence, even a dormant business that gets GST registration must file GST returns.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Incorporation<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

GSTR 9 is the annual return that is to be filed yearly by the taxpayers registered under GST. GSTR 9 consists of details regarding the outward and the inward supplies made or received during the relevant financial year under CGST, SGST, and IGST. It is a consolidation of all the monthly\/quarterly returns filed in that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

The due date for filing Form GSTR-9 (Annual Return) and Form GSTR-9C (Reconciliation Statement) for financial year 2019-2020 has been extended up to 31st March 2021 based on the pandemic situation. The Government has also decided to simplify these forms by making various fields of these forms optional.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Before filing GSTR 9, the taxpayer must file all GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, or GSTR 4 returns. In case of over dues, the GSTR registration holder will not be allowed to file an annual GST annual return.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GSTR-9 is broadly divided into six parts and 19 sections. Each part asks for the details that are readily available from previously filed returns and books of accounts. This form asks for disclosure of annual sales, bifurcating between the cases subjected to tax and those not subjected to Tax. The annual value of the inward supplies and ITC availed thereon is to be revealed. Further, these purchases have to be classified as inputs, input services, and capital goods. Details of ITC that need to be reversed due to ineligibility are to be entered.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

GST annual return filing can be divided into three types based on the form to be filed as under:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n