Changes In GST : Rates, Due Dates, Return Filing

Changes in GST that will impact your business

In a major overhaul under the GST, there are changes in GST that will impact your business. It’s important for you to remain updated with them so that you don’t do lose out anything or do any wrong for your business as well as customers.

Bringing smiles for consumers, as many as 178 items of daily use were shifted from the top tax bracket of 28 per cent to 18 per cent, while a uniform 5 per cent tax was prescribed for all restaurants, both air- conditioned and non-AC.

Other compliance changes are:

Revision in Late fee

1) For nil return from 200 Rs per day to Rs 20 per day
2) For others , The late fees Has been revised from Rs 200 to Rs 50 Per day

Revision in Timelines for filling return

GSTR 2 & 3 is abolished till March 2018

For Asseses having Turnover upto Rs 1.5 Cr will file
1- GSTR 3B monthly
2- GSTR 1 – Quarterly

For assesses having Turnover more than 1.5 Cr will file
GSTR 3B- Monthly filling by 20th of the following month.
GSTR 1- Monthly

Revision in overall due dates

Invoices for Nov, 2017 to be filed by Jan 10, 2018

Similarly, Invoices for Dec, 2017 needs to be filed by Feb 10, 2018

Invoices for Jan 2018 to be filed by March 10, 2018

GSTR 4 shall have to file there return 24th December 2017. Form for GSTR 4 is already available online

GSTR 5- 11th Dec 2017
Trans 1 – 31st December 2017

Changes in Composition Scheme

COMPOSITION dealer shall have uniform rate of 1% for manufacturer and traders.

COMPOSITION SCHEME will cover services of up to Rs 5 Lakhs in addition to the goods.

Threshold limit for COMPOSITION SCHEME will increase to 2 Cr (Necessary amendments will be made in act).

The aggregate turnover will only cover the taxabale supplies and not exempt supplies for the purpose of computing tax @1%/5%.

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* In the current year, all taxpayers will have to file only GSTR-1.

* New GST rates will come into effect from November 15

* Nobody can charge tax over and above MRP

* Taxpayers with annual aggregate turnover more thanRs. 1.5 croreneed to file GSTR-1 on monthly basis as per following frequency:

Due dates for furnishing forms

File GST Return : Know all about GST Return [Complete Guide]

1. What is a GST Return?

A return is a document containing details of income which a taxpayer is required to file with the tax administrative authorities. This is used by tax authorities to calculate tax liability.

Under GST, a registered dealer has to file GST returns that includes:

Purchases
Sales
Output GST (On sales)
Input tax credit (GST paid on purchases)

To file GST return , GST compliant sales and purchase invoices are required. You can generate GST compliant invoices for free on CA In Delhi

2. Who has to file GST Returns?

In the GST regime, any regular business has to file three monthly returns and one annual return. This amounts to 37 returns in a year.
The beauty of the system is that one has to manually enter details of one monthly return – GSTR-1. The other two returns – GSTR 2 & 3 will get auto-populated by deriving information from GSTR-1 filed by you and your vendors.
There are separate returns required to be filed by special cases such as composition dealers.

3. What are the types of GST Returns?

3.1. Any regular business:

Return Form	Particulars	Interval	Due Date
GSTR-1	Details of outward supplies of taxable goods and/or services effected	Monthly*	10th of the next month
GSTR-2	Details of inward supplies of taxable goods and/or services effected claiming input tax credit.	Monthly*	15th of the next month
GSTR-3	Monthly return on the basis of finalization of details of outward supplies and inward supplies along with the payment of amount of tax.	Monthly*	20th of the next month
GSTR-9	Annual Return	Annually	31st December of next financial year
GSTR-3B	Provisional return for the months of July to December 2017	Monthly	20th of the next month

3.2. A dealer opting for composition scheme :

A composition dealer will enjoy the benefits of lesser returns & compliance along with payment of taxes at nominal rates. A composition dealer will file only 2 returns:

Return Form	Particulars	Interval	Due Date
GSTR-4	Return for compounding taxable person	Quarterly	18th of the month succeeding quarter**
GSTR-9A	Annual Return	Monthly	31st December of next financial year

4. Late Fees for not Filing Return on Time

If GST Returns are not filed within time, you will be liable to pay interest and a late fee.

Interest is 18% per annum. It has to be calculated by the tax payer on the amount of outstanding tax to be paid. Time period will be from the next day of filing (26th/ 29th Aug) to the date of payment.

Late fee is Rs. 100 per day per Act. So it is 100 under CGST & 100 under SGST. Total will be Rs. 200/day. Maximum is Rs. 5,000. There is no late fee on IGST.

5. Who Can Help Me To File GST Return

You can find a list of professional Chartered Accountants in Delhi at CA In Delhi‘s home page. You can choose from a list of available CA’s and get your GST return filed with ease. So don’t worry and navigate to home page and connect with chartered accountants to file GST return.

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