Accounts Forum

The 42nd GST Council met under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman through video conferencing here today. The meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur besides Finance Ministers of States & UTs and senior officers of the Ministry of Finance& States/ UTs. The GST Council has made the following recommendations: 1.    Levy of Compensation Cess to be extended beyond the transition period of five years…

Read More Read More

1.‘e-invoicing’ for certain classes of taxpayers has come into effect from 1-10-2020. 2. Keeping in view the hardships faced by the taxpayers due to COVID-19 lockdown and as some of these taxpayers are still not ready, as a last chance, Government had given relaxation that invoices raised by notified taxpayers during October, 2020 without following e-invoice procedure (i.e. uploading invoice details on e-invoice portal (IRP), obtaining IRN and issuing invoice with QR Code) will be deemed to be valid and no penalty…

Read More Read More

1. Vide Circular No. 39/13/2018 dated 03.04.2018 an IT Grievance Redressal mechanism has been set up to address the difficulties faced by a section of taxpayers owing to technical glitches on GST Portal. The method of resolution of the difficulties will be approved by the GST Implementation Committee (GIC) which shall act as the IT Grievance Redressal Committee and shall approve and recommend to GSTN the steps to be taken for redressal of grievances. The relief could be in the…

Read More Read More

As per provision in Sections 7, 8 & 10 of the GST (Compensation to States) Act, 2017, the issue of pending GST compensation and future course of action to meet the GST compensation shortfall has been discussed in 41st GST Council meeting on 27.08.2020 in the light of the opinion given by Ld. Attorney General of India, wherein States were given two options to meet their GST compensation shortfall for current FY from market borrowing. This was stated by Shri Anurag Singh…

Read More Read More

1. Till now, original invoice number was mandatorily required to be quoted by the taxpayers, while reporting a Credit Note or Debit Note in Form GSTR-1 or Form GSTR-6. 2. The taxpayers have now been provided with a facility on the GST Portal to: Report in their Form GSTR-1 or in Form GSTR-6, single credit note or debit note issued in respect of multiple invoices Choose the note supply type as Regular, SEZ, DE, Export etc., to identify the table…

Read More Read More