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What are the types of Annual Return? Liability to file GSTR -9 Annual Return. |
What is GSTR – 9?
GSTR- 9 is an annual return to be filed every year by the GST payers who hold a GST registration in India. GSTR- 9 contains the detail information of the outward and inward supplies of the business the previous year under the tax heads of CGST, IGST, SGST as well as HSN codes of the goods.
GSTR- 9 is like a consolidated tax return of all the months and quarters filed by the business throughout the year. GSTR- 9 helps in the complete disclosure of the GST returns of the business and provides complete transparency of the details submitted.
What are the types of Annual Return?
There are four types of annual returns under the GSTR- 9 in India:
- GSTR- 9 is filed by every GST- liable business.
- GSTR- 9A is filed by registered, composite dealers (composition scheme).
- GSTR 9B is filed by e- commerce operators who collect TCS and have filed GSTR- 8.
- GSTR- 9C is by all the taxpayers whose aggregate turnover exceeds Rs 2 crores in a financial year and are liable to get their annual reports audited.
Liability to file GSTR -9 Annual Return
All taxable persons registered under Goods and services Tax, whether individuals, companies, LLPs or partnership firms, public or private companies, associations, trust, the body of individuals, or HUFs have to file their GSTR- 9.
Exceptions– who do not require filing GSTR 9(Annual Return):
- Composition dealers
- Input service distributors
- Tax deductor
- Tax collector
- Casual taxable person
- Non- resident taxable person.
What includes in GSTR – 9 Annual Return?
Annual return GSTR- 9 is divided into 6 parts, and each part contains different information relating to the business. These are as follows:
Part- I:
Details of the taxpayer, generated automatically.
Part- II:
Details of the outward and inward supplies declared during the financial year.
Part- III:
Details of the input tax credit declared in returns filed during the financial year.
Part- IV:
Details of the tax paid declared in the returns filed during the financial year.
Part- V:
Transactions for the previous financial year as declared in returns from April to September of current financial year or up to the date of filing of GSTR- 9 of the previous financial year, which ever is earlier.
Part- VI:
Other information:
- Demands and refunds of GST.
- HSN information of the goods supplied and received.
- Late fees to be paid.
- Segregation of inward supplies received from different types of taxpayers like Composition dealers, deemed supply and goods supplied on approval.
Difference between GSTR 9 and GSTR 9C
| Basis | Annual Return | GST Audit |
| Meaning | Annual return under GST is required to be filed as the summary of supply made during the financial year. | Purpose of GST audit is to verify the correctness of turnover declared by the person, taxes paid, refund claimed and input tax credit availed, and to assess the compliance with the provisions of GST. |
| Return | GSTR-9 | GSTR-9C |
| Condition | Required by all taxable person except the above specified | Required if the Turnover during the year exceeds amount 2 crores |
Due date of filing GSTR -9
The last date to file GSTR- 9 is December 31* of the following year. The due date for filing GSTR-9, GSTR 9A and GSTR-9C for the Financial Year 2018-19 is 30th September 2020
*Subject to notification by CBIC
Penalty for non- filing of GSTR -9
The penalty for late filing of GSTR- 9 is Rs 200 per day, per delay (i.e. Rs 100 under CGST and Rs 100 under SGST). This is subject to a maximum of 0.25% of the taxpayer’s turnover in the relevant state or union territory.
