Do you know there is late filing fees for GSTR-1 ?
As a GST practitioner you must
be aware about late fees for delayed filing of GSTR-1 (Yes, you are correct
GSTR-1!).
As per Section 47 of CGST Act,
2017, Any registered person who fails to furnish the details of outward or inward supplies required under section 37 or section 38 or returns
required under section 39 or section 45 by the due date shall pay a late fee of one hundred rupees for every day* during which such failure continues subject to a maximum amount of
five thousand rupees.
*Reduced to Rs. 25/- by
notification No. 4/2018 – Central Tax, dated 23/01/2018
Till the date of this article,
GSTN portal used to calculate late filing fees for GSTR-3B, but not for GSTR-1
and this loophole (?) lead casual approach towards filing of GSTR-1 among taxpayers.
But soon this habit of
taxpayers is going to be a costly affair. Notification No. 74/2019 – Central
Tax dated 26/12/2019, inserted a proviso:
“Provided
also that the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived for the registered
persons who failed to furnish the details of
outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 for the months/quarters
from July, 2017 to November, 2019 by the due date but furnishes the said
details in FORM GSTR-1 between the period from 19th December, 2019 to 10th January, 2020.
(As per my view, wording
should be not be like between 19th December 2019….)
So, in nutshell, file all your
pending GSTR-1 by 10th January, 2020, in order to save your hard-earn money and from
today itself be punctual in filing GSTR-1 as well.
#Read full text of the notification here:
http://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/gst/notfctn-74-central-tax-english-2019.pdf
Comments