GST ANNUAL RETURNS

[SAFETAB LIFESCIENCE]

Dear Experts,

In our area Commercial Tax Department (now GST) friends and GST consultants are telling that only less than 10% of the assesses have filed GSTR 9 & 9C. What is the status in overall India. Is there any chance of the extending the due date for filing the same. Came to understand that Auditors are also struggling.

AI Summary

GSTR annual return filing deadline extended; practitioners urged to comply, reconcile HSN purchases, and press for procedural relief.
Widespread difficulty in filing GSTR 9 and GSTR 9C prompted an administrative extension of the filing deadline by ROD Order No.07/19 CT dated 26.8.19 to 30.11.19; commentators caution that extensions relieve short term pressure but may increase backlog. Major operational problems include onerous HSN wise purchase reporting and reconciliation mismatches between Table 8A and ITC as per GSTR 3B caused by supplier reporting errors. Contributors urge filing where feasible and making collective representations to the GST Council for procedural simplifications such as editable tables or relaxed HSN requirements.