GSTR-1 enhancements & improvements :

The statement of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 is to be furnished by all normal taxpayers on a monthly or quarterly basis, as applicable. Quarterly GSTR-1 filers have also been provided with an optional Invoice Furnishing Facility (IFF) for reporting their outward supplies to registered persons (B2B supplies) in the first two months of the quarter. Continuous enhancements & technology improvements in GSTR-1/IFF have been made from time to time to enhance the performance & user-experience of GSTR-1/IFF, which has led to improvements in Summary Generation process, quicker response time, and enhanced user-experience for the taxpayers.

2.  The previous phase of GSTR-1/IFF enhancement was deployed on the GST Portal in November 2021. In that phase, new features like the revamped dashboard, enhanced B2B tables, and information regarding table/tile documents count were provided. In continuation to the same, the next Phase of the GSTR-1/IFF improvements is now available on the Portal.

3.  GSTR-1/IFF can be viewed as usual by navigating in the following manner :

Return Dashboard > Selection of Period > Details of outward supplies of goods or services GSTR-1 > Prepare Online

The following changes are being done in this phase of the GSTR-1/IFF enhancements :

(i) Removal of ‘Submit’ button before filing : The present two-step filing of GSTR-1/IFF involving ‘Submit’ and ‘File’ buttons will be replaced with a simpler single-step filing process . The upcoming ‘File Statement’ button will replace the present two-step filing process and will provide taxpayers with the flexibility to add or modify records till the filing is completed by pressing the ‘File Statement’ button.

(ii) Consolidated Summary : Taxpayers will now be shown a table-wise consolidated summary before actual filing of GSTR-1/IFF. This consolidated summary will have a detailed & table-wise summary of the records added by the taxpayers. This will provide a complete overview of the records added in GSTR-1/IFF before actual filing.

(iii) Recipient wise summary : The consolidated summary page will also provide recipient-wise summary, containing the total value of the supplies & the total tax involved in such supplies for each recipient. The recipient-wise summary will be made available with respect to the following tables of GSTR-1/IFF, which have counter-party recipients :

-    Table 4A : B2B supplies

-    Table 4B : Supplies attracting reverse charge

-    Table 6B : SEZ supplies

-    Table 6C : Deemed exports

-    Table 9B : Credit/Debit notes

4. It was previously intimated that this enhancement would be made available on the Portal shortly. It is to inform that these changes have now been implemented, and are available on the Portal. For detailed advisory & sample screenshots of the GSTR-1/IFF improvements & enhancements, please click here

Thanking you,

Team GSTN

GSTR-1 filing process simplified: single-step File Statement with consolidated and recipient-wise summaries before submission. The GST Portal replaces the two-step GSTR-1/IFF workflow with a single File Statement action permitting additions or edits until filing, and adds a pre-filing consolidated table-wise summary plus a recipient-wise summary for tables with counter-party recipients (B2B supplies, reverse charge supplies, SEZ supplies, deemed exports, and credit/debit notes).