TaxTMI 
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Assessee permitted to rectify its GSTR-1 for FY 17-18 & 18-19 to avail ITC benefits
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....ssessee permitted to rectify its GSTR-1 for FY 17-18 & 18-19 to avail ITC benefits<br>By: - Bimal jain<br>Goods and Services Tax - GST<br>Dated:- 30-3-2023<br><br>The Hon'ble Orissa High Court in M/S. Y.B. CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD., VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS - 2023 (3) TMI 111 - ORISSA HIGH COURT has permitted the assessee to rectify the error of mentioning B2C instead of B2B in Form GSTR-1 a....
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....t the time of filing of returns, holding that the assessee would be prejudiced if it is not allowed to avail the benefits of Input Tax Credit ("ITC"). Directed the Respondent to receive the corrected Form GSTR-1 manually and upload the details on the web portal within 4 weeks. Facts: M/s. Y. B. Constructions Pvt. Ltd. ("the Petitioner") had committed a mistake while filing the GST Return under F....
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....orm GSTR-1 for the period 2017-18 dated October 16, 2017 and November 25, 2017 and for the period 2018-19 dated January 30, 2018 and March 30, 2019, wherein, B2C instead of B2B was mentioned. The Petitioner sought to correct the error in order to receive the ITC benefit from the principal contractor. The last date for rectifying the return was April 13, 2019. The Revenue Department ("the Responden....
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....t") stated that once the deadline for rectification of the Forms was crossed, then no further indulgence would be granted to the Petitioner. Being aggrieved, this Petition has been filed. The Petitioner contended that the error came to be noticed when the principal contractor held up the legitimate running bill amount of the Petitioner by informing it about the above error and thereafter it has ....
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....been making requests to the Respondent to permit it to make the corrections. Issue: Whether the Petitioner be allowed to rectify the error committed in Form GSTR-1? Held: The Hon'ble Orrisa High Court in M/S. Y.B. CONSTRUCTIONS PVT. LTD., VERSUS UNION OF INDIA AND OTHERS - 2023 (3) TMI 111 - ORISSA HIGH COURT held as under: * Noted that, allowing the Petitioner to rectify the mistake in its ....
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....GST Returns will not cause any loss to the Respondent, as there will be no escapement of tax, however, denying the request will prejudice the Petitioner, who is entitled to receive the ITC benefit. * Relied on the judgment of the Hon'ble Madras High Court in the matter of M/S. SUN DYE CHEM VERSUS THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER (ST) , THE COMMISSIONER OF STATE TAX - 2020 (11) TMI 108 - MADRAS HIGH CO....
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....URT, wherein, the plea of the assessee was accepted and it was permitted to file the corrected Form. * Permitted the Petitioner to resubmit the corrected Form GSTR-1. * Directed the Respondent to receive the corrected Form GSTR-1 manually and facilitate the uploading of the details on the web portal within 4 weeks. Our Comments: The above judgment brings up a significant issue concerning whe....
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....ther the assessee would be allowed to rectify the error while filing its Form GSTR-1. In this regard, recently, in a similar matter, the Hon'ble Orissa High Court in M/S. SHIVA JYOTI CONSTRUCTION VERSUS THE CHAIRPERSON, CENTRAL BOARD OF EXCISE & CUSTOMS AND OTHERS - 2023 (1) TMI 881 - ORISSA HIGH COURT had permitted the assessee to rectify its Form GSTR-1 filed for the months of September 2017 an....
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....d March 2018, in order to claim ITC benefit by the recipient, wherein B2C was erroneously mentioned, instead of B2B. It was held that, the assessee will be unnecessarily prejudiced if it is not allowed to avail the benefits of ITC. To know more, kindly watch our video "Legal Jurisprudence: B2B Supply wrongly shown as B2C - Credit denied to Buyers" || CA (Adv) Bimal Jain - https://youtu.be/MuYeNW5....
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....10E8 Further, the Hon'ble Karnataka High Court in M/S. WIPRO LIMITED INDIA VERSUS THE ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER OF CENTRAL TAXES BENGALURU, THE GOODS AND SERVICES TAX COUNCIL UNION OF INDIA, THE STATE OF KARNATAKA, M/S. ABB GLOBAL INDUSTRIES AND SERVICES PRIVATE LIMITED - 2023 (1) TMI 499 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT had allowed the assessee to rectify the errors committed at the time of filing of Forms a....
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....nd submitting GST Returns for FY 2017-2020. It was held that, the error committed by the assessee in showing the wrong Goods and Services Tax Identification Number ("GSTIN") in the invoices, which was carried forward in the relevant forms is a bonafide error, which has occurred due to bonafide reasons, unavoidable circumstances and sufficient cause. Hence, Circular No. 183/15/2022-GST dated Decemb....
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....er 27, 2022 ("the Circular"), which allows rectification of such bonafide and inadvertent mistakes, would be directly and squarely applicable. To know more, kindly watch our video "Karnataka HC: Relevance of Circular on Difference of Credit in GSTR 2A vs. GSTR 3B" || CA (Adv) Bimal Jain - https://youtu.be/cl0Isfns-Oo (Author can be reached at [email protected])<br> Scholarly articles for knowl....
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