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27th GST Council Meeting: Simplification of Returns, Reduction in GST Rate for Digital Transactions Other recommendations -

  1. New Return System
  2. All taxpayers except composition dealers and dealers having nil transactions shall file monthly returns and the due dates for filing the said returns shall be based on the turnover of the registered person.
  3. Composition dealers and dealers having nil transaction shall have facility to file quarterly return.
  4. There shall be unidirectional flow of invoices to be uploaded by the seller during the month. The invoices uploaded by the seller will be a valid document to avail input tax credit.
  5. There shall not be any need to upload the purchase invoices. However, the buyer would be able to continuously see the uploaded invoices during the month.
  6. It is to be noted that B2B dealers will have to fill invoice-wise details (containing HSN at 4-digit level) of the outward supply made by them wherein tax liability shall be automatically calculated by the system.
  7. The input tax credit will be calculated automatically by the system based on invoices uploaded by the sellers.
  8. Where payment of tax is not made by the seller, there shall not be any automatic reversal of ITC from the buyer. However, the authorities can make recovery by reversing the credit taken by the buyer in case of missing dealer, closure of business by supplier or supplier not having adequate assets etc.
  9. There shall be an online process for recovery of tax or reversal of input tax credit through issuance of notice and order.
  10. A seller who has defaulted in payment of tax above a prescribed threshold shall not be allowed to upload invoices in order to pass ITC to the buyer.
  11. The current system of GSTR-3B and GSTR-1 shall continue for a period not exceeding 6 months after which a new return facility for uploading invoice wise data and claiming ITC on self-declaration basis will be made available as in GSTR-3B.
  12. GSTR 2 and GSTR 3 shall continue to remain suspended.
  13. The dealers will also be informed about the gap in the provisional ITC claimed and the ITC available as per the invoices uploaded by the seller. At a later stage, the facility of provisional credit will get withdrawn and input tax credit will only be limited to the invoices uploaded by the sellers from whom the dealer has purchased goods.   
  14. Incentive to promote Digital Transactions
In order to promote cash less economy the Council has put forward a proposal where a concession of 2% in GST rate will be granted where the GST rate is 3% or more on B2C supplies for which payment is made through cheque or digital mode, subject to a ceiling of Rs. 100 per transaction, so as to incentivize promotion of digital payments to be evaluated by a Group of Ministers of State Governments before the next Council Meeting. The said reduction of rate shall be 1% each from applicable CGST & SGST rate.
  1. Imposition of Sugar Cess over and above 5% GST and reduction in GST rate on ethanol
  2. The council has proposed imposition of Sugar Cess for which a Group of Ministers from State Governments shall be appointed to look into the proposal and make recommendations.
  3. The council has also recommended reduction in rate of ethanol.
  4. Acquisition of shareholdings of GSTN from non-government institutions:
Presently, in GSTN the Central Government and State Government are holding 24.5% equity shares respectively and the remaining 51% are held by non-Governmental institutions. GST Council in its meeting suggested to acquire entire 51% of equity held by the Non-Governmental Institutions equally by the Centre and the States governments.

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