Reading Time: 3 minutesINTEREST CALCULATOR IN GSTR3B,  To facilitate taxpayers in doing self-assessment, the new functionality of interest calculator is being released in GSTR-3B. This functionality will assist taxpayers in calculating the interest applicable for delayed filing of returns. Taxpayers will have to verify and discharge the correct interest liability as per law, as payment of interest is
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Reading Time: 4 minutesRevamped Search HSN Code Functionality, Goods and Services Tax Network (GSTN) has revamped the  ‘Search HSN’ functionality has been  by linking it with e-invoice database and Artificial Intelligence tools in the following ways: 1. The Search HSN Code functionality has been enhanced, where the taxpayers can search the HSN code and the applicable Technical description
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Reading Time: 2 minutesMandatory Aadhaar Authentication, CBIC has made mandatory Aadhaar authentication for registered person as a measure to check anti-evasion and gaps, the CBIC has made Aadhaar authentication mandatory for the purposes of registration and claiming of refund. It has further notified that GST refunds shall be disbursed only in bank accounts which have been linked with the same
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Reading Time: 2 minutesTDS on Payment of Rent, Under section 194I TDS on rent exceeding Rs.2,40,000/- @ 2% in case of plant and machinery and @10% in case of land or building or furniture or fitting is to be deducted by the person paying the rent except for individual/HUF not liable to audit u/s 44AB (total sales, turnover
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Reading Time: 2 minutesGSTR-2B is a progressive auto-drafted statement that provides input tax credit (ITC) details to every recipient of supplies, based on the suppliers’ data, It is a constant auto-drafted statement that provides input tax credit (ITC) details to every recipient of supplies, based on the suppliers’ data Here are some important QnA regarding GSTR-2B # What is GSTR-2B?
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Reading Time: 2 minutesDe-Activation of IECs, This Trade Notice 18/2021-2022 is being issued in reference to the Notification No. 58/2015-2020 dated 12.02.2021, 11/2015-2020 dated 01.07.2021 and 16/2015-2020 dated 09.08.2021 whereby it was mandated by DGFT to all IEC holders to ensure that details in their IEC is updated electronically every year during April-June period (for which no user
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Reading Time: 2 minutesFetching of Bill of Entry , To help importers of goods, and recipients of supplies from SEZ, search Bill of Entry details, which did not auto-populate in GSTR-2A, a self-service functionality has been made available on the GST Portal that can be used to search such records in GST System, and fetch the missing records
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Reading Time: 2 minutesOn consideration of difficulties reported by the taxpayers and other stakeholders in filing of Income Tax Returns and various reports of audit for the Assessment Year 2021-22 under the Income-tax Act, 1961(the “Act”), Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT) has decided to further extend the due dates for filing of Income Tax Returns and various
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Reading Time: 2 minutesBlocking of GSTR-1, if GSTR-3B is not filed, If a registered taxpayer fails to file the return in GSTR-3B for preceding 2 months then he would not be allowed to provide the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both in GSTR-1. Rule-59(6) of CGST Rules, 2017; inserted vide Notification No. 1/2021 dated
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Reading Time: < 1 minuteA functionality to check status of bank account details update for the taxpayers who have taken new registration at GST Portal but have not yet furnished the same, has been introduced, in view of Rule 10A of the CGST Rules 2017. Such taxpayers are required to update their Bank Account Details within 45 days of
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