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Transitional credits availed under Section 140 through TRAN-1 and TRAN-2 in the first year (FY 2017-18) appear in Table 6K (TRAN-1) and 6L (TRAN-2) of GSTR-9. For subsequent years these tables are typically nil unless the Supreme Court Filco Trade Centre relief opened a fresh window. Accuracy here remains relevant for any pending TRAN-related litigation.
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For entities holding GSTINs in several states, audited PAN-level numbers are split into each registration through a documented methodology — direct attribution where transactions permit this, turnover ratio for shared overheads. The same methodology is applied consistently across every state filing of the entity and the next year continues from the same template.
Every GSTR-9 leaves behind a six-element working paper pack — variance notes for each of the twelve months, the supplier-wise Table 8 sheet, the HSN rebuild, the blocked credit screen, the DRC-03 log and the GSTR-9C Part A walk. The pack sits in the folder for the full six-year retention period under Section 35 read with Rule 56.
Every Table 8D figure in GSTR-9 is reconciled line-by-line against GSTR-2A and the recipient invoice register. Egmore clients have zero Section 73 excess-ITC demand notices on annual returns we have filed.
GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C filed before mid-December every year, with full reconciliation closure by month-end. Egmore clients have a zero Section 47(2) late-fee record across the GSTR-9 regime.
For Egmore businesses above ₹5 crore aggregate turnover, Part A turnover, Part B tax-paid and Part C ITC reconciliations are tied to audited financials with full working papers ready for management self-certification.
Table 17 HSN summary prepared at 4-digit level for AATO up to ₹5 crore and 6-digit level above, in line with Notification 78/2020-Central Tax. Reconciled to GSTR-1 Table 12 across all 12 months.
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Memorandum of first-tier appeal under Section 107 against an adverse order arising from annual-return scrutiny; filed with statement of facts, grounds of appeal and pre-deposit of ten per cent of disputed tax subject to the statutory ceiling
Intimation issued by the audit authority commencing a Section 65 departmental audit; lists records required, the period under audit and the visit schedule; the annual return and GSTR-9C working papers are typically demanded at the outset
Challan generated on the common portal for cash deposit of tax, interest, late fee or penalty under the GST regime; the late fee for delayed annual return is discharged through PMT-06 before the system permits GSTR-9 filing
Consolidated annual statement aggregating outward supplies, inward supplies, input tax credit availed, output tax paid, demands, refunds and HSN summary for the financial year across nineteen tables
Annual return prescribed for taxpayers who have opted for the composition route under Section 10 of the CGST Act; presently kept in abeyance for financial years from 2019-20 onwards as composition taxpayers furnish the quarterly statement in CMP-08 and annual GSTR-4 instead
Annual return prescribed for electronic commerce operators required to collect tax at source under Section 52 of the CGST Act; captures the aggregate TCS collected and remitted during the financial year
Reconciles audited annual financial statements with the values declared in Form GSTR-9 across Part A turnover, Part B tax payable and Part C input tax credit; self-certified by the registered person since the first day of August, 2021
Monthly or quarterly statement of outward supplies covering invoice-level B2B, summary B2C, exports, credit notes and debit notes; aggregates into Tables 4 and 5 of the annual return
Every claim on this page can be traced back to a section or rule below.
Sub-section (1) of Section 44 directs every registered person to furnish, for each financial year, an annual return electronically in the form and manner prescribed under the CGST framework. The provision carves out specific exclusions — an Input Service Distributor, a deductor under Section 51, a collector under Section 52, a casual taxable person and a non-resident taxable person. It is to be noted that the substantive obligation rests at the parent section, while the form, manner and timing of furnishing stand delegated to the rule-making power exercised through Rule 80.
View sourceSub-rule (1) of Rule 80 prescribes Form GSTR-9 as the annual return for every registered person, save those falling within the statutory exclusions enumerated at Section 44. The return is required to be furnished by the thirty-first of December immediately succeeding the close of the financial year to which it relates. Special-category persons such as those registered under the composition route at Section 10 are addressed by the first proviso, which prescribes the alternate return in Form GSTR-9A. The prescription is procedural in nature and operates without prejudice to the substantive duty cast by the parent section.
View sourceSub-rule (3) of Rule 80 prescribes Form GSTR-9C as a self-certified reconciliation statement, applicable wherever aggregate turnover for the financial year crosses the five-crore-rupee mark. The statement bridges the values declared at the annual-return level with figures appearing in audited annual financial statements maintained at the entity level. The certification responsibility rests with the registered person themselves, consequent to amendments effected by the Finance Act, 2021 operative from the first of August, 2021. The earlier dispensation requiring attestation by a chartered or cost accountant stands withdrawn through the same amending instrument.
View sourceSub-section (9) of Section 39 permits a registered person to rectify omissions or incorrect particulars in a periodic return, subject to discovery on the registered person's own motion and not consequent to scrutiny, audit or any other proceeding. The outer limit for rectification is the thirtieth day of November following the end of the financial year, or the date of furnishing the annual return for that financial year, whichever is earlier. The provision does not extend to the annual return itself; once GSTR-9 is filed, the corrective routes shift to Form DRC-03 and the subsequent year's previous-period disclosures.
View sourceSub-section (10) of Section 73 fixes the outer limit for an adjudication order in matters free from fraud, wilful misstatement or suppression — being three years reckoned from the prescribed date by which the relevant annual return for the relevant financial year was to be furnished. The notice at sub-section (2) must precede that order by a clear three months. It is to be noted that the prescribed annual-return date thereby operates as the limitation anchor — a properly reconciled and timely-filed GSTR-9 commences the running of the limitation clock and confers finality on a clean financial year.
View sourceSub-section (5) of Section 17 enumerates classes of inward supplies on which input tax credit shall not be available — motor vehicles for transportation of persons having approved seating capacity not exceeding thirteen, food and beverages, outdoor catering, beauty treatment, health services, club memberships, works contract services for construction of immovable property, goods or services received for personal consumption, and goods lost, stolen or destroyed. These items must not feature in Tables 6 of the annual return; where wrongly availed earlier and subsequently reversed, the reversal is captured at Table 7E.
View sourceEgmore (PIN 600008) falls under the Egmore Division of the Chennai South, the jurisdiction that handles statutory matters for businesses at this PIN. Approvals, acknowledgements and queries for Egmore businesses tie back to the Egmore Division, so our GSTR-9 / 9C cadence accounts for how that office works. Every Egmore engagement we open begins with the basics: PIN 600008, the Egmore Division, and the coordinates 13.0791, 80.2605 that anchor the locality. Statutory correspondence for Egmore businesses routes through the Egmore Division, so we align every GST Annual Returns engagement to that jurisdiction from the start.
Egmore sustains a high flow of commerce for a healthcare legal commercial central hub locality, and that flow is the raw material for the GSTR-9 / 9C files we close here. Working in Egmore brings a logistical edge: proximity to Connemara Library and the Egmore Railway Junction corridor keeps physical document handling fast. Most commerce in Egmore — invoices, expenses, purchases and statutory records — eventually surfaces in the GSTR-9 / 9C working file we maintain for clients here. Each GST Annual Returns cycle for Egmore reflects its commercial rhythm — invoices generated near Connemara Library, expenses routed through the Egmore Railway Junction freight network.
The legal chambers firms we serve in Egmore value a GSTR-9 / 9C partner who already understands their sector's compliance rhythm. Sector concentration matters: when Egmore leans toward legal chambers, the GSTR-9 / 9C risks cluster around the same few line items each cycle. The business mix in Egmore centres on legal chambers, and that sector carries its own GST Annual Returns quirks we plan for in advance. Because Egmore hosts a cluster of legal chambers businesses, we benchmark each new GST Annual Returns engagement against patterns we already track for the locality.
Document intake for Egmore clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a GST Annual Returns engagement. A Egmore client sees the same GSTR-9 / 9C cadence each cycle: intake, reconciliation, review, filing, acknowledgement. From the first GST Annual Returns cycle, a Egmore engagement is set up to be audit-ready rather than reconstructed under pressure later. The qualified-review step on every Egmore GSTR-9 / 9C file is where errors get caught before they reach the portal.
From the same Egmore team we also serve Kilpauk and other nearby localities without re-onboarding clients. We treat Egmore and Kilpauk as one catchment for GST Annual Returns, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. Coverage from Egmore naturally extends to Kilpauk, so group entities across the area share one GST Annual Returns workflow. Serving Egmore and Kilpauk from one team keeps GST Annual Returns turnaround identical across the cluster.
Because we work repeatedly across Egmore, we can benchmark a new client's GST Annual Returns position against the locality norm. The GST Annual Returns mistakes we see most in Egmore are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Common patterns in the Egmore Division give Egmore businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt GSTR-9 / 9C issues. Over several cycles in Egmore, the recurring GST Annual Returns issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early.
Shifting principal place of business to Egmore means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai South, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end. First-time GST Annual Returns for a Egmore business is where getting the basics right saves years of cleanup later. For a new business incorporating in Egmore or shifting its principal place of business here, GST Annual Returns setup is one of the first things to get right. Incorporating in Egmore comes with jurisdiction, registration and GSTR-9 / 9C steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch.
GSTR-9 and self-certified GSTR-9C for Egmore businesses are prepared by reconciling 12 months of GSTR-1, GSTR-3B and audited financials with full Table 8 ITC tie-out before the 31st December deadline.
A dedicated GSTR-9 consultant in Egmore handles Tables 4 to 19, Table 8 GSTR-2A vs GSTR-3B reconciliation, HSN summary preparation and DRC-03 voluntary payment for any short-paid tax.
For Egmore businesses above ₹5 crore aggregate turnover, GSTR-9C Part A turnover reconciliation, Part B tax-paid reconciliation and Part C ITC reconciliation are delivered with full working papers ready for self-certification.
Filing GSTR-9 before 31st December prevents the Section 47(2) late fee of ₹200/day capped at 0.50% of state turnover and the consolidated GSTR-9C late fee for Egmore businesses above ₹5 crore.
GSTR-9 consolidates indirect-tax (GST) transactions under the CGST/SGST/IGST Acts. The income tax return covers direct-tax liability under the Income Tax Act 1961. The two are filed with different authorities under separate regimes.
No. GSTR-9 is filed as a single annual return for each GSTIN. The portal does not permit instalment filing. Tax differential disclosed therein, however, may be paid through DRC-03 in instalments where the proper officer agrees.
Post the Finance Act 2021 amendment, GSTR-9C is self-certified and does not require auditor qualification. However, internal qualifications or reservations should be noted in Table 16 to preserve a defensible audit trail.
Table 9 captures the tax payable and tax paid breakdown by IGST, CGST, SGST and cess. It reconciles the cumulative GSTR-3B cash and credit ledger debits with the annual liability determined in Tables 4 to 8.
GSTR-9 is filed electronically through the GST portal. Manual offline filing is not permitted except under specific writ directions during portal outages, as in certain Madras High Court orders on technical failure.
Yes. FY 2017-18 was the first GST year and the form was filed for the nine-month period from July 2017. Subsequent year forms have undergone iterative simplification through Notifications 56/2019-CT and 79/2020-CT.
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Under the pre-GST regime, State VAT laws and the Central Excise and Service Tax laws operated independent annual returns. Tamil Nadu VAT Form I-1 was filed within ninety days from year-end; Central Excise ER-1 was a monthly return without a consolidated annual disclosure; Service Tax ST-3 was half-yearly with no annual consolidation. The GST annual return unifies what had been three separate annual disclosures into a single Section 44 layer cutting across goods and services. The unification reflects the destination-based design principle articulated in the OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines and operationalises the GST Council's mandate under Article 246A and Article 279A of the Constitution. The result is a single reconciliation framework against audited books, replacing the fragmented tax-type-wise annual returns that the Empowered Committee 2009 had identified as a source of compliance friction in the pre-GST architecture.
Section 44 read with Rule 80 carves out specified categories from the annual return obligation. Input Service Distributors registered under Section 24(viii) do not file GSTR-9 since their function is limited to credit distribution under Section 20 and the year-end disclosure is captured in the recipient's own annual return. Persons deducting tax at source under Section 51 file GSTR-7 monthly and are not required to file GSTR-9. Persons collecting tax at source under Section 52 file GSTR-8 monthly and similarly are excluded. Casual taxable persons under Section 27 and non-resident taxable persons file return-period-specific returns and are not required to consolidate annually. Composition taxpayers under Section 10 file a separate annual return in Form GSTR-9A (currently waived for several years through successive notifications). These exclusions are constitutive: they identify the categories whose monthly disclosures already cover the operative compliance, leaving no incremental value in an annual layer.
The annual return under GST is governed by Section 44 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 read with Rule 80 of the CGST Rules. Section 44(1) requires every registered person, other than an Input Service Distributor, a person paying tax under Section 51 or Section 52, a casual taxable person and a non-resident taxable person, to furnish an annual return for every financial year electronically in the prescribed form on or before the thirty-first day of December of the following financial year. The form prescribed under Rule 80(1) is GSTR-9. Section 44(2) read with Rule 80(3) requires a registered person whose aggregate turnover during the financial year exceeds the limit notified by the Government to additionally furnish a self-certified reconciliation statement in Form GSTR-9C, reconciling the value of supplies declared in the annual return with the audited financial statements. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper had envisaged an annual return as the integrating layer that consolidates monthly compliance into a financial-year statement aligned with audited books, and the Section 44 framework retains that architectural intent.
Under the substituted Section 44 effective 1 August 2021, GSTR-9C is self-certified by the registered person rather than certified by a chartered accountant or cost accountant. The self-certification is by the same authorised signatory who signs GSTR-9, verified by Digital Signature Certificate where mandatory or by Electronic Verification Code where permitted. The self-certification is a statement that the reconciliation has been prepared from the audited books for the period and that the disclosures are true and complete to the best of the signatory's knowledge. The certification language tracks the principles articulated by the OECD Forum on Tax Administration on co-operative compliance — placing primary assurance with the taxpayer subject to administration-side risk-based verification. The shift from third-party to self-certification has not diluted the underlying preparation discipline; practitioners report that internal preparation rigour has if anything increased because the assurance responsibility now sits directly with the registered person.
GSTR-9C draws on the audited annual financial statements prepared under the Companies Act 2013, the Limited Liability Partnership Act 2008, or the relevant entity-specific statute. Section 35 of the CGST Act requires every registered person to keep and maintain at the principal place of business the books of account and other records prescribed under Rule 56; where the books are audited under any law, the audited financial statements form the documentary anchor for GSTR-9C reconciliation. The linkage requires that GSTIN-level disclosure in GSTR-9 reconciles to State-or-UT-level financial statements where the audited financials are entity-level. The reconciling step from entity-level audited turnover to GSTIN-level GSTR-9 turnover is itself disclosed in Part A and is one of the most material reasons-column entries for multi-State taxpayers.
The GSTR-9C self-certification framework, viewed in the lens of the OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines, aligns with several OECD-member regimes that operate VAT-to-accounting reconciliation as a self-attested taxpayer obligation. Several EU member-State regimes operate a VAT-to-statutory-accounts reconciliation as part of the annual VAT return; the UK VAT system uses Making Tax Digital quarterly returns with annual accounting-tied reconciliation principles. The Indian GSTR-9C post-Finance Act 2021 sits closer to these self-attested regimes than to the pre-2021 chartered-accountant-certified design, reflecting the broader OECD Forum on Tax Administration shift toward co-operative compliance models. The architectural convergence is a deliberate alignment articulated in successive GST Council discussions on reducing compliance cost while preserving the integrity of the reconciliation layer through self-certification supported by risk-based administration verification.
GSTR-9 Table 4 captures details of advances, inward and outward supplies on which tax is payable as declared in returns filed during the financial year. Sub-lines 4A through 4G capture supplies made to unregistered persons (B2C), supplies made to registered persons (B2B), zero-rated supplies on payment of tax (excluding LUT/Bond supplies), supplies to SEZ on payment of tax (excluding LUT), deemed exports, advances on which tax has been paid but invoice not issued, and inward supplies on which tax is payable on reverse charge basis. Sub-lines 4H to 4L capture debit notes, credit notes, supplies declared through Section 39(9) amendments and supplies through subsequent amendments. Each sub-line populates the taxable value, central tax, State or Union Territory tax, integrated tax and cess columns. Table 4 is the primary outward supply consolidation and ties directly to GSTR-1 Tables 4, 5, 6 and the corresponding GSTR-3B Table 3.1(a) entries through the year.
GSTR-9 Table 5 captures supplies on which tax is not payable — sub-lines 5A through 5F capturing zero-rated supplies without payment of tax (under LUT or bond), supplies to SEZ without payment of tax, supplies on which tax is to be paid by the recipient on reverse charge basis, exempt supplies, nil-rated supplies and non-GST supply. Sub-lines 5H to 5K capture credit notes, debit notes and amendments affecting the Table 5 categories. Table 5 is significant for export-oriented businesses since the LUT-based zero-rated outward supplies in Table 5A flow into Section 54 refund computations under Rule 89. For multi-segment businesses with exempt and taxable arms, Table 5D exempt supplies are the basis for Rule 42 reversal computation. The Table 4 and Table 5 split together cover the entire universe of outward supplies and advances for the financial year.
The Tables 4 and 5 disclosure must reconcile to the cumulative GSTR-1 summary for the financial year. The reconciliation begins with the GSTR-1 Tables 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 monthly values aggregated for twelve months, adjusted for any GSTR-1 amendments filed within the 30th November cut-off under Section 39(9). The aggregated values map line-for-line to GSTR-9 Tables 4 and 5 sub-lines. Variances arise from prior-period amendments (where prior-FY amendments are reported in current FY GSTR-1 — these flow into GSTR-9 Tables 10 to 14 of the current FY), debit and credit notes issued during the year, and any other timing or classification adjustments. A clean GSTR-1-to-GSTR-9 reconciliation working paper, retained under Section 36 for seven years, is the operative supporting documentation for the Table 4 and Table 5 figures.
ITC and outward supplies relating to a financial year that are declared in GSTR-3B or GSTR-1 of a subsequent year are captured separately in GSTR-9 Tables 10 to 13. Table 10 captures supplies, advances and ITC declared in returns of the next financial year (April to October of the next FY, subject to the 30th November cut-off) relating to the current FY. Table 11 captures supplies declared in next FY returns relating to current FY. Table 12 captures reversal of ITC availed during the current FY. Table 13 captures ITC availed in current FY relating to prior FY. The Tables 10 to 13 architecture allows the annual return to reflect the full financial-year position even where some declarations are split across return periods, preserving the matching principle integral to the destination-based tax design articulated in the OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines.
GSTR-9 Table 6 consolidates ITC availed during the financial year as declared in GSTR-3B. Sub-lines 6A captures total ITC availed (auto-populated from GSTR-3B); 6B captures inward supplies received from registered persons (other than imports, ISD credit and reverse charge inward supplies); 6C captures inward supplies received from unregistered persons on which tax is paid on reverse charge basis (other than 6D); 6D captures inward supplies received from registered persons on which tax is paid on reverse charge basis; 6E captures import of goods; 6F captures import of services; 6G captures ISD credit; 6H captures amount of ITC reclaimed (other than 6B); 6I, 6J and 6K capture transition credit, amounts and any other ITC. The Table 6 sub-line split must reconcile to the GSTR-3B Table 4(A) and 4(B) entries through the year, with the books-of-account ITC ledger as the controlling source.
GSTR-9 Table 7 captures ITC reversed and ineligible during the year. Sub-lines 7A captures Rule 37 reversal (non-payment of consideration within 180 days), 7B captures Rule 39 reversal (ISD credit ineligible portion), 7C captures Rule 42 reversal (proportionate reversal on exempt supplies), 7D captures Rule 43 reversal (capital goods reversal on exempt supplies), 7E captures Section 17(5) blocked credits, 7F captures TRAN-I and TRAN-II reversal, 7G captures any other reversal, and 7H is the total. The Rule 42 and Rule 43 reversals are critical for entities with mixed exempt and taxable supplies — the year-end true-up under Rule 42(2) and Rule 43(2) is due by 30th September of the following year and any incremental reversal is reflected in Table 7C and 7D. Table 7 reversals must align to the books-of-account ITC reversal entries and the cumulative GSTR-3B Table 4(B) figures.
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Cross-charge between distinct persons is the supply of services between two registrations of the same PAN — typically head-office support functions allocated to branch offices. Treated as a supply by Schedule I and valued under Rule 28 of the CGST Rules. Surfaces in GSTR-9C Part A as a deemed-supply addition for the issuing GSTIN.
Inverted duty refund position is the situation under sub-section (3) of Section 54 where the rate of tax on inputs is higher than the rate of tax on the corresponding output supply, leading to accumulation of credit. The refund is claimed under Rule 89(5) and surfaces in GSTR-9 Table 15 against the year of claim.
Letter of Undertaking for exports is the undertaking filed in Form RFD-11 by an exporter making zero-rated supplies of goods or services in the absence of any IGST discharge. The instrument carries validity through the relevant financial year and is renewed at the opening of the next. Exports executed under an LUT appear in Table 5A of GSTR-9 within the head of supplies on which tax is not payable.
Notification 32/2023-Central Tax dated the thirty-first day of July, 2023 exempts registered persons whose aggregate turnover in financial year 2022-23 was up to two crore rupees from the requirement of furnishing the annual return for that year. Successor notifications in subsequent years carry the same construct.
Suncraft Energy defence draws on the Calcutta High Court ruling in Suncraft Energy Private Limited and Another v Assistant Commissioner of State Tax holding that ITC cannot be denied to the recipient solely on the ground of supplier default, where the recipient has discharged the four conditions at Section 16(2) and made bona fide enquiries. Frames the response to Table 8D-driven Section 73 notices.
Self-certification refers to the post-2021 amendment regime where GSTR-9C is signed by the taxpayer directly rather than requiring CA or CMA certification as was the position till FY 2019-20. Notification 30/2021-CT removed the CA-attestation requirement, but the underlying obligation to maintain a working-paper trail behind every reconciling figure remains unchanged.
Table 8D variance is the difference between ITC as per GSTR-2A/2B for the financial year (Table 8A) and ITC availed in GSTR-3B for the same year (Table 8B), after adjusting for credit availed in later periods (Table 8C). A negative 8D figure indicates over-claimed credit; a positive figure indicates under-claimed credit or supplier-side delays.
DRC-03 is the challan-cum-intimation form prescribed under Rule 142(2) for voluntary payment of tax, interest or penalty by a taxpayer. It is the standard vehicle for settling short-payments identified during GSTR-9 reconciliation. For annual-return-driven liability the payment must be made in cash; the electronic credit ledger cannot be used per Circular 172/04/2022-GST.
Table 17 of GSTR-9 is the outward-supply HSN summary that aggregates all sales for the year by HSN code, taxable value, and tax amount. The granularity required (four-digit or six-digit) depends on the preceding year's aggregate turnover under Notification 78/2020-CT. Mismatches between Table 17 and Table 4N outward turnover trigger portal-side validation errors that block filing.
PMT-03 is the refund order form used to re-credit the electronic cash or credit ledger when a DRC-03 is later found to be excess or unwarranted. It is the route through which over-paid annual-return DRC-03 is reversed. The application is filed under Section 54 read with Rule 89, and the sanctioning officer is the proper officer for refunds.
Reconciliation statement is the formal name of GSTR-9C, prescribed under Rule 80(3) for every registered person whose aggregate turnover during a financial year exceeds five crore rupees. It reconciles audited PAN-level financial statements with the GSTIN-level GSTR-9, explaining every difference between books of account and the annual return.
Optional table relaxation refers to the year-by-year CBIC notifications (typically issued in mid-year) that permit taxpayers to leave certain GSTR-9 tables blank for that financial year. The relaxation does not waive the underlying transaction-reporting obligation; it only relaxes the granularity of disclosure within the form itself.
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“FilingPro filed our GSTR-9 and self-certified GSTR-9C for FY 2022-23 by mid-December. Table 8 ITC tied to the rupee against GSTR-2A and our auditor signed off without a single qualification. The earlier consultant used to leave it to 30th December — we are never going back.”
“We had a Table 8D mismatch from FY 2018-19 that another consultant said would invite a Section 73 notice. FilingPro reconciled the supplier-side filings, identified ₹4.2 lakh as a timing difference and ₹38,000 as genuine short ITC. DRC-03 paid for the short portion and a clean GSTR-9C filed. No notice till date.”
“Our turnover crossed ₹5 crore in FY 2021-22 for the first time. FilingPro walked us through the GSTR-9C self-certification process, prepared Parts A B and C with full working papers and the management sign-off was signed in 30 minutes. Smooth handover compared to the earlier CA-attested regime.”
“We have GSTINs in Tamil Nadu Karnataka and Telangana under one PAN. FilingPro prepared three GSTR-9s and three GSTR-9Cs with consistent turnover apportionment from the audited consolidated financials. Single point of contact and no version-control issues.”
“Section 47(2) late fee of ₹200/day on GSTR-9 was a real risk for us — we had filed late in FY 2019-20 and paid almost ₹37,000. With FilingPro since FY 2020-21 we have filed every GSTR-9 by 15th December. Zero late fees in three consecutive years.”
“Got a Section 65 audit notice for FY 2020-21. FilingPro's GSTR-9C working papers — particularly the Part A reasons column tying audited turnover to GSTR-9 — closed the audit with a nil objection memo. Worth several times what we paid for the annual return work.”
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Our GSTR-9 / 9C clients in Egmore are spread right across the locality — along Arunachallam Street, Casa Major Road, Dr Alagappa Road, EVK Sampath Salai and Egmore High Road, and through the EVR Periyar Salai, Gangadeeshwar Koil Street, General Hospital Road and Purasawalkam High Road business stretches — so wherever your premises sit, expert help is close by.
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