It's a big thing for registered GST taxpayers who want to minimize the hassle of claiming input credit. Taxpayers under GST who filed GSTR-3B from 2017-2018 to 2020-2021 must be cautious, as authorities are issuing demands for late ITC claims. According to the GST law, they cannot claim ITC until return filing that affected many. They have missed the advantage of ITC and, thus, their output tax liability went high. Now is the new opportunity to correct the same and obtain the available ITC.
The 2024 Budget addresses taxpayer issues and simplifies the rectification of outstanding input tax credits from previous years. It was released on 8th October, 2024 in this regard. GSTN has permitted businesses to file amendments online until January 7, 2025. It mentions that Taxpayer has to complete the process before 9th April and up to 8th April to avail its benefits from it.
A Simple Guide to Businesses GST. It is one of the essentials involved in conducting any business in India. Input Tax Credit, as per the scheme, enables one to recover any tax that may have been levied on buying. Companies may get an ITC demand from the tax department to repay claimed ITC with penalties and interest. Well, it is again due to the process developed by the government which enables a company to rectify this mistake. Let us tell you how is GST ITC rectification and what this is to be used to correct it with reduced penal cost on businesses.
As a taxpayer, you monthly filed your GST returns, only to be shocked by a portal demand stating you exceeded your input tax credit limit, despite everything seeming fine on paper, necessitating further investigation. An error on the GST portal wrongly marked specific invoices. That is why a recovery demand order for excess ITC was sent.
So, instead of paying the demanded amount, businesses have the option to file for rectification under the newly introduced GST ITC rectification process. This will provide the proper rectification of the errors that arise because of technical bugs without penalty and interest.
Here comes Step By step-by-step guide to File a rectification application on the GST portal as per the advisory of January 7, 2025
This current trend of GST advisory measures in our views, at BMA, seems progressive ones aimed more towards improving issues of compliance problems and subsequently pre-ITC errors. IThis ability to correct unadjusted ITC is a relief for trade, but it highlights the need for flexible time limits to prevent future issues. Stiff rules around e-way bills and combined multi-factor authentication are strengthening security and transparency but sometimes raise a concern for compliance for small business enterprises.
We at BMA believe that if the government makes smooth implementation and support toward taxpayers sufficient, then these initiatives could bring out positive outcomes. The thrust must be towards easier compliance rather than introducing new complexities.
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