Know the New functionalities deployed by GSTN in March 2022 on the GST Portal

Various additional functions for GST stakeholders are added on the GST Portal from time to time. These features apply to a variety of modules, including Registration, Returns, Advance Ruling, Payment, Refund, and other topics. Various webinars, as well as educational videos on these functions, are held for the benefit of stakeholders and released on GSTN‘s dedicated YouTube page.

Refer to the table below for a list of module-specific functions deployed on the GST Portal, as well as webinars held and videos posted on our YouTube channel:

Taxpayer functionalities deployed on the GST Portal during:

1. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (March 2022)

Homepage Portal

1. Creation of link for Manipur

The State Tax Websites links provided on the footer of the home page of GST portal have been updated with the refurbished hyperlink for the State of Manipur.

2. Enhancements made in the Search Taxpayer functionality

The Search Taxpayer link on the home page of GST Portal has been provided with an additional Help Link “Search Temporary ID” for searching taxpayers assigned with Temp. ID.

Registration

1. Aadhaar authentication/ Aadhaar enrolment ID mandatory for Form GST REG-21

The taxpayers registered as TCS will now be able to file an application for revocation of the cancellation of registration in Form GST REG-21 only if they have successfully undergone Aadhaar Authentication or if they submit Aadhaar Enrolment ID as part of their e-KYC verification.

2. Form GST CMP-02 enabled on the Portal

• The application for opting-in composition scheme for the financial year, 2022-23, has been made available on GST Portal.
• The eligible registered taxpayers, who want to opt-in for composition scheme, for the Financial Year 2022-2023, can file FORM GST CMP- 02 application, by 31st March, 2022, on GST common portal by navigating after Log in Services > Registration > Application to opt for Composition Levy > Filing form GST CMP-02

3. Changes made on the portal for composition taxpayers engaged in supply of Hotel and Restaurant Services

• Normal taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 1.5 Crore in the previous financial year, who don’t want to avail ITC facility/ having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 75 lakh in the previous financial year & registered in Arunachal Pradesh, Manipur, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Nagaland, Sikkim, Tripura & Uttarakhand/ supplying services and/or mixed supplies having aggregate turnover of previous financial year upto Rs. 50 lakhs can opt for Composition scheme.
• The taxpayers engaged in supply of restaurant services were being prevented from filing their quarterly statement in Form CMP-08 if their AATO exceeded Rs 50 lakh even though they are eligible for composition levy for AATO upto Rs 1.5 Crore. This issue has now been resolved.

4. Integration of MMI (Map my India) in address field for Registration applications

• The Geo coded addresses given by Map My India (MMI) have been integrated with the GST System for existing normal taxpayers and persons applying for registration as normal taxpayer in Form GST REG-01. This feature is also enabled for normal taxpayers while applying for core/ non-core amendment in their registration details involving change of address.
• For such applications, the address related fields are now geo coded, and the applicants while entering details receive an auto suggestion for the address, on basis of keyed-in inputs which they can select. Further, a map tile has also been integrated with the User Interface of the applicants with a drag and drop feature for the address pinhead.

Returns

1. Changes in Table 4 (A) of Form GSTR-3B

As per the Notification No. 40/2021 – Central Tax dated 29th Dec 2021, no input tax credit shall be availed by the registered person in respect of invoices or debit notes the details of which are not furnished in GSTR-1. Hence, the taxpayers are allowed to avail only that ITC which is available in GSTR-2B which is auto-populated in table 4 of GSTR-3B.

Accordingly, the system-based validation on the threshold of the excess ITC that can be availed by the taxpayer has been reduced to 0% from the earlier 5%. The system will give now warning message if a taxpayer increases the auto-populated ITC in table 4A (ITC Available). However, as of now, the taxpayer will still be allowed to proceed and file the return with the edited values.

2. Displaying payment liability ratio & its calculation and providing Form GST DRC-03 link

• System computed liability is auto-populated in GSTR-3B on the basis of values reported in Form GSTR-1/IFF. In addition, liability on account of inward supplies attracting reverse charge is auto-populated from Form GSTR-2B.
• A functionality has been implemented to display liability payment ratio and its computation details to taxpayer. This ratio of auto-populated liability and the liability actually paid by taxpayer would indicate the compliance behaviour of a taxpayer. The taxpayers are also provided with a linkage to Form GST DRC-03 to make any liability payment.

3. Facility for submitting consent for availing loan by MSME Taxpayers

A link has been provided in the File Returns Page under Returns Dashboard of the portal, where MSME taxpayers can give their consent for availing Mudra Loan upto Rs 10 lacs or MSME Loan upto Rs 5 Cr.

4. Changes implemented in Form GSTR-5

• A new Proceed to File button has been provided and Submit button has been removed in Form GSTR-5 filed the Nonresident taxpayers.
• Further, table for reporting inward supplies attracting reverse charge has also been provided in Form GSTR-5.

5. Offline utility for TDS/TCS credit received

An excel based TDS & TCS Credit Received offline utility has been made available on the portal for download. This utility will help the taxpayer to prepare the TDS & TCS Credit Received return in offline mode.

6. Changes made in “QUERY ICEGATE” functionality

• If a taxpayer fetches BoE details from ICEGATE portal before these records have been shared by ICEGATE with GST portal, he/ she gets an error message “Record already processed”.
• To help reduce these error messages, a validation has been introduced which disallows taxpayers from triggering “QUERY ICEGATE” for BoE records where the BoE Date/Reference Date is less than T-4 (where T is current date).

Refund

1. Updating the message in Track Application Status

The Status message “PMT03 Undertaking has been submitted. Kindly wait for the issuance of PMT-03 by Tax Officer for recrediting the amount to Credit/Cash Ledger, if applicable” is now displayed to the taxpayers while tracking their refund application if the status of the PMT-03 undertaking is successfully filed and is pending processing by the tax officer.

2. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (January 2022)

3. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (December 2021)

4. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (November 2021)

5. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (July-September 2021)

6. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (April-June 2021)

7. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (January-March 2021)

8. New Functionalities made available for Taxpayers on GST Portal (October-December 2020)

9. Compilation of short videos on Taxpayer functionalities