Government rolls out facility of filing of NIL GST Return through SMS

Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

New Delhi, the 8th June 2020

Press Release

Government rolls out facility of filing of NIL GST Return through SMS

In a major move towards taxpayers facilitation, the Government has today onwards allowed filing of NIL GST monthly return in FORM GSTR-3B through SMS. This would substaintially improve ease of GST compliance for over 22 lakh registered taxpayers who had to otherwise log into their account on the common portal and then file their retuns every months. Now, these taxpayers with NIL liability need lot log on to the GST Portal and may file their NIL returns through a SMS.

2. For this purpose, the fuctionality of filing Nil FORM GSTR-3B through SMS has been made available on the GSTN portal with immediate effect. The status of the returns so filed can be tracked on the GST Portal by logging in to GSTN account and navigating to Services>Returns>Track Return Status. The procedure to file Nil returns by SMS is as follows :-