GST Notifications Issued on 15.10.2020 Summary

A brief note on GST Notifications issued 15th Oct 2020 by Central Board of Customs & Indirect Taxes:

1. Due dates for GSTR-3B & GSTR-1 for the upcoming period up to March 2021 have been prescribed.
2. GSTR-9/GSTR-9A & GSTR-9C exemption has been provided to certain categories of Taxpayer.
3. The requirement of Quoting HSN code is mandatory for certain category of taxpayers.

Lets now refer to the notifications for further details:

Notification 74/2020 – Central Tax dated 15.10.2020

This notification prescribes a due date for filing GSTR-1 for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to 1.5 crore rupees in the preceding financial year or the current financial year:

Notification 75/2020 – Central Tax dated 15.10.2020

This notification prescribes a due date for filing GSTR-1 for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than 1.5 crore rupees in the preceding financial year or the current financial year:

Notification 76/2020 – Central Tax dated 15.10.2020

This notification prescribes a due date for filing GSTR-3B for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than Rs. 5 crore rupees in the preceding financial year:

This notification prescribes a due date for filing GSTR-3B for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of upto Rs. 5 crore rupees in the preceding financial year and whose principal place of business is in the States of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman, and the Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep:

This notification prescribes a due date for filing GSTR-3B for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of upto Rs. 5 crore rupees in the preceding financial year and whose principal place of business is in the States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha, the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh or Delhi:

Notification 77/2020 – Central Tax dated 15.10.2020

GSTR-9 Filling exemption has been given via this notification for FY 2019-20 if Registered person turnover is up to Rs. 2 CR.

Notification 78/2020 – Central Tax dated 15.10.2020

The requirement of Quoting HSN code is mandatory for a certain category of taxpayers:

Notification 79/2020 – Central Tax dated 15.10.2020

• Feature of showing import data now notified in form GSTR-2A
• The Government has extended the Exemption for the registered persons having a turnover less than 5 Crores from getting the books of accounts audited (GSTR 9C). Which means the registered person having aggregate turnover of more than 2 Crore but less than 5 Crores is required to file GSTR 9 but is not required to file GSTR 9C
• The registered person who opted to pay tax under the composition scheme can now file NIL GST CMP 08 through SMS (Earlier this facility was only available to the registered persons who are required to file NIL GSTR 1 & GSTR 3B)
• GSTR-2A Data for FY 2019-20 to be taken up to 1st Nov 2020.
• Changes made in Form GSTR-9 so that they can be appropriated for FY 2019-20.

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