Thursday 23 March 2017

27 RETURNS PRESCRIBED UNDER GST

TOTAL 27 RETURNS PRESCRIBED UNDER GST; FIND OUT HOW MANY YOU NEED TO FILE


With introduction of Goods and Services Tax in India, compliance for tax payers is set to go up. Service sector will get most effected since under current law, almost every service provider operated under centralised registration scheme wherein 2 returns in a year is all they file. Annual return has been recently added. Manufacturing sector is a compliance heavy industry which files monthly Excise and VAT returns (state specific)._

Under GST, 27 different returns have been prescribed. Details of all the returns to be furnished by registered persons have been enlisted below:

1. *Form GSTR-1* Details of outward supplies of taxable goods and/or services effected.

2. *Form GSTR-1A* Details of outward supplies as added, corrected or deleted by the recipient.

3. *Form GSTR-2* Details of inward supplies of taxable goods and/or services claiming input tax credit.

4. *Form GSTR-2A* Details of inward supplies made available to the recipient on the basis of *FORM GSTR-1* furnished by the supplier.

5. *Form GSTR-3* Monthly return on the basis of finalization of details of outward supplies and inward supplies along with the payment of amount of tax.

6. *Form GSTR-3A* Notice to a registered taxable person who fails to furnish return under section 27 and section 31.

7. *Form GSTR-4* Quarterly Return for compounding Taxable persons.

8. *Form GSTR-4A* Details of inward supplies made available to the recipient registered under composition scheme on the basis of *FORM GSTR-1* furnished by the supplier.

9. *Form GSTR-5* Return for Non-Resident foreign taxable person.

10. *Form GSTR-6* ISD return.

11. *Form GSTR-6A* Details of inward supplies made available to the ISD recipient on the basis of *FORM GSTR-1* furnished by the supplier.

12. *Form GSTR-7* Return for authorities deducting tax at source.

13. *Form GSTR-7A* TDS Certificate.

14. *Form GST-ITC-1* Communication of acceptance, discrepancy or duplication of input tax credit claim.

15. *Form GSTR-8* Details of supplies effected through e-commerce operator and the amount of tax collected as required under sub-section (1) of section 43C.

16. *Form GSTR-9* Annual return.

17. *Form GSTR-9A* Simplified Annual return by Compounding taxable persons registered under section 8.

18. *Form GSTR-9B* Reconciliation Statement.

19. *Form GSTR-10* Final return.

20. *Form GSTR-11* Details of inward supplies to be furnished by a person having UIN.

21. *Form GST-TRP-1* Application for enrolment as Tax return preparer.

22. *Form GST-TRP-2* Enrolment certificate as Tax return preparer.

23. *Form GST-TRP-3* Show cause to as Tax return preparer.

24. *Form GST-TRP-4* Order of cancelling enrolment as Tax return preparer.

25. *Form GST-TRP-5* List of Tax return preparers.

26. *Form GST-TRP-6* Consent of taxable person to Tax return preparer.

27. *Form GST-TRP-7* Withdrawal of authorization to tax return preparer.

Sunday 5 March 2017

Role of PCS under the GST law envisaged for India

Role of PCS under the GST law envisaged for India
A company secretary is well versed in laws subject without any doubt by virtue of his academic knowledge and practical training and particularly master to understand the laws subjects. Indirect taxes/GST would be more laws compared to computation to tax, it is easiest for the Company Secretary to understand and be an expert in the subject of Indirect Taxes/ GST. Company secretary can play an important role being an advisor and facilitator for due compliance of laws relating to Indirect Taxes/goods and Service Tax( GST) to the general business community and corporate world as well. The company secretary can perform the following types of services to clients:-
(i) Advisory services or strategic advisor – A company secretary can better interpret the law of Indirect taxes or proposed GST law and provide comprehensive guidance and advisory to the business. Company secretary are more suited for the services because for their knowledge of laws and good communication skills
(ii) Tax Planning – Company secretary is competent to understand the impact of laws and its various alternatives based on the proper tax planning of indirect taxes/GST.
(iii) Procedural Compliances – Procedure Compliance includes registration, filing of returns, payments of taxes, assessment etc. the procedure compliance is the easiest task because Company Secretary is already playing a role of Compliance Officer under various other laws.
(iv) Book/Record Keeping Like other tax laws indirect taxes/ GST would require proper record keeping and accounting systematic records of credit of input/input service and its proper utilisation is necessary for this REFERENCER ON GOODS AND SERVICES TAX 103 success of GST. Company secretary must learn and equipped to perform this tasks and it is easy because CS course have all the subjects.
(v) Representation – Company Secretary can provide this service with confidence because of practical exposure with various competent authorities. Company secretary can better justify this service.
(vi) Appellate work Because of legal drafting skill, the Company Secretary can provide better service in the appellate work.

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