GST Council considering single-stage filing to ease procedure

The GST Council is also
considering a 'staggered' system where bigger companies would be allowed to
file their taxes first
BUDGET
2018: In what
may be the single biggest new year gift to businesses, the GST filing process
may be reduced to a single stage process, reported the Times of India. The GST
Council meeting scheduled on January 18 will consider amendments in the filing
process.
Initially,
filing the GST was a three-step process. A seller had to fill up a form
(GST-R1) about output supplies, another about inward supplies(GSTR-2) and at
last the tax liability is calculated and paid (GSTR-3).
However, the
government has already suspended the need to fill up the GSTR-2 and GSTR-3
forms indefinitely to ease the compliance burden.
The ToI
quotes a source as saying that those with no tax liability would be able to
proceed to the third stage directly. Moreover, the GST Council is considering a
'staggered' system where bigger companies would be allowed to file their taxes
first.
Traders have
been unhappy all over the country since the roll out due to its complicated
filing process. The government on December 30 extended the last date for filing
of final detailed sales return for the first four months by 10 days under the
GST.
According to
sources, discussion of real estate inclusion in GST too is a key agenda of the
January 18 meeting.
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