Credit Notes on GSTR-3B & GSTR-1

Dear Sirs,  One of my client, for the month of Mar-20 & Apr-20, NIL Returns have been filed due to COVID-19. Now during May-20, he issued some credit notes against original invoices which have been raised during Dec-2019, Jan-2020 and Feb-2020. There is no invoice raised during May-20 and only the said credit notes have been issued due to COVID-19. Now, I have to claim the credit note amount which have been returned to customers by my client. I could not be claimed by way of deduction of credit note amount from sales amount. How can I filed 3B return for May-20 and claim the credit note amount. If I Net the Sales and Credit Notes, the negative figure has been arrived.

Kindly clarify the same. Thanking you Sirs, in advance.

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Quick Summary
This discussion addresses how to claim credit notes issued in May 2020 for original invoices from late 2019 and early 2020, particularly when NIL returns were filed for March and April due to COVID-19. The core issue is how to reflect these credit notes, especially for B2C small invoices, when there are no outward supplies in May. The advice suggests filing the GSTR-3B as NIL for May and reporting the credit notes in GSTR-1 for May, with adjustments to be made in subsequent months when outward supplies resume.

Hlo,
In my opinion, value of credit note can be only adjust from the taxable outward supplies... Here in this case you have not made any supplies in the month of may.. So please file 3B as nil return.. And show credit note in GSTR 1 in the month of may itself.... And Subsequently adjust the credit note in the month in which you have outward supplies.

Thank you sir.

But as all the credit notes are pertaining to B2C Small invoices, I could be entered the same in GSTR-1 Returns. There is only available for B2C Large Invoices ONLY.

In my opinion, B2C small supplies to be shown as net of sales return. Since there is no other way to show the credit note of B2C small invoices... So here due to no outward supplies, it will not possible to show it... So please shown it in subsequent month... File GSTR 1 of May without making adjustments to credit note B2C small supplies.

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