{"id":2245,"date":"2025-06-02T13:45:52","date_gmt":"2025-06-02T08:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/?p=2245"},"modified":"2025-06-26T15:54:34","modified_gmt":"2025-06-26T10:24:34","slug":"gst-nil-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/gst-nil-return\/","title":{"rendered":"GST Nil Returns Must Be Filed on Time or Can Cost You \u20b91 Lakh Penalty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>A taxpayer has applied for the GST registration and he got the GSTIN in November 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As there was no business activity &#8211; no sales, purchases or taxable supplies, he didn&#8217;t filed any <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/gst-return-filing\/\">GST returns<\/a><\/strong> including GSTR-3B from the start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_82_2 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-light-blue ez-toc-container-direction\">\r\n<div 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ez-toc-heading-3\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/gst-nil-return\/#System_Computed_For_Filing_Returns_from_Nov_2020\" >System Computed For Filing Returns from Nov 2020<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/li><\/ul><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-4\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/gst-nil-return\/#Late_Fees_Applied_For_Failure_to_File_GSTR-10\" >Late Fees Applied For Failure to File GSTR-10<\/a><\/li><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-2'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-5\" href=\"https:\/\/www.caclubindia.com\/guide\/gst-nil-return\/#Points_To_Remember\" >Points To Remember<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Department_Cancelled_the_Registration_in_September_2021\"><\/span>Department Cancelled the Registration in September 2021<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Since there were no transactions, all returns would have been filed \u201cNil\u201d .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The GST registration was suo motu cancelled by the department in September 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"Still_Received_%E2%82%B9110000_Penalty\"><\/span>Still Received \u20b9110000 Penalty<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>GSTR-3B is a monthly return that must be filed every month even if there are no transactions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the taxpayer didn\u2019t filed GSTR-3B for 10 months, a late fee was auto-calculated.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Late fees if not filed on time:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Normal Return: <\/strong>\u20b950 per day (\u20b925 CGST + \u20b925 SGST).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Nil Return:<\/strong> \u20b920 per day (\u20b910 CGST + \u20b910 SGST).<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><strong>Maximum:<\/strong> \u20b910,000 per return (\u20b95,000 CGST + 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