Advisory on Annual Return (GSTR-9)



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Taxpayers filing their GSTR-9 annual return are advised to ensure all reported values in the offline utility are accurate to two decimal places. The GSTN has noted that errors, specifically the 'Error! Invalid Summary payload' message upon uploading the JSON file, occur when values are entered with three decimal places instead of the required two.

GSTR-9 Annual Return: Decimal Place Advisory

The taxpayers are advised to ensure that values are reported upto two decimal places in the GSTR-9 offline utility. The error "Error! Invalid Summary payload" after uploading the JSON created from the Offline Utility of GSTR-9 is reported due to reporting values upto three decimal places instead of two decimals.

Thanking you,
Team GSTN

FAQ :

Taxpayers are advised to ensure that values are reported up to two decimal places in the GSTR-9 offline utility.

You might encounter the error 'Error! Invalid Summary payload' after uploading the JSON created from the GSTR-9 Offline Utility.

This error occurs because values were reported up to three decimal places instead of the required two decimal places.

This advisory is for the GSTR-9 offline utility.




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