New functionalities deployed on the GST Portal for taxpayers in December 2021



Quick Summary
The GST portal has introduced several new features for taxpayers in December 2021. These include significant enhancements to Form GSTR-1/IFF, such as a revamped user interface, a 'My Masters' facility for faster data entry, and the ability to enter suspended GSTINs as recipients. Additionally, the Appeal module has been integrated with both the Enforcement and Assessment modules, allowing taxpayers to file online appeals against orders from Enforcement Officers and Tax Officers.

1. Returns

Sr. No. Form/Functionality Functionality made available for Taxpayers
1 Changes made in Form GSTR-1/IFF

To improve the taxpayer experience some enhancements have been done in the GSTR-1/IFF user interface wherein taxpayers are provided with-

  • a re-organized dashboard
  • easy amendment and addition of records
  • Document counts on tiles with colour coding
  • Increase in number of records per page
  • Recipient wise count of records

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2 Creation of My Masters facility in Form GSTR-1/IFF

To help the taxpayer in making data entries faster and to reduce errors while creating their Statement of outward supplies in Form GSTR-1, 'My Master' facility has been created wherein taxpayers can save details of their recipients and suppliers and the HSN of the commodities they deal in for following two masters on the portal and in the offline tool:

  • Product Master
  • Supplier/Recipient Master

Now whenever a taxpayer enters data in the related field of GSTR-1 for which master exists, the Offline tool/portal will fetch the details from the Master and will show the probable values in the drop-down based on the keywords entered. By selecting the dropdown, all the corresponding fields of that row shall be filled up automatically.

Taxpayers can also upload master-created offline on GST common portal as JSON file to update their online master, and, similarly download the master created online and import it in the offline tool to update his master created offline.

3 Allowing entry of suspended GSTINs as recipients in Form GSTR 1/IFF (B2B Tables)

The system used to return an error message if a supplier entered GSTIN of a suspended taxpayer in the B2B, B2BA, CDNR and CDNRA tables of Form GSTR-1/IFF. This validation has now been removed and taxpayer would be able to enter a suspended GSTIN as a recipient of taxable supplies in respective tables of Form GSTR-1/IFF.

New GST Portal Features for Taxpayers in December 2021

2. Appeals

Sr. No.

Form/Functionality

Functionality made available for Taxpayers

1.

Integration of Appeal Module with Enforcement Module

• The Enforcement module has now been integrated with Appeal module. The taxpayers will now be able to file an online appeal against orders passed by an Enforcement Officer.

2.

Integration of Appeal Module with Assessment Module

• The Assessment module has now been integrated with Appeal module. The taxpayers will now be able to file an online appeal against orders passed by a Tax Officer.

FAQ :

Form GSTR-1/IFF has been enhanced with a re-organised dashboard, easier record amendment and addition, document counts on tiles with colour coding, an increased number of records per page, and recipient-wise record counts.

The 'My Masters' facility allows taxpayers to save details of their recipients, suppliers, and HSNs for products. This helps in faster data entry and error reduction in Form GSTR-1/IFF by auto-fetching details from saved masters.

Yes, taxpayers can now enter suspended GSTINs as recipients in the B2B, B2BA, CDNR, and CDNRA tables of Form GSTR-1/IFF, as the previous error message for this has been removed.

The Appeal module is now integrated with the Enforcement Module and the Assessment Module, enabling taxpayers to file online appeals against orders issued by Enforcement Officers and Tax Officers.

Yes, taxpayers can upload masters created offline onto the GST portal as a JSON file, and download masters created online to import into the offline tool.




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