Upcoming functionalities to be deployed on GST Portal for the Taxpayers



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The GST portal is rolling out new features to make tax compliance easier for taxpayers. Composition taxpayers will soon benefit from a 'Negative Liability Statement' which automatically adjusts any negative tax balance against future liabilities. Additionally, a new facility will allow these taxpayers to download Form GSTR-4A details in Excel and auto-populate them into their annual GSTR-4 return. The HSN directory has also been updated to include common trade names and is now downloadable in Excel format.

As part of our constant endeavour to provide a smooth and hassle free experience to the taxpayers and simplify the process for them, to comply with their GST compliances, following functionalities are recently deployed or are being deployed on the portal shortly:

New GST Portal Features for Taxpayers
Sl.No. Module Form/ Functionality Functionality released/ to be released for Taxpayers
1 Ledgers Negative liability statement made available to composition taxpayers
  • In case of a negative liability in any tax period of a composition taxpayer (and if no amount is required to be paid by the taxpayer (during that period)), the said negative liability will be maintained in Negative liability statement. This negative balance lying in the negative liability statement will be automatically adjusted against the liabilities of subsequent tax period(s).
  • The statement would be accessible to them, post-login, by navigating to Services > Ledgers > Negative Liability Statement.
2 Returns Download of Form GSTR-4A in excel and auto-population of its details in Form GSTR-4 of the composition taxpayer
  • Form GSTR-4A is an auto-drafted statement generated for Taxpayers opting for Composition levy, containing details reported by their registered suppliers in their Form GSTR-1/ GSTR-5 and by their TDS deductors in their Form GSTR-7.
  • A facility to download the details of Form GSTR-4A, in an Excel file would be made available to the taxpayers, soon.
  • This Excel file would contain consolidated summary of the supplies at GSTIN level, for the complete financial year, which are required to be reported in Annual Return filed by them in Form GSTR-4.
  • This summary will also be auto-populated in Table 4A and 4B of their Form GSTR-4.
3 Front Office Inclusion of common names in the HSN Directory and its download in excel format by the taxpayers
  • The currently available HSN Master has been updated on the GST Portal and it now includes product names commonly used in Trade corresponding to a particular HSN code.
  • A download facility for the entire HSN directory in Excel Format has also been provided to the taxpayers under the link "Download HSN in Excel Format". This facility is available as a part of the ‘Search HSN’ functionality, available both in Pre and Post Login, on the GST Portal.

The above is for your information.

Thanking You,
Team GSTN

FAQ :

The Negative Liability Statement allows composition taxpayers to maintain a negative tax balance, which will be automatically adjusted against liabilities in subsequent tax periods.

A facility to download Form GSTR-4A details in an Excel file will be made available to composition taxpayers shortly.

The Excel file will provide a consolidated summary of supplies for the financial year, which will be auto-populated into Table 4A and 4B of their annual return, Form GSTR-4.

The HSN Directory on the GST portal has been updated to include common product names used in trade that correspond to specific HSN codes.

Yes, taxpayers can now download the entire HSN directory in Excel format from the GST portal under the 'Search HSN' functionality.




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