{"id":2445,"date":"2017-06-14T11:44:40","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T11:44:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/blog\/?p=2445"},"modified":"2025-03-31T10:05:07","modified_gmt":"2025-03-31T10:05:07","slug":"how-to-file-gst-returns","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/blog\/how-to-file-gst-returns\/","title":{"rendered":"Basics on Filing GST Returns"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Confused on filing GST Returns? Here\u2019s all you need to know.<\/p>\n<p>Every registered taxable person has to furnish outward supply details in\u00a0<strong>Form GSTR-1<\/strong>\u00a0(GST Returns-1) by the 10<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of the subsequent month. On the 11<sup>th<\/sup>, the visibility of inward supplies is made available to the recipient in the auto-populated\u00a0<strong>GSTR-2A<\/strong>. The period from 11<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0to 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0will allow for any corrections (additions, modifications and deletion) in\u00a0<strong>Form GSTR-2A\u00a0<\/strong>and submission in\u00a0<strong>Form GSTR-2<\/strong>\u00a0by 15<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0of the subsequent month.The corrections (addition, modification and deletion) by the recipient in\u00a0<strong>Form GSTR-2\u00a0<\/strong>will be made available to supplier in<strong>\u00a0Form GSTR-1A.\u00a0<\/strong>The supplier has to accept or reject the adjustments made by the recipient. The Form GSTR-1 will be amended according to the extent of correction accepted by supplier.<\/p>\n<p>On 20<sup>th<\/sup>, the auto-populated return\u00a0<strong>GSTR-3<\/strong>\u00a0will be available for submission along with the payment. After the due date of filing the monthly return\u00a0<strong>Form GSTR-3<\/strong>, the inward supplies will be matched with the outward supplies furnished by supplier, and then the final acceptance of input tax credit will be communicated in\u00a0<strong>Form GST ITC-1<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<p>Also, the mismatch input tax credit on account of excess claims or duplication claims will be communicated in\u00a0<strong>Form GST ITC-1<\/strong>. Discrepancies not ratified will be added as output tax liability along with interest. However, within the prescribed time, if it is ratified, the recipient will be eligible to reduce this output tax liability.<\/p>\n<p>Let us understand GST return filing process with an example.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/request-free-demo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2461\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-file-GST-returns.png\" alt=\"how-to-file-GST-returns\" width=\"770\" height=\"3300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-file-GST-returns.png 770w, https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-file-GST-returns-70x300.png 70w, https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/how-to-file-GST-returns-239x1024.png 239w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 770px) 100vw, 770px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/request-free-demo\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-2503\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/www.exactlly.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/EXG-002.gif\" alt=\"ERP-Software-Solution\" width=\"720\" height=\"100\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Confused on filing GST Returns? Here\u2019s all you need to know. Every registered taxable person has to furnish outward supply details in\u00a0Form GSTR-1\u00a0(GST Returns-1) by the 10th\u00a0of the subsequent month. On the 11th, the visibility of inward supplies is made available to the recipient in the auto-populated\u00a0GSTR-2A. The period from 11th\u00a0to 15th\u00a0will allow for any&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":2480,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_kadence_starter_templates_imported_post":false,"_kad_post_transparent":"","_kad_post_title":"","_kad_post_layout":"","_kad_post_sidebar_id":"","_kad_post_content_style":"","_kad_post_vertical_padding":"","_kad_post_feature":"","_kad_post_feature_position":"","_kad_post_header":false,"_kad_post_footer":false,"_kad_post_classname":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[2395],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2445","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gst"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Basics on Filing GST Returns<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Confused on filing GST Returns? 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