15 February 2020
Traders and Service Providers were urged to file Annual Return for the year 2017-18 within a short span of time from the date of provision of "Online Return filing facility" in GST Portal. Now for the year 2018-19, time limit to file Annual Return is 31.03.2020. I thought of starting analysis to file GSTR-9 for 2018-19 for a Service Provider somewhat early but was astonished to find that GST Portal is not permitting/ moving to sub menus to prepare GSTR-9 online for the year 2018-19. I could not digest the hardships GST Department is giving to medium and small level merchants and service providers. Experts have to convey such things to the GST Department. -Ramaswamy.T