Hi Shwetha,few invoices amounts not reflecting in main page, when i tried to add, its says already added.

and have added hsn code and taxable values and saved it. but it is not reflecting in main page..

please system software overloaded.so wait for tomorrow,it will get reflect definitely tomorrow

Same here... added 8 invoice directly online... but not getting updated... did this arnd 5p.m.... its been almost 4 hrs but not getting updated... even now their system is lagging...

I called helpline,they it is technical failure.so wait for tomorrow

I called GST helpline,they told it is technical fault.so wait for tomorrow

Yes. Also it's once again going to errrrrrrrrrrrrrror.

I uploaded 4 returns today. But, don't show / reflect in portal and get "processed & NA"

Open Letter to the Honourable Prime Minster of India

"My Experience with GSTN:  

I am a small-time professional chartered accountant in field of Taxation practicing since 21 years. Have seen massive transformation of manual to fully automated system of filing the returns be it be Income Tax(CPC), Be it be TDS(TRACES), Be it be VAT (MAHAVAT), be it be Service Tax(ACES), be it ROC Filing (MCA) etc.

 All these systems took off gradually and day by day matured and were made user friendly day by day. E.g. Initially TDS System Traces was rigid about payment of the taxes and does not allow adjustment intra Codes, between the years etc. but as the administrators realised that When the tax paid belongs to the deductor why he shouldn’t be allowed to adjust as per his wishes, and subsequently the system was made more user friendly and rigidity was done away.

When the GST was implemented with big bang we thought Government have huge experience and best expertise (as claimed) of implementing such automated system, and GSTN will be best of system and a illustrative model (So that US Govt will inherit from us). The life of taxpayer will be more easier as far as filing is concerned (as termed by our Hon PM Goods & Simple Tax.) .The GSTN system was supposed to be front office of tax administration eliminating all chances of red tapisim, and all sort of corruption. Also, I heard that GSTN System is being developed and maintained by one of most reputed Software company of India.

But after passage of almost two months after launch of GST, it can be concluded that GSTN is massive failure and worst ever system implemented by supposed to be best government (as claimed).

With very little IT knowledge I can prove that system has all kinds of shortcoming and seems that there is no co-ordination between administrators and system developers. The Developers are not aware of the coded GST law. Just to quote a few Shortcomings:

1. Being a new user there is every chance of error and omission, but the system is made so rigid with no room for revision or modification. Why not such facility provided to the users, when automated system can keep the trail of every addition and modification done by the user.
2. The law allows and have provision to opt-out of Composition scheme by filing form CMP-04 ,if the conditions for opting composition u/s 10 of CGST Act does not fulfilled or breached. The GSTN does have such option till date. Needless to point out that option to opt for composition was provided very lately, by that time taxpayer had made lot of blunders by issuing Tax invoices. Also GSTN network has no facility of verifying dealer composition status by third party which can lead to huge evasion of taxes.
3. The Enrolment application (migration / New registration) has provided option (compulsion for few Category) to submit the application online with Valid DSC but most of user system was found incompatible with signer software used by GSTN. Users have wasted lakhs of hours in struggling to make their system compatible for signing on GSTN. (Thanks to Chinse UC-browser which allowed some system to use GSTN signer utility.)
4. The Enrolment process require Submission of Supporting Documents. The system displays 1 MB sizing requirement which is reduced down to 100 KB when uploaded. If GSTN feels that documents can be uploaded with all clarity with size of 100 Kb , the users earnestly request them to provide such utility.
5. Existing Taxpayer which are not liable for registration under GST was legally entitled to cancel their registration. But again, system though allows to cancel but never accepts cancellation and those registration continue to be active making them liable for all sorts of compliances under GST Law.
6. The GSTN system though an artificial brain which does not require any shutdown except in case of technical glitches or maintenance for a short period. But GSTN use to sleeps whole night, even if programmed to wake up to @ 6.00 Am, sometime sleeps up to 10.00 Am., Sometimes sleeps for days together. During the Day, the system is very busy to respond the users. As a results lakhs of skilled man hours were lost.
7. The very basic concept of GST was seamless flow of credit and with that in mind Transition credit was to be allowed to the taxpayers by way of online return Trans1, Trans2 & Trans3. The return was to be submitted within 60 days , which was extended to 90 days after request made by various forum. But what happened facility to upload Trans1 was provided after 50 days that too when the administration was reminded by the Taxpayer that we need to adjust our credit of opening stock carried forward in GST regime. Shame on administration that Trans1 return was made online without any bulk filing utility knowing that thousands of entries has to be punched by the users. With a very little knowledge a small-time professional like me can design the Bulk filling utility. than how such a reputed developer cannot make it available till today. 
8. The GSTN System supposed to be very intelligent, flexible should have adjusted the credits laying in cash ledger & credit ledger as per law. But contrary, the system was made rigid again with no scope of adjustment. The payment should have been allowed to be made on consolidated basis to be adjusted by taxpayer to various taxes head viz SGST; UTGST; CGST; IGST; CESS; FEES; INTREST;PENALTY ( 8 under forward charge & 2 under Reverse Charge or may be more than that). Many Taxpayer have lost valuable working capital due to this system. Only a big corporate like ACC Limited managed to bring to notice of MOS Finance such inconsistency in system. GSTN need to learn and inherit existing system from TRACES which seamlessly allows adjustment of Tax paid in Cash.
9. The GSTN supposed to provide online application(RFD-11) for Export without payment of duty or against bond, but no such facility provided and exports were left on mercy of corrupt official for availing the facility without payment of the duty. In some case even after one month of time lag the Letter of undertaking was not accepted by the official. Why not systems were designed well in advance before the GST implementation to provide facility to exports to apply online for getting approvals without payment of duty.
10. Technical Glitches like System errors; system failures; System not responding; down for maintenance; does not have enough bandwidtth to support the users were daily and routine slogans on site.
11. No effective system is in place for timely redressal of problems faced by the users. The helpdesk is inexperienced and have no solutions for most of the issued raised by the users. The Twitter handle and email respond rarely and that too incorrectly.

The above shortcomings are only illustrative and many more can be list down, but sheer waste precious time, as we know that deaf Government is busy in praising themselves (single way communication).

We Ask the government for fair treatment of tax paying citizens. Don’t treat them as dog but treat them as horses. Be accountable, responsive & assertive to the citizens. Don’t make mockery of Taxpayers by making contradicting statements on social media. Realise economy is suffering due to business closures, Loss of Skilled resources in understanding such systems. Forget Anti-profiteering, and pursue the real Loss to economy. Be responsive and design self-compliant and transparent system by way of wider referendum and involvement of Tax Professional who are real link between taxpaying citizens and Government.

People are using the social media peacefully to awake the government, and if government fails to react in right way, in no time taxpayers will be become tax evaders and will forced to be on road which will gain bring down the GDP (much higher than prediction of Silent but diligent Ex-PM).

Long live our Nation… Jai hind….

CA Mohammed Lakkadsha

05th September ,2017

mohdLak @ gmail.com"

courtesy: tax guru.in

Thanks Sir, for the true representation of innocent tax payers, professionals and the economy of our nation......... THREE SALUTES to You......

Hello friends... today not only the last 8 invoices didnt get updated... the entire 214 invoice that i upload previously also not showing... after refreshing couple of times get system error.

yesterday i luckily downloaded the summary of 214 invoice. anyone else facing this prob. This first time in my life that i am regretting being a facilitator to the indian taxation system.

 

Haha Riteshji, you are regretting for being taxation facilitator, i am regretting for being businessman, farmers are regretting for being farmers, voters are regretting, kaliyug ka mahima.

Truly Said Ashishji.... 

Hello Friends, 

I am facing the problem with GSTR 1 submission. I have uploaded all Export Invoices for July along with HSN code details. While I generate preview, the sheet is showing the details of Invoices in total and the amount is also matching with HSN code details. 

But, when I trying to submit the GSTR 1, the system is showing an error mentioning Invoices still under processing. What to do with this problem?

Thanks 

Sridevi

 

Guyz GSTN has become day plus one. All work you do on a particular day doesnt gets saved immediately.You have to wait till next morning as due to heavy load all calculations and submissions are taking place at night when GSTN goes down.So assume to do work well in advance and dont wait for last day.In case data is not saved or "Invoice already submitted error" what that means is submission of data is in progress and will get saved at night.In case problem not resolved by next morning, no option but to wait and raise a ticket.

Happy GSTR filing!!!

GST ONLINE FILING FIGURES ARE NOT GETTING UPDATED AFTER FILING JSON FILE SINCE LAST 2 DAYS. CAN ANYONE HELP

@ Gaurav Palta: What you are saying is partially correct. I filled all the summary details two days ago and the same are now reflecting in the return. But I added a record to HSN vise summary which gets deleted after a day. Have been trying this since last 2 days now.

A loveletter from GSTN:

Dear Taxpayer,

 

Kindly note that, the following are important points to be remembered in regards to filing of GSTR-1

 

Timelines

The regular Returns filing (GSTR-1, GSTR-2, and GSTR-3) deadline relaxed for July/August 2017. The Time period for filing returns (GSTR-1, GSTR-2, and GSTR-3) is given below.

 

Forms

For July 2017

For August 2017

GSTR-1

1st - 10thSeptember

Up to  5th October 2017

GSTR-2

11th -25th   September

6th -10th  October 2017

GSTR-3

Up to 30thSeptember

Up to 15th October

 

Please note that

Supplier Tax Payer will not be able to Upload Invoices or Submit Form GSTR1, for the month of July, 2017, during the period of filing of Form GSTR-2 of July, 2017, viz. 11th to 25thSeptember, 2017.Therefore it is necessary that supplier taxpayers files his Form GSTR 1 for the month of July, 2017, using EVC or DSC ( mandatory for companies, LLPs and FLLPs etc.), to avoid late fees payment by 10thSeptember, 2017.If supplier taxpayer does not submits his Form GSTR 1 of July , by 10th September 2017  and if these invoices are uploaded/added by his receiver tax payer in his Form GSTR 2,  thenSupplier taxpayer will be required to necessarily take action on (Accept or Reject), the invoices uploaded by Receiver taxpayer.Supplier will not be able to Edit or ModifyReceiver taxpayer uploaded invoices.Further the same invoices uploaded, but not filed by the supplier taxpayer in his Form GSTR 1, will be marked as invalid.Who should file Form GSTR- 1GSTR-1 to be filed mandatorily by all normal and casual registered tax payers.GSTR 1 needs to be filed even if there is no business activity (Nil Return) during a given tax period.

 

Who should not file Form GSTR -1?Taxpayer  opted for Composition schemeInput Service Distributor (ISD)Non-Resident taxable personTax Deductor at SourceTax Collector at SourceTaxpayer Covered under Online Information and Database Access or Retrieval (OIDAR)Pre-conditions for filing of Form GSTR 1The receiver taxpayer should be a Registered Normal Dealer and should have an active GSTIN.Supplier taxpayer should have valid login credentials (i.e., User ID and password).Supplier taxpayer should have valid and non-expired/unrevoked digital signature certificate (DSC)( in case of  companies, LLPs and FLLPs etc.) or EVC ( for remaining Taxpayers)

 

Steps in filing Form GSTR 1 Login>GST portal>Services>Returns>Returns DashboardSelect the financial year and tax period for which GSTR 1 needs to be filed and click SEARCHSelect GSTR 1 tile and click on PREPARE ONLINE or PREPARE OFFLINEFill in the data in respective sectionGenerate summary of GSTR 1Click submit to validate data. No changes can be made in Form GSTR 1 once data is submittedFile GSTR 1 using DSC ( in case of  companies, LLPs and FLLPs etc.) or EVCAn Application Reference Number (ARN) is generated and SMS and mail is sent to the TaxpayerMethods of filing Form GSTR 1: The Form GSTR-1 can be filed by any of the following methods:Upload of invoices online: If the taxpayer has limited number of entries, he can directly enter the details on the GST portal. He needs to log in to the GST portal using his user ID and password and navigate to the return dashboard page where he can click on prepare online tab available on GSTR 1 tile to prepare his return online. b) Preparation of Form GSTR 1 using Off-line tool: Excel based offline tool is also provided at https://www.gst.gov.in/download/returns . This can be downloaded and installed on the taxpayer's computer to prepare the return in an offline mode using excel without connecting to internet.  The benefits and main features of offline tool (mentioned above) are:Can fill in invoices data up to 19, 000 line items using excel utility in offline mode.Using offline tool, taxpayer can upload their invoices in Form GSTR 1, more than once, at any time during the day/week/month. The invoices uploaded in Form GSTR 1 by supplier will be auto populated in GSTR 2A of the receiver and will be available for view to the receiver.Where invoices are more than 500, it will not be available for viewing online to the tax payers. However, they can download it using offline tool and later on upload after edit.  Filing of Form GSTR 1 through GSPs:Taxpayers having very large number of invoices can directly furnish details of Form GSTR 1 to GST System using their accounting applications if they use the services of the GST Suvidha Providers to connect to the GST system through a secured MPLS network connectivity.  Salient Features of Form GSTR-1:Supplier taxpayers (Normal and Casual) are required to file GSTR 1 return (Statement of outward Supplies) on a monthly basis Information to be uploaded in GSTR-1 statement can be broadly divided in two groups.Group I:  The B2B Invoice Details of Supplies to registered person,B2Cl Invoice details of Interstate Supplies with invoice value more than Rs 2.5 lacs per invoice, exports details, credit debit notes related to B2B,B2Cl and Export invoices for which invoice wise details are to be provided and amendment of earlier furnished invoices and credit/debit notesGroup II: Group summary information for whole month is to be reported for B2Cs details of  supplies to consumers within the state and inter-state supplies  of value less than Rs. 2.5 lacs per invoice, details of advances received and adjusted, NIL rated, Exempt and non-taxable supplies, details of documents like invoice, challans etc.  Issued during the month and amendments of above information having impact on tax liabilities.

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Late fees for not filing GSTR 1 by the due Date (as per CGST Act): Late fees of Rs 100/- for every day during which such failure continues subject to maximum of Rs 5000/- , (fees as per SGST Act will be charged separately as per respective SGST Act).