Question 50:

We have received a purchase bill of March 18 after filling of GST -3B on 20th April 2018. How can we claim the input tax credit now as financial year has also changed?

Answer 

Please refer to our Daily Mail dated 04-05-2018. A presentation is sent to you for doing corrections of errors in periodical returns. The same is enclosed herewith.

Reply to your query is as follows:

You can record the unreported purchase invoices in the succeeding month GSTR-3B. As per proviso to section 39 of CGST Act you can do rectification upto furnishing of annual return or September 2018 whichever is earlier.

Circular No. 26/26/2018-GST dated 29.11.2017 clarifies the above as follows:-

4. It is clarified that as return in FORM GSTR-3B do not contain provisions for reporting of differential figures for past month(s), the said figures may be reported on net basis along with the values for current month itself in appropriate tables i.e. Table No. 3.1, 3.2, 4 and 5, as the case may be. It may be noted that while making adjustment in the output tax liability or input tax credit, there can be no negative entries in the FORM GSTR-3B. The amount remaining for adjustment, if any, may be adjusted in the return(s) in FORM GSTR-3B of subsequent month(s) and, in cases where such adjustment is not feasible, refund may be claimed. Where adjustments have been made in FORM GSTR-3B of multiple months, corresponding adjustments in FORM GSTR-1 should also preferably be made in the corresponding months.

Please note succeeding month means any month comes after the month in which return is filed it does not mean next month only. (Reply dt. 05/08/2018)