Decisions taken by 37^th GST Council Meeting held on 20^th September,2019.

 

37^th GST Council meeting held on 20^th September,2019 at Goa, recommended Law and Procedure related some changes. The changes are given below,

 Relaxation in filing of annual returns for MSMEs for FY 2017-18 and FY 2018-19 as under:

  a).waiver of the requirement of filing FORM GSTR-9A for Composition Taxpayers for the said tax periods; and

 b). filing of FORM GSTR-9 for those taxpayers who (are required to file the said return but) have aggregate turnover up to Rs. 2 crores made optional for the said tax periods.

 

A Committee of Officers to be constituted to examine the simplification of Forms for Annual Return and reconciliation statement.

 

 Extension of last date for filing of appeals against orders of Appellate Authority before the GST Appellate Tribunal as the Appellate Tribunals are yet not functional.

 

In order to nudge taxpayers to timely file their statement of outward supplies, imposition of restrictions on availment of input tax credit by the recipients in cases where details of outward supplies are not furnished by the suppliers in the statement under section 37 of the CGST Act, 2017.

 

New return system now to be introduced from April, 2020 (earlier proposed from October, 2019), in order to give ample opportunity to taxpayers as well as the system to adapt and accordingly specifying the due date for furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-3B and details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 for the period October, 2019 - March, 2020.

 

Issuance of circulars for uniformity in application of law across all jurisdictions: 

a). procedure to claim refund in FORM GST RFD-01A subsequent to favourable order in appeal or any other forum; 

b). eligibility to file a refund application in FORM GST RFD-01A for a period and category under which a NIL refund application has already been filed; and 

c). clarification regarding supply of Information Technology enabled Services (ITeS services) (in supersession of Circular No. 107/26/2019-GST dated 18.07.2019) being made on own account or as intermediary.