In a significant move towards taxpayer facilitation, the Government has today onwards allowed filing of NIL GST monthly return in FORM GSTR-3B through SMS. This would substantially improve ease of GST compliance for over 22 lakh registered taxpayers who had to otherwise log into their account on the common portal and then file their returns every month. Now, these taxpayers with NIL liability need not log on to the GST Portal and may file their NIL returns through a SMS.
For this purpose, the functionality of filing Nil FORM GSTR-3B through SMS has been made available on the GSTN portal with immediate effect. The status of the returns so filed can be tracked on the GST Portal by logging in to GSTIN account and navigating to Services>Returns>Track Return Status. The procedure to file Nil returns by SMS is as follows: -
Initiate NIL filing |
NIL<space>3B<space>GSTN<space>tax period. Example- NIL 3B 07CQZCD1111I4Z7 032020 and send it to 14409 |
123456 is the CODE for NIL filing of GSTR3B for 09XXXXXXXXXXXZC for period 032020. The Code is valid for 30 minutes. |
Confirming NIL Filing |
CNF<space>3B<space>Code Example CNF 3B 123456 |
Your 09XXXXXXXXXXXZC GSTR3B for 032020 is filed successfully and acknowledged vide ARN is AA070219000384. Please use this ARN to track the status of your return. |
For Help, anytime |
HELP3B |
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This is a good move by the Government to ease the compliance burden for taxpayers having NIL liability and such initiatives are definitely needed to make the compliances easy, less time consuming and in line with global best practices.
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