GSTN Portal enables downloading of Table 8A of GSTR-9 in Detail

A facility has been provided to the taxpayers to download document wise details of Table 8A of Form GSTR-9, from the portal in excel format. This can be done by using a new option of ‘Document wise Details of Table 8-A’ given on the GSTR-9 dashboard, from Financial Year 2018-19 onwards. This will help the taxpayer in reconciling the values appearing in Table 8-A of Form GSTR 9, thus facilitate filling the Form GSTR 9.

Table 8-A of Form GSTR 9 is populated on basis of documents in filed Form GSTR-1 or Form GSTR-5 of the supplier. Thus, all documents which are present in GSTR-2A (Table 3 & 5), will not be available here, as documents which are in uploaded or submitted stage in Form GSTR 1 or 5, are not accounted for credit in table 8A of Form GSTR 9.

This excel download will address issues like:

• Figures of Input Tax Credit (I.T.C.), as Pre-Populated in table 8A of GSTR-9, not matching with the figures, as appearing in their Form GSTR-2A.
• To view details of documents that are auto-populated from GSTR-2A, to table 8A of Form GSTR-9.

Steps to Download: To download, navigate to Services > Returns > Annual Return > Form GSTR-9 (PREPARE ONLINE) > DOWNLOAD TABLE 8A DOCUMENT DETAILS option.

Downloaded excel file will contain:

• GSTIN, Trade Name or Legal Name of the supplier
• The period (month) in which the document featured in GSTR-2A of the recipient
• Document wise details of B2B (invoices), B2BA (amended invoices), CDNR (credit and debit notes) and CDNRA (credit and debit notes amended), filed by supplier in their Form GSTR-1/GSTR-5, in separate Excel sheets
• Details from only Form GSTR-1/GSTR-5, which are filed till 31st October of subsequent year
• In case of amendments, only latest value will be accounted for
• Field showing “ITC available for Table 8A” – “Yes” or “No”
• If ITC is not available, a column named ‘Reason for Non-accounting’ with reasons for non-accounting in Table 8A

Some other Important Points:

• Excel download option will be available once GSTR-9 tab for filing is enabled
• Generated excel will be downloaded as a zip file, if number of documents are less
• Generated excel can be downloaded in multiple parts, if number of documents are large
• Data saved/submitted in Form GSTR-1/5 will be shown in Form GSTR-2A, but will not be shown in downloaded excel file of Table 8A of Form GSTR-9

Source: www.gst.gov.in

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