GSTN Portal enables New Functionalities for TCS and Composition Taxpayers

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) has recently enabled new functionalities for Taxpayers liable to file GSTR-8 as well as for Composition Taxpayers effecting supplies through E-Commerce Operators in the wake of Covid-19.These Changes aims at easing the process of furnishing of Return under Form GSTR-8 by the E-Commerce Operators.Detailed Explanation of the Changes is as follows:

Provision to make amendment, multiple times, in Table 4 of Form GSTR-8

• Earlier, if no action was taken on TCS details, auto-populated in TDS/TCS credit form, by the supplier or if the same were rejected by them in the said form, the TCS (e-commerce operators) could amend the details only once.
• Based on requests received from stakeholders, the restriction of amending the transaction details only once, in the table 4 (i.e. amendment table) of Form GSTR-8, has now been removed.
• Thus, details of table 4 (i.e. amendment table) of Form GSTR-8, can now be amended multiple times, by e-commerce operators liable to collect tax at source under section 52, while filing their Form GSTR-8.

TCS facility extended to composition taxpayers

• The taxpayers under composition scheme, who are permitted to make supplies through E-Commerce Operators, e.g. Restaurant Services, will now be able to view and take necessary actions in their TDS/TCS credit received form.
• E-commerce operators would now be able to add GSTIN of such composition suppliers, in their Form GSTR-8 and file the Form.
• The amount of tax collected at source, reported by E Commerce Operators in their Form GSTR-8, will now be populated to ‘TDS /TCS credit received’ form of respective composition taxpayers.
• The amount so reported by e-commerce operators will now be available to respective composition taxpayers, for accepting or rejecting the same, in their ‘TDS and TCS credit received’ form.
• For accepted transactions, the amount would be credited to cash ledger of composition taxpayers, after successful filing of ‘TDS/ TCS Credit received’ form.
• For rejected transactions, the amount would be shown to e-commerce operators for correction.

It's a welcome move,since this will enable Composition Taxpayers also to set off the tax deducted from their supplies reflecting in their Electronic Credit Ledger while filing their Quarterly form CMP-08 for payment of the outward tax liability.

Source: www.gst.gov.in

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