Chapter - VIII of CGST Rules, 2017
RETURNS
RULE 80. Annual return (corresponding section 44)
4[(1) Every registered person, other than those referred to in the second proviso
to section 44, an Input Service Distributor, a person paying tax under
section
51 or section 52, a
casual taxable person
and a non-resident taxable person,
shall furnish an annual return for every financial year as specified under
section 44 electronically in
FORM GSTR-9 on or before the thirty-first
day of December following the end of such financial year through the common
portal either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the
Commissioner:
Provided that a person paying tax under section 10 shall furnish the annual return in FORM GSTR-9A.
5[(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), for the financial year 2020-2021 the said annual return shall be furnished on or before the twenty-eighth day of February, 2022.]
6[(1B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), for the financial year 2022-2023, the said annual return shall be furnished on or before the tenth day of January, 2024 for the registered persons whose principal place of business is in the districts of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi and Virudhunagar in the state of Tamil Nadu.;]
(2) Every electronic commerce operator required to collect tax at source under section 52 shall furnish annual statement referred to in sub-section (5) of the said section in FORM GSTR - 9B.
(3) Every registered person,
other than those referred to in the second proviso to
section 44, an Input
Service Distributor, a person paying tax under
section 51 or
section 52, a
casual taxable person and a non-resident taxable person, whose
aggregate turnover
during a financial year exceeds five crore rupees, shall also furnish a
self-certified reconciliation statement as specified under
section 44 in
FORM
GSTR-9C along with the annual return referred to in sub-rule (1), on or
before the thirty-first day of December following the end of such financial
year, electronically through the common portal either directly or through a
Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner.”.]
[helldod old[(1) Every registered person, other than an Input Service Distributor a person
paying tax under section 51 or
section 52, a
casual taxable person
and a
nonresident taxable person, shall furnish an annual return as specified under
sub-section (1) of section 44 electronically in
FORM GSTR-9 through the common
portal either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the
Commissioner:
Provided that a person paying tax under
section 10 shall furnish the annual
return in FORM GSTR-9A.
(2) Every electronic commerce operator required to collect tax at source under
section 52 shall furnish annual statement referred to in sub-section (5) of the
said section in FORM GSTR -9B.
(3) Every registered person 1[other than
those referred to in the proviso to sub-section (5) of
section 35] whose
aggregate turnover
during a financial year
exceeds two crore rupees shall get his accounts audited as specified under
sub-section (5) of section 35 and he shall furnish a copy of audited annual
accounts and a reconciliation statement, duly certified, in
FORM GSTR-9C,
electronically through the common portal either directly or through a
Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner.
3[Provided that for the financial year
2018-2019 and 2019-2020, every registered person whose aggregate turnover
exceeds five crore rupees shall get his accounts audited as specified under
sub-section (5) of
section 35 and he shall furnish a copy of audited annual
accounts and a reconciliation statement, duly certified, in
FORM GSTR-9C
for the said financial year, electronically through the common portal either
directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner.]
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[helldod old[2[Provided that every registered person whose
aggregate turnover
during the financial year 2018-2019 exceeds five crore rupees shall get
his accounts audited as specified under subsection (5) of
section 35 and he
shall furnish a copy of audited annual accounts and a reconciliation statement,
duly certified, in FORM GSTR-9C for
the financial year 2018- 2019, electronically through the common portal either
directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner.]]
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5[(3A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (3), for the financial year 2020-2021 the said self-certified reconciliation statement shall be furnished along with the said annual return on or before the twenty-eighth day of February, 2022.]
6[(3B) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (3), for the financial year 2022-2023, the said self certified reconciliation statement shall be furnished along with the said annual return on or before the tenth day of January, 2024 for the registered persons whose principal place of business is in the districts of Chennai, Tiruvallur, Chengalpattu, Kancheepuram, Tirunelveli, Tenkasi, Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi and Virudhunagar in the state of Tamil Nadu.;]