The euphoria over GST rollout has waned with the assesses voicing concern over several critical issues and constraints in uploading of details in the GSTR -1 monthly return.

S Rethinavelu, senior president of Tamil Nadu Chamber of Commerce and Industry, who was a proponent of GST, has appealed to the authorities to dispense with the complex GSTR-1 monthly return filing.

Cumbersome process Highlighting the plight of the assesses, he pointed out that of the 68 lakh GST payers in the country, around 30 lakh were still unable to upload their sales details in the temporarily introduced GSTR 3B return for August 2017.

“These tax payers are jittery about uploading invoice details before the 10th of every month in the regular GSTR-1 return. Incidentally, even the technically qualified ones and software professionals say that they find it difficult to follow the intricate procedures in the filing of the return,” Rethinavelu said.

Chamber suggestion The Chamber suggests that the present rule (which mandates every registered tax payer who moves goods valued at ₹50,000 and above to furnish details relating to the transaction on the GSTN portal, and generate the e-way bill to go with the consignment) be modified to the effect that the dealer who sells goods to registered or unregistered dealers for whatever value should do so only through e-way bill.

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