{"id":2625,"date":"2020-06-09T10:27:11","date_gmt":"2020-06-09T10:27:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/?p=2625"},"modified":"2020-06-09T10:29:05","modified_gmt":"2020-06-09T10:29:05","slug":"cbic-enable-the-facility-of-nil-gstr-3b-filing-through-sms-read-press-release","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/cbic-enable-the-facility-of-nil-gstr-3b-filing-through-sms-read-press-release\/","title":{"rendered":"CBIC enable the facility of NIL GSTR-3B filing through SMS [Read Press Release]"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='epvc-post-count'><span class='epvc-eye'><\/span>  <span class=\"epvc-count\"> 1,039<\/span><\/div><h4><strong>CBIC enable the facility of NIL GSTR-3B filing through SMS<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">CBIC previously issued Notification No.38\/2020-Central Tax, dated the 5th May, 2020 on the on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017,<\/p>\n<ol style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A registered person registered <em>under the provisions of the Companies Act, 2013<\/em>\u00a0(18 of 2013) shall, during the period from the 21st day of April, 2020 to the 30th day of June, 2020, also be allowed to furnish the return under section 39 in FORM GSTR3B\u00a0<em>verified through electronic verification code (EVC).\u201d.<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #000000;\">A registered person who is required to furnish a Nil return under section 39 in FORM GSTR-3B for a tax period, any reference to electronic furnishing shall include furnishing of the said return through a short messaging service using the registered mobile number and the said return shall be verified by a registered <em>mobile number based One Time Password facility. (new rule 67A of CGST Rules 2017).<\/em><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p>On the Basis of above rules, CBIC enable the facility of SMS mode nil GSTR-3B filing and issued press release in this regard.<\/p>\n<p>We hereby discuss the Detailed Process of SMS mode facility, but before we have to know who are liable to file GSTR-3B.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt; color: #00b050;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">GSTR-3B is to be filed by a registered person being a<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: .375in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">normal taxpayer, <\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">casual taxpayer and<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">SEZ Unit\/SEZ developer.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt; color: #00b050;\"><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Form GSTR-3B is <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">not<\/span><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"> filed by those registered as an<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: .375in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Input Service Distributor (ISD)<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Composition taxpayer<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Non-Resident Taxable Person (NRTP)<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Tax Deductor at Source (TDS)<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Tax Collector at Source (TCS)<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Online Information and Database access or Retrieval Services Provider (OIDAR)<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt; color: #00b050;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">Nil Form GSTR-3B for a tax period can be filed, if you:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: .375in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Have NOT made any Outward Supply and<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Do NOT have any reverse charge liability<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Do NOT intend to take any Input Tax Credit and<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Do NOT have any liability for that particular or earlier Tax Periods<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">There is no saved data on GST Portal for the requested period.<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">All previous returns should be filed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Filing is initiated after the end of tax period for which Form GSTR-3B is to be filed.<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Taxpayer&#8217;s GSTIN is active &amp; Return period for which Nil Form GSTR-3B filing request has been made is after the date of registration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Return period for which Nil Form GSTR-3B filing request has been made is not after the date of cancellation of registration.<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Taxpayer has activated:<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-left: .75in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Login USER ID on the GST Portal (For Newly Registered Taxpayer)<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; margin-left: .75in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Re-activated the login USER ID (In case of updation of the authorized signatory)<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-left: .375in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in;\" type=\"disc\">\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Any authorised representative for a particular GSTIN is allowed to file Nil Form GSTR-3B through SMS.<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">However, registered mobile number of authorized representative shall not be common with other authorized representatives for the same GSTIN.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Note: You will receive appropriate response message on the same mobile number from which SMS was sent, in case validation fails.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin: 0in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt; color: #00b050;\"><span style=\"font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;\">Steps to file NIL GSTR-3B through SMS ;<\/span><\/p>\n<ol style=\"margin-left: .375in; direction: ltr; unicode-bidi: embed; margin-top: 0in; margin-bottom: 0in; font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\" type=\"1\">\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\" value=\"1\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt; font-weight: normal; font-style: normal;\">Send SMS message- NIL (space) 3B (space) GSTIN (space) tax period in mmyyyy format to 14409 from your registered mobile number<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">You will receive a 06 digit validation code<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">Send SMS message- CNF (space) 3B (space) 06 digit verification code to 14409<\/span><\/li>\n<li lang=\"en-US\" style=\"margin-top: 0; margin-bottom: 0; vertical-align: middle;\"><span style=\"font-family: 'Trebuchet MS'; font-size: 14.0pt;\">You will receive a success message with ARN No. indicating that NIL filing has been successful.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-2626 size-full aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Untitled-picture.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"624\" height=\"234\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Untitled-picture.png 624w, https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Untitled-picture-300x113.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 624px) 100vw, 624px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/Press-Information-Bureau.pdf\"> Read Press Release Here <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>1,039CBIC enable the facility of NIL GSTR-3B filing through SMS CBIC previously issued Notification No.38\/2020-Central Tax, dated the 5th May, &#8230;. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2628,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,55,40,47,28,22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2625","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog","category-covid-19-relief","category-gst-council-meeting","category-gst-learning","category-gst-return","category-input-tax-credit"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2625"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2630,"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2625\/revisions\/2630"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2628"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2625"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2625"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.gstpractitioners.in\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2625"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}