Draft GST return forms to be released for public comments by Monday

| | New Delhi

The drafts of new forms for filing GST return will be put in public domain by early next week for stakeholder consultation, a revenue official said on Thursday. GST Commissioner Upender Gupta said in the new return filing system ‘nil’ filers, who don’t have purchase or supplies in a quarter, could file returns by just sending an SMS. The new return forms will give option to taxpayers to make amendments till September next year.  The GST Council, chaired by Union Finance Minister, had last week cleared the new return filing form. It would replace the current GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns.