Govt decides to provide facility of SMS filing of NIL statement of Form GSTR-1 from July 1

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New Delhi: In a major relief to the Goods and Service Tax taxpayers, the government has decided to provide the facility of SMS filing of NIL statement of Form GSTR-1 from 1st July.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, CBIC said that the filing of NIL statements through SMS would improve ease of GST compliance for over 12 lakh registered taxpayers. At present, these taxpayers have to log into their account on the common portal and then fill their statement of outward supplies in Form GSTR-1 every month or each quarter. CBIC said that the taxpayer needs to send SMS to 14409 to initiate the SMS facility and after getting six digit code, the taxpayer can confirm their Nil statement.

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