What is GST Departmental Audit?
GAs per Section 65(1) of the CGST Act, 2017, the Commissioner or any officer authorized by him, by way of a general or a specific order, may undertake audit of any registered person for such period, at such frequency and in such manner as may be prescribed. The period of audit to be conducted under Sub-section (1) of Section 65 shall be a financial year or multiplies thereof as per Rule 10(1) of CGST Act, 2017.
Upon the conclusion of the GST audit, the authorised officer shall inform the findings, rights and obligations and the reasons for the given findings to the registered person, within a period of 30 days in FORM GST ADT-02. If the registered taxpayer is found at fault, such as wrongly availed/utilized ITC, the authorised officer can proceed as per the procedure laid down under section 73 or Section 74 of GST Audit Rules.
Rick Parameters for selection of GST Department Audit
Volume of the Taxpayer’s turnover/net profit,
If any changes happened in the Taxpayer’s turnover/net profit for the previous years,
Volume of Exemptions claimed by the taxpayer’s year wise,
Higher incidence of supplies without issuance of E-Way Bills,
Taxpayer who does not file periodical return but issues E-Way Bills and inconsistency in the data declared in GSTR-1 and E-way Bills generated,
Financial ratio analysis and if any major variations observations ,
Volume of Tax Refund claimed by the taxpayer’s year wise comparison and if any variations observations,
Multitude of the taxpayer’s legal relationships with other entities,
Taxpayer’s return was previously investigated for evasion,
Taxpayer who has not been audited in the pre-GST era for a long period i.e. 4 to 5 years under VAT or Service Tax,
Any specific information received from other Government authorities i.e. Income Tax, ROC,RBI, Local tax authorities or any written compliant received from the person.
Difference in the turnover as declared in Form GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns for continuous period,
Difference in ITC availed and utilized as per GSTR-3B and ITC available as per GSTR-2A,
Wrong classification of goods or services provide, effecting wrong levy of tax,
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Mismatch in the details of Export reported under GSTR-1 and information lodged on ICEGATE,