Prepare GSTR-9 from the figures GSTN holds for your year and file it with an OTP
Prepare GSTR-9 from the figures GSTN holds for your year and file it with an OTP
SmartLedger fetches the financial year's GSTR-9 figures from GSTN, walks you through the annual return table by table, and files it on the GST portal with an EVC OTP. File every GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B for the year first.
Your year's GST position at a glance
The GSTR-9 page totals the year's outward supplies, ITC availed, credit notes, tax paid and any additional liability.
- Filing History lists each year with its status, ARN, outward turnover and tax paid
- Statuses run from Pending and Draft Saved to Ready To File and Filed
- PREPARE opens a year in progress; VIEW opens one already filed
- The annual return draws on the year's GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B, so file those first
Start from the figures GSTN already holds
Pick the financial year and SmartLedger fetches its GSTR-9 figures from GSTN, or reopens the draft you saved earlier.
- + Prepare Annual Return opens the GST portal login first if you aren't connected
- Recalculate from GSTN replaces a saved draft with the latest figures
- Basic Details fills in legal and trade name, registration date and your last GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B ARNs
- Refetch reloads those details from your registration
Six steps through the annual return
Move through Basic Details, Supplies, ITC, Tax Paid, Adjustments and File, reviewing each GSTR-9 table before you file.
- Supplies covers Table 4, tax payable on outward supplies, and Table 5, supplies with no tax payable
- ITC covers Tables 6 to 8: ITC availed, reversed and ineligible, and other ITC information
- Tax Paid shows Table 9 as declared in the returns you filed during the year
- File holds Tables 15 to 19, including HSN summaries of outward and inward supplies
Save, declare and file with an OTP
Save the return as a draft on the GST portal, tick the declaration, and file with an EVC OTP sent to the authorised signatory.
- Save as Draft stores your figures on the portal, and the return is filed from that copy
- Ticking the declaration asks the portal to validate the return
- EVC (OTP on mobile) is the verification method; DSC is marked Coming Soon
- SmartLedger shows your ARN as soon as the portal accepts the return
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