1.1 GSTR 9 Return Preparation

GSTR 9 is an annual GST return which needs to be filed by every taxpayer who has taken registration under GST Law. It is a mandatory return for all taxpayer.

GSTR 9 consists of major 6 parts, bifurcated between 19 sub-sections. Out of these 19 sub-section, some of the sub-sections will be auto-populated based on GSTR 1 and GSTR 3B filed with GSTN.

EaseMyGSTSapphire will give you auto-computed details and also bulk fetch data facility.

Even if you have not filed GSTR 1 and GSTR 3B by using EaseMyGST Sapphire platform still you will be able to get auto-computed details for GSTR 9 and you will be able to save GSTR 9 details to GSTN portal through EaseMyGST Sapphire

1.2 Reports on GSTR 1 Data

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Report 1 – HSN Summary for outward supplies based on uploaded data (Can be used to fill table 17)

This report is related to HSN summary for outward supplies. This report will be created based upon data uploaded for GSTR 1.

This may not be a complete report if you are uploading B2CS data or HSN Summary or both at an aggregate level or if you have amended invoices.

This report can be used for filling up table 17 of GSTR 9.

So for creating this report, click on Generate and once request is completed, click on Download Data.

Note – Here original uploaded data is only considered for calculation. So the effect of the amendment you need to calculate.

Report 2 – Outward supplies invoices/notes and amendments in Apr to Mar of current financial year belonging to previous financial year based on GSTN data (Can be used to fill table 10 and 11)

This report is based on invoices and notes from GSTN which are uploaded in filing periods from April to March 2019, but which belong to the financial year 2017-18 based on invoice/note date.

This report can be used for filling up table 10 and 11 of GSTR 9.

So for creating this report, click on Generate and once request is completed, click on Download Data.

1.3 Reports on GSTR 2 Data

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Report 1 – HSN Summary for Inward supplies based on uploaded data (Can be used to fill table 18)

This report is related to HSN summary for inward supplies. This report will be created based upon data uploaded for GSTR 2.

If data for purchases is not uploaded on EaseMyGST Sapphire then it is not possible to create this report.

This may not be a complete report unless all purchase data including B2B, Import, RCM, etc are uploaded with HSN level data.

This report can be used for filling up table 18 of GSTR 9.

So for creating this report, click on Generate and once request is completed, click on Download Data.

Note – Here original uploaded data is only considered for calculation. So the effect of the amendment you need to calculate.

Report 2 – Inward supplies invoices/notes and amendments in Apr to Mar of current financial year belonging to previous financial year based on uploaded data (Can be used to fill table 13)

This report is based on invoices and notes uploaded in GSTR2 in Regular Transactions and CDN data in filing periods from April to March 2019, but which belong to the financial year 2017-18 based on invoice/note date.

This report can be used for filling up table 13 of GSTR 9.

So for creating this report, click on Generate and once request is completed, click on Download Data.

1.4 Bulk GET of GSTR 1, GSTR 3B and GSTR 2A Data

Firstly select taxpayer and GSTR 9 from return drop down

For getting auto calculated details of GSTR 9, firstly you need to do bulk data Get for GSTR 1, GSTR 3B and GSTR 2A.

Note –

1. For Table 4,5,6 and 9 calculation, you need to do a get of all sections of GSTR1 and GSTR-3B from July 2017 to March 2018.

2. For 8A calculation, you need to do a get of GSTR-2A from July 2017 till March 2019. This is because all invoices and notes with a date on or before 31.03.2018 whether uploaded by a supplier in any filing period are considered for this 8A calculation as per EaseMyGST as well as GSTN.

So for requesting bulk fetch, firstly select return type i.e. GSTR 1 / GSTR 3B / GSTR 2A, select multiple return periods and various sections of the return. Then click on Add.

So here you can choose the option to combine and get the output in one CSV file for every section. Then click on GET button. Once you proceed with the request, the status and details can be found in Request History

Once the request is complete, the file is ready for download. In the downloaded folder, a master file is included which includes the status of every request and the responses from GST system in caseof there are any errors.

As the data is fetched from GST system, the session with GSTN needs to be active. The time to process the request depends on the volume of data.

This is all about downloading a bulk GST data in a one go. Now go to Auto-drafted GSTR 9 (EaseMyGST)

1.5 Auto-drafted GSTR 9 (EaseMyGST)

Once you have done with Bulk Get data, here in Auto-drafted GSTR 9 (EaseMyGST), Click on calculated data button and then click on Check Status button so that you will get the auto-calculated details.

Download facility is also available here. There are two types of download.

1. Download GSTR 9 (EaseMyGST) – Here you will get a download of auto calculated details for a whole financial year that you see on UI.

2. Download Document Details (EaseMyGST) – Here you will get downloads for review purpose.  Firstly here you will get a download for all sections month wise calculation and secondly download of raw data month wise and section wise.

1.6 Auto-drafted GSTR 9 (GSTN)

Here you will get auto-drafted details from GSTN for your GSTR 9 based on GSTR 1, GSTR 3B and GSTR 2A data. So click on “Get Auto Drafted Data”. So that you can see all details which are coming from the GSTN side.

Download facility is also available here. There are two types of download.

1. Download GSTR 9 (GSTN) – Here you will get a download of auto calculated details for a whole financial year from the GSTN side.

2. Download Comparative Auto drafted GSTR 9 – Here you will get download for comparative auto drafted details from GSTN side and from EaseMyGST side. So that it will help you for review.

1.7 Upload GSTR 9 Data

Here you need to upload all data including the data which got auto-populated. So for all sections, you need to upload data in .csv file as per the EaseMyGST input format.

You will see the status as ‘IN PROGRESS’ in the upload history table (In case of a file is in a queue for further processing). Once the file passes all the technical validations, the status will change to ‘SUCCESS’. In case of any structural errors, you will get status as ‘FAILURE’ and in “Result”, you will get the list of structure errors that present in your file.

Now clear all those errors from your file and then upload an error free file here. To know structure validations.

1.8 View GSTR 9 Data

Here you can review the uploaded data in the respective sections as per the format of the uploaded document.

So here section wise you can do the review. Also if you want to edit for only one section then section wise download is also available. So select the section for which you want to do changes and click on “Download”. So that only for that section details will get downloaded. And then in that downloaded file, do the edits as per requirement and upload that file so that old details will get replaced with new edited details.

Also if you want to download details for all sections in one go then “Download All” feature is also available.

Similarly, if you want to delete only one section then click on “Delete” or if you want to delete all sections in one go then “Delete all” functionality is also available.

1.9 Create and Save GSTR 9

Click on “Create GSTR 9” and then click on confirm to proceed with the creation of return

Once the creation is complete, uploaded data will be displayed section wise. Also, there is a comparative view between EaseMyGST uploaded data value and GSTN save data. Option to download a summary is also available.

Once you reviewed details, now for saving data click on “Save Data to GSTN” Also in “Save status” you will come to know whether all data is saved or not. If any error comes from GSTN then you will get an error report. And then you can easily correct your data.

Also, an option to discard the draft is available.

1.10 Reports on GSTR 1 and GSTR 2 Data

Here in this section, you will get additional reports which help you while preparing your GSTR 9.

These report will be created based upon data uploaded for GSTR 1 and GSTR 2.

To know in detail click on below links –

Reports on GSTR 1 data

Reports on GSTR 2 data