All about GST Audit you should know

2. GST Audits

GST Audits is the examination of taxpayers’ records to see if he complies with GST Rules and has paid all their tax dues. A Tax Payer can perform GST Audit himself or by GST authorized personnel’s depending on different circumstances. GST Audit by Tax Payer is done if his turnover is more than Rs. 2 crores. In this case, he must submit his audited returns, with details of his audited accounts and his reconciliation statements. GST Audit by Tax Authorities is done either by a Tax commissioner or taxpayer may be liable for a special audit which is done by a Chartered Accountant as nominated by the commissioner depending on the requirement under GST Rules.

3. Types of Assessments under GST:

GST Assessment is the process of determination of total tax liability by a taxpayer under GST Rules. There are 5 types of assessments under GST-

3.1 Self-Assessment 

Taxpayer does this kind of assessment himself to furnish taxes for the relevant tax period.

3.2 Provisional Assessment

In case a registered dealer is unable to determine his tax liability on his own, he can request a GST Tax officer to assess his tax and that tax officer can allow the taxpayer to pay his taxes based on provisions as per records submitted by him.

3.3 Scrutiny Assessment

This kind of assessment is carried on by GST Officer to verify the correctness of the return filed under GST Rules. In case he finds any discrepancies, he may ask the taxpayer for the reasons for such gaps.

3.4 Summary Assessment

An assessing officer does this kind of assessment when he believes that any delay in assessment may impact the revenue. This kind of assessment can be passed after approval from an additional joint commissioner.

3.5 Best Judgement Assessment

This kind of assessment is done in two cases. One is when the assessment must be done for non-filers. That is when a registered taxpayer is liable to pay the taxes but he does not file his returns even after getting a legal notice about it, then GST Officer assess his tax liability based on his best judgment as per available records. Second, this kind of assessment is done for a taxpayer who fails to register himself due to any reasons. In such a case, the taxpayer is liable to also show the cause of him being unregistered.