GST returns for small businesses not simplified
Hearty congratulations to PM and FM and G.S.T Council on looking into difficulties of Trade and Commerce especially of Small businesses.
But the return forms simplification for small businesses especially GSTR-2, wherein every body has to intimate his total expenses item wise and with voucher no. reconciliations etc if they are from registered dealers.
Small businesses who are eligible under Presumptive taxation under Income Tax are hitherto not maintaining full-fledged set of books of accounts. For them it is really addl. burden to figure out the details in these returns.
In similar lines to simplified returns which are provided under IT Act, the G.S.T council shall consider simplification of returns for Small businesses as Composition scheme is not advantages to small businesses those who are dealing with B to B transactions. Because for big businesses no input credit will be there for the composition tax paid by these small businesses, accordingly they are pressurizing the small businesses to go for regular G.S.T registration. This is forcing small businesses to run their business with addl. burden of maintaining records for G.S.T and for G.S.T returns. more