TMI BlogSetting up of an IT Grievance Redressal Mechanism to address the grievances of taxpayers due to technical glitches on GST Portal.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... s invited to Circular No. 39/13/2018-GST issued under F. No. 267/7/20180.8 dated 03.04.2018 by the Deputy Commissioner GST, Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs, New Delhi, regarding Setting up of an IT Grievance Redressal Mechanism to address the grievances of taxpayers due to technical glitches on GST Portal. It has been decided to put in place an IT-Grievance Redressal Mechanism to address the difficulties faced by a section of taxpayers owing to technical glitches on the GST portal and the relief that needs to be given to them. The relief could be in the nature of allowing filing of any Form or Return prescribed in law or amending any Form or Return already filed. The details of the said grievance redressal mechanism are provided ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... entral and State government would appoint nodal officers in requisite number to address the problem a taxpayer faces due to glitches, if any, in the Common Portal. 5.2 Taxpayers shall make an application to the field officers or the nodal officers where there was a demonstrable glitch on the common Portal in relation to an identified issue, due to which the due process as envisaged in law could not be completed on the Common Portal. 5.3 Such an application shall enclose evidences as may be needed for an identified issue to establish bonafide attempt on the part of the taxpayer to comply with the due process of law. 5.4 These applications shall be collated by the nodal officer and forwarded to GSTN who would on receipt of ap ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... and penalty shall be placed before the GST Council with recommendation of the IT-Grievance Redressal Committee. 8. Resolution of stuck TRAN-1s and filing of GSTR-3B 8.1 A large number of taxpayers could not complete the process of TRAN-1 filing either at the stage of original or revised filing as they could not digitally authenticate the TRAN-1s due to IT related glitches. As a result, a large number of such TRAN-1s are stuck in the system. GSTN shall identify such taxpayers who could not file TRAN-1 on the basis of electronic audit trail. It has been decided that all such taxpayers, who tried but were not able to complete TRAN-1 procedure (original or revised) of filing them on or before 27.12.2017 due to IT-glitch, ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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