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Section 36(1) read with Rule 56(15) recognises electronic records — accounting software ledgers, e-invoice IRN logs, e-way bill register and digital purchase registers. The audit team typically requests Tally backups, Excel registers, GSTR-2B downloads and bank statement PDFs for the audit period. Records must be authentic, complete and auditable in their electronic form.
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Where findings are accepted, voluntary payment via DRC-03 with reference to the audit ARN gets ADT-04 closure issued — no DRC-01 SCN under Section 73 or 74, no penalty escalation.
Where Section 66 special audit is ordered via ADT-03, FilingPro liaises with the nominated CA, ensures full record access and tracks the 90-day report timeline (extendable by 90 days under Section 66(2)).
All audit working papers, GSTR-2B downloads, RCM workings and reconciliation sheets retained for 6 years from the due date of the annual return — meeting Section 36 read with Rule 56 record-retention obligations.
Where DRC-01 SCN escalates to a Section 73(9) or 74(9) demand order, Section 107 appeal is filed within 3 months with 10% pre-deposit. Personal hearing represented by qualified professionals.
Our practice has handled departmental audits since the service tax and VAT era — deep institutional memory of jurisdictional CGST and SGST audit teams in Chennai, their typical findings and effective reply structures.
Every ADT-01 notice received by a Mylapore client is acknowledged within 24 hours and full records compilation begins under Rule 101(2). No last-minute scramble at audit start.
Every GST Audit Support engagement delivers measurable, guaranteed outcomes — expert professionals, on time, every time.
Why this matters here — Across Mylapore, the business activity radiating outward from Kapaleeshwarar Temple and nearby commercial pockets. Practitioners note that with quick access via Mylapore MRTS and feeder routes connecting Mylapore to the rest of Chennai.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — Across Mylapore, the cluster of temple economy, traditional retail, jewellery businesses that defines Mylapore's commercial fabric.
Deadline pressure points we see in Mylapore: For Mylapore engagements specifically — for Mylapore businesses balancing growth ambitions with tight statutory compliance.
Forms most asked about here — Across Mylapore, where temple economy businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Memorandum of first appeal before the Appellate Authority against an order under Section 73, 74 or other adjudication arising from audit; carries grounds of appeal and pre-deposit details
Refund application used where audit closure or appellate decision results in pre-deposit refund or refund of tax paid in excess pursuant to favourable order
Monthly or quarterly statement of outward supplies — the primary source document for audit observations on tax payable, turnover declarations and B2B invoice flow
Monthly summary return capturing output tax, ITC availed and net tax payable — frequently the focus of audit observations on Table 4 ITC and Table 3 outward supply mismatches
Statutory notice issued by the proper officer informing the registered person of the institution of audit under Section 65; carries the period of audit, place, date and the records to be made available
Communication by the proper officer to the registered person of the findings of audit, rights and obligations and reasons for the findings; the formal closure document of departmental audit
Direction issued by the proper officer, with prior approval of the Commissioner, to the registered person to get his records examined and audited by a chartered accountant or cost accountant nominated by the Commissioner
Communication by the proper officer to the registered person of the findings of the special audit conducted under Section 66; carries the nominee auditor's observations and the officer's view
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Statutory hooks that bite here — Across Mylapore, where temple economy businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Sub-section (1) of Section 65 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act empowers the Commissioner, or any officer authorised by him through a general or specific order, to undertake audit of any registered person for such period, frequency and manner as may be prescribed. Sub-section (2) provides that the audit may be conducted either at the place of business of the registered person or at the office of the proper officer. It is to be noted that this provision is the substantive source of departmental audit jurisdiction and is read with Rule 101 for procedural mechanics.
View sourceSub-section (1) of Section 66 provides that if at any stage of scrutiny, inquiry, investigation or any other proceedings, the officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner, having regard to the nature and complexity of the case and the interest of revenue, is of the opinion that the value has not been correctly declared or the credit availed is not within the normal limits, he may, with prior approval of the Commissioner, direct the registered person to get the records including books of account examined and audited by a chartered accountant or a cost accountant nominated by the Commissioner.
View sourceSub-rule (1) of Rule 101 provides that the period of audit shall be a financial year or part thereof or multiples thereof. Sub-rule (2) prescribes Form GST ADT-01 for the audit notice. Sub-rule (4) directs the proper officer, on conclusion of audit, to record the audit observations in his audit notes and to inform the registered person of the discrepancies, who may file his reply. Sub-rule (5) prescribes Form GST ADT-02 for communication of audit findings.
View sourceSub-section (4) of Section 65 prescribes that the audit shall be completed within three months from the date of commencement of the audit. The proviso permits the Commissioner, where satisfied that the audit cannot be completed within three months for reasons to be recorded in writing, to extend the period by a further period not exceeding six months. The expression date of commencement is defined in the Explanation to mean the date on which the records and other documents called for by the tax authorities are made available by the registered person, or the actual institution of audit at the place of business, whichever is later.
View sourceSection 74 governs the determination of tax not paid, short paid, erroneously refunded, or input tax credit wrongly availed by reason of fraud, wilful misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax. The limitation is extended to five years from the due date of the annual return for the relevant financial year. Penalty equal to the tax demanded is leviable. It is to be noted that the higher penalty regime under this provision requires the proper officer to specifically allege and establish one of the three jurisdictional triggers.
View sourceSub-section (2) of Section 66 provides that the direction under sub-section (1) shall be issued in Form GST ADT-03 as prescribed under Rule 102. The nominee chartered accountant or cost accountant is named by the Commissioner; the registered person does not have a right to choose the auditor. It is to be noted that this is materially different from the statutory audit framework under the Companies Act where the management appoints the auditor.
View sourceWhich of these bite hardest in Mylapore: For Mylapore engagements specifically — where temple economy businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Mylapore (PIN 600004) falls under the Mylapore Division of the Chennai South, the jurisdiction that handles statutory matters for businesses at this PIN. Businesses registered in Mylapore share the Chennai South jurisdiction, and their statutory matters route through the same Mylapore Division each time. Records we prepare for Mylapore carry the geo-zone 600xx tag and coordinates 13.0339, 80.2698, which map each submission back to this locality. Because PIN 600004 sits inside the Chennai South jurisdiction, the handling office for Mylapore stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles.
Mylapore sustains a high flow of commerce for a cultural temple economy heritage locality, and that flow is the raw material for the GST Audit Support files we close here. Mylapore reads as a cultural temple economy heritage pocket with high commercial activity, anchored around Mylapore Tank and fed by the Mylapore MRTS corridor. Most commerce in Mylapore — invoices, expenses, purchases and statutory records — eventually surfaces in the GST Audit Support working file we maintain for clients here. The cultural temple economy heritage mix of Mylapore shapes what lands in our workpapers — a blend of traditional retail activity and the commercial pulse around Mylapore Tank.
For a traditional retail business in Mylapore, the GST Audit Support scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. The traditional retail firms we serve in Mylapore value a GST Audit Support partner who already understands their sector's compliance rhythm. We have closed enough GST Audit Support files for traditional retail firms near Mylapore to know where the department usually probes. The traditional retail character of Mylapore commerce influences everything from invoice formats to the supporting documents a GST Audit Support review needs.
Document intake for Mylapore clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a GST Audit Support engagement. The qualified-review step on every Mylapore GST Audit Support file is where errors get caught before they reach the portal. A Mylapore client sees the same GST Audit Support cadence each cycle: intake, reconciliation, review, filing, acknowledgement. Working papers for Mylapore GST Audit Support engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer.
Proximity to Raja Annamalai Puram means a Mylapore engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. Businesses straddling Mylapore and Raja Annamalai Puram get a single GST Audit Support point of contact rather than two. We treat Mylapore and Raja Annamalai Puram as one catchment for GST Audit Support, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. GST Audit Support clients in Raja Annamalai Puram are handled by the same practitioners who run our Mylapore desk.
Each engagement in Mylapore adds to a record of what the Chennai South jurisdiction expects, sharpening the next GST Audit Support file. The GST Audit Support mistakes we see most in Mylapore are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Patterns we track for Mylapore include traditional retail documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Mylapore Division tends to raise. Because we work repeatedly across Mylapore, we can benchmark a new client's GST Audit Support position against the locality norm.
For a new business incorporating in Mylapore or shifting its principal place of business here, GST Audit Support setup is one of the first things to get right. Shifting principal place of business to Mylapore means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai South, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end. Relocating a registered office into Mylapore (PIN 600004) changes the assessing division, and we handle that GST Audit Support transition cleanly. Incorporating in Mylapore comes with jurisdiction, registration and GST Audit Support steps that we sequence so nothing stalls the launch.
Section 65 departmental audit and Section 66 special audit representation for Mylapore businesses — ADT-01 notice handling, on-site audit support, ADT-02 reply drafting and DRC-03 closure under Rule 101 of the CGST Rules.
A dedicated GST audit consultant in Mylapore prepares Table 8 GSTR-9 reconciliation, Section 17(5) workings, RCM register reconstruction and litigation-grade documentary backup for the full 6-year Section 36 retention window.
On receipt of ADT-01, all 12 months of returns plus audited financials, ITC ledger and e-invoice IRN logs are compiled within the 15 working days notice window — and ADT-02 findings are replied with Section 16 case-law backing including Tvl. Diya Agencies.
For Mylapore businesses with aggregate turnover above ₹5 crore, GSTR-9C reconciliation between audited financials and GSTR-9 is self-certified and filed before 31st December along with full Table 8 ITC tie-up.
Yes. Beginning the 2020-21 financial year, taxpayers crossing the five-crore aggregate-turnover mark in any year self-certify the reconciliation statement. Earlier external certification by a Chartered Accountant was dispensed with by the Finance Act 2021 amendments to Section 44.
The threshold is aggregate turnover above five crore rupees in the financial year, applied PAN-wise across all GSTINs. Persons below this threshold are not required to file GSTR-9C even where GSTR-9 filing is otherwise compulsory for them.
GSTR-9 along with GSTR-9C where applicable is due by the thirty-first of December following the relevant financial year. Section 44 read with Rule 80 governs the due date, subject to periodic extensions notified by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs.
Section 35 with Rule 56 obliges the registered person to keep the universe of tax invoices, stock and production registers, ITC workings, output liability schedules, RCM register, e-way bill logs, IRN files, Section 17(5) computations and matched bank statements ready for production.
Section 36 fixes the horizon at six years measured from the GSTR-9 due date for that year. Where any appeal, revision or proceeding remains pending, retention runs until one year after final disposal or six years, whichever event is later in time.
A second Section 65 audit of the same period is generally not undertaken absent fresh material. However, special audit under Section 66 may be ordered even where Section 65 audit was earlier conducted, and other proceedings under the Act remain available where conditions are met.
What Mylapore clients want to know before signing: For Mylapore engagements specifically — in the cultural temple economy heritage micro-market of Mylapore; where temple economy businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
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Reading this guide locally — Across Mylapore, on the Alwarpet-Mandaveli corridor that passes through Mylapore.
The audit framework under the Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 is contained in Chapter XIII, comprising Sections 65, 66 and 71. Section 65 provides for departmental audit, Section 66 for special audit by a Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant nominated by the Commissioner, and Section 71 for access to business premises by an authorised officer. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper had envisaged audit as the principal verification layer in a self-assessment regime, replacing the pre-GST pattern of routine assessment under the VAT/CST framework. The architecture is risk-based: not every registered person is audited; selection is driven by Section 65(2) read with internal CBIC risk-management directions which factor in turnover scale, sectoral risk profile, prior compliance history and reconciliation gaps surfaced in GSTR-9C self-certification. The audit-process closure under Section 65(7) feeds either into a no-objection certificate, a voluntary DRC-03 payment, or an SCN under Section 73 or Section 74 depending on whether tax has been short-paid, short-collected or wrongly availed as ITC.
Audit under Section 65 or 66 is conceptually distinct from assessment under Sections 61 (scrutiny of returns) and 62 (best-judgement assessment of non-filers) and from inspection / search / seizure under Section 67. Scrutiny under Section 61 is a desk-review of returns by the proper officer who issues ASMT-10 on discrepancies; the registered person responds in ASMT-11; closure or escalation follows. Audit is broader — Section 65(5) permits examination of the books, returns, statements, declarations and other documents to verify correctness of turnover declared, taxes paid, refund claimed and ITC availed, plus assessment of compliance with the Act. Inspection under Section 67 is targeted enforcement upon reason-to-believe of tax evasion and is invasive — premises access, seizure of records and goods. The OECD Forum on Tax Administration's compliance-pyramid model recommends graduated escalation from desk review to field audit to inspection, and the Indian framework broadly mirrors that design.
Until Finance Act 2021 amendments, Section 35(5) had required certification of GSTR-9C by a Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant for registered persons whose aggregate turnover exceeded the prescribed threshold. The Finance Act 2021 substituted Section 35(5) and amended Section 44, shifting GSTR-9C to a self-certified reconciliation statement filed by the registered person without third-party attestation, effective FY 2020-21 onwards (Notification 29/2021-CT). The reconciliation in GSTR-9C between audited financial statements and GSTR-9 annual return is now an internal-control disclosure; it does not substitute for departmental audit under Section 65. Audit teams treat GSTR-9C self-certified reconciliations as primary working papers — Table 5 (turnover reconciliation), Table 9 (tax payable reconciliation) and Table 12-14 (ITC reconciliation) become the starting points of Section 65 audit interrogation.
For registered persons whose aggregate turnover is between ₹2 crore and ₹5 crore (where GSTR-9 is optional under Notification 47/2019-CT and similar; GSTR-9C threshold is above ₹5 crore), the strategic question is whether to file GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C voluntarily. Voluntary filing provides a contemporaneous reconciliation record that strengthens the audit-defence position; non-filing leaves the audit team to compute reconciliation themselves from primary records, often less favourably. The GST Council 47th Chandigarh and 53rd meetings have periodically rationalised these thresholds; the Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper had envisaged annual-return-as-integrating-layer architecture that the current threshold-based structure has partially diluted.
Notification 29/2021-CT and the Finance Act 2021 substitution of Section 35(5) shifted GSTR-9C from CA / CMA attested certification to self-certification by the registered person, effective from financial year 2020-21 onwards. The reconciliation statement now bears the signature of the registered person or the authorised signatory; the previous Part B CA-CMA certification has been dropped. The substantive contents of GSTR-9C — Part A (reconciliation between audited financial statements and GSTR-9, covering turnover Table 5, taxable value Table 7, tax payable Table 9, ITC Tables 12-14) and Part B (auditor certification, now omitted) — are otherwise broadly retained. The threshold for GSTR-9C continues to be aggregate turnover above ₹5 crore, per Notification 16/2022-CT.
From the Section 65 audit-team perspective, GSTR-9C is the primary working paper that drives initial audit-topic selection. Table 5 turnover reconciliation surfaces unbilled-revenue, advance-receipt and inter-State stock-transfer issues. Table 7 taxable-value reconciliation surfaces classification and exemption-claim issues. Table 9 tax-payable reconciliation triggers rate-of-tax interrogation. Tables 12 to 14 ITC reconciliation drive Section 16 eligibility and Rule 42 / 43 apportionment audits. The audit team treats unexplained variances in any of these tables as priority interrogation topics; the registered person's strongest defence is a contemporaneous explanatory note attached to GSTR-9C addressing each material variance. CBDT Circular 8/2021 (in the AIS context, on reconciliation principles) and CBIC Circular 124/43/2019-GST on GSTR-9C format offer guidance.
Section 67(2) requires that search and seizure shall be carried out in the manner prescribed under Rule 139; provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure 1973 relating to search and seizure apply mutatis mutandis (Section 67(10)). Section 67(7) provides that goods so seized shall be returned within six months extendable by six months for sufficient reasons. Section 67(8) preserves the registered person's right to make copies of the seized documents. The procedural safeguards exist; the OECD Forum on Tax Administration recommends similar safeguards as part of the taxpayer-rights framework. In practice, the Bharti Airtel v UoI and Suncraft Energy v Asst Commissioner lines of authority have shaped the procedural-fairness review of Section 67 actions in writ jurisdiction before the Madras High Court and other High Courts.
Pre-GST, the Central Excise Act Section 14 provided summons power, Section 18 search power, and Section 12F seizure power. Service tax under the Finance Act 1994 had similar provisions under Sections 82 (search) and 73 (recovery). The GST framework consolidates these into Section 67 with unified procedural architecture. The Empowered Committee 2009 First Discussion Paper had envisaged a single-window enforcement architecture replacing the fragmented pre-GST regime; Section 67 substantively delivers that design. Comparative OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines emphasise that enforcement powers should be calibrated to the gravity of the suspected evasion, and the Indian framework's reason-to-believe-plus-Joint-Commissioner-rank gating mechanism aligns with that principle.
Section 67 of the CGST Act empowers the proper officer not below the rank of Joint Commissioner, upon reasons to believe recorded in writing, to inspect any place of business of a taxable person or any other person engaged in the business of transporting goods or owner or operator of a warehouse or godown, and to search and seize goods, documents, books and things. The Section 67 power is enforcement-oriented, triggered by suspicion of tax evasion (suppression of supply, claim of ITC in excess of entitlement, contravention of Act or rules), and is distinct from the verification-oriented Section 65 audit. The audit-to-inspection escalation occurs where Section 65 audit finds material gravity that the proper officer reads as warranting enforcement action under Section 67.
Where the audit-team recommends Section 74 framing, the registered person's defence focuses on the four elements — fraud, wilful misstatement, suppression of facts, or contravention with intent to evade tax. The Supreme Court's pre-GST jurisprudence on similar language in Central Excise (Pushpam Pharmaceuticals v CCE) and Service Tax (CCE v Mehta and Co) emphasised that mere non-payment or non-disclosure does not amount to suppression with intent; positive indicators of intent are needed. Bona-fide classification errors, computational mistakes, and reasonable interpretation differences are not suppression. Where the SCN frames the case under Section 74, the response should systematically address each of the four elements and rely on the documentary trail showing bona-fide compliance attempts. Pradeep Goyal (DIN requirement) and Kranti Associates (reasoned order) provide procedural safeguards.
Section 73(10) provides that the order under Section 73 shall be issued within three years from the due date for furnishing of annual return for the financial year to which the tax not paid or short paid or input tax credit wrongly availed relates; the SCN must be issued at least three months before that date (Section 73(2)). Section 74(10) provides corresponding five-year limitation. For FY 2017-18 GSTR-9 (annual return due 31 December 2018, extended dates apply), the Section 73 limitation expired in late 2021-22 (extended through various Notifications including 9/2023-CT to 31 December 2023 and further), and Section 74 limitation extends to mid-2024 onwards. Audit findings escalated beyond limitation are barred; the registered person should systematically test limitation as part of the SCN defence.
Where the Section 73 or 74 adjudication order under DRC-07 is adverse, the registered person's first appeal lies under Section 107 of the CGST Act before the Joint or Additional Commissioner (Appeals) within three months from the date of communication of the order, extendable by one month for sufficient cause. Pre-deposit of 10% of the disputed tax amount under Section 107(6) is the gateway requirement. Second appeal lies under Section 112 before the GST Appellate Tribunal (now operational with Principal Bench at New Delhi and State / Area Benches notified); the Section 112 pre-deposit is an additional 20% (cumulative 30%). Beyond the Tribunal, appeal lies to the High Court under Section 117 on questions of law, and to the Supreme Court under Section 118. Writ remedy under Article 226 of the Constitution before the Madras High Court is available for jurisdictional infirmities at any stage.
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Terms you will hear in this area — Across Mylapore, where temple economy businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Special audit is the audit ordered under Section 66 of the CGST Act where the officer not below the rank of Assistant Commissioner, having regard to the nature and complexity of the case and the interest of revenue, is of the opinion that the value has not been correctly declared or the credit availed is not within the normal limits. The audit is conducted by a chartered accountant or cost accountant nominated by the Commissioner.
ADT-01 is the statutory notice issued by the proper officer under sub-section (3) of Section 65 read with sub-rule (2) of Rule 101 informing the registered person of the institution of departmental audit. The notice must be served not less than fifteen working days prior to the conduct of audit and carries the period under audit, the place, the date and the records to be made available.
ADT-02 is the audit report under Section 65 communicated by the proper officer to the registered person within thirty days of conclusion of audit. It captures the findings of audit, the rights and obligations of the registered person, and the reasons for such findings. ADT-02 is the formal closure document of the departmental audit track.
ADT-03 is the direction issued under sub-section (1) of Section 66 read with sub-rule (1) of Rule 102 by which the proper officer, with prior approval of the Commissioner, directs the registered person to get his records examined and audited by a chartered accountant or cost accountant nominated by the Commissioner.
ADT-04 is the communication by the proper officer to the registered person of the findings of the special audit conducted under Section 66. It carries the observations of the nominee chartered accountant or cost accountant and the officer's view, and is the formal closure document of the special-audit track.
Nominee auditor is the chartered accountant or cost accountant nominated by the Commissioner under Section 66 to conduct the special audit. The registered person does not have a right to choose the nominee. The remuneration of the nominee is determined and paid by the Commissioner and such determination is final.
Aggregate turnover is defined in clause (6) of Section 2 of the CGST Act and means the aggregate value of all taxable supplies, exempt supplies, exports of goods or services and inter-State supplies of persons having the same Permanent Account Number, computed on an all-India basis. The turnover threshold for GSTR-9C self-certification is computed on this basis.
GSTR-9 is the consolidated annual return prescribed under Section 44 read with Rule 80(1). It captures outward and inward supplies, ITC availed and reversed, taxes paid and demands or refunds for the financial year. GSTR-9 is the primary statutory return on which audit observations are anchored.
GSTR-9C is the self-certified reconciliation statement prescribed under Rule 80(3) reconciling the value of supplies declared in the annual return with the audited annual financial statement. It also reconciles tax paid and input tax credit. The threshold for applicability is aggregate turnover exceeding five crore rupees during the financial year.
Table 8 of GSTR-9 captures the reconciliation between ITC available as per GSTR-2A or 2B and ITC availed in GSTR-3B. The difference under Table 8D is a frequent audit observation track. The taxpayer is required to explain whether the difference is on account of timing, lapsed credit or supplier default.
Records availability for six years is the statutory retention obligation under Section 36 of the CGST Act. Every registered person required to maintain books of account under Section 35(1) must retain them until the expiry of seventy-two months from the due date of furnishing the annual return for the relevant year. Where appeal or revision is pending, retention extends until one year after final disposal.
Reconciliation gap on Table 8 is a frequent finding in GST audit. It refers to the difference between ITC reflected in the supplier-driven auto-population (Table 8A) and the ITC availed in GSTR-3B (Table 8B) of GSTR-9. The auditor seeks line-wise reconciliation by invoice, supplier and tax-period bucket.
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How the local trade mix shapes this — Across Mylapore, where temple economy businesses dominate the local compliance profile. Practitioners note that the business activity radiating outward from Kapaleeshwarar Temple and nearby commercial pockets.
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A flavour of cases we handle nearby — Across Mylapore, where temple economy businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
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“Received an ADT-01 audit notice for FY 2020-21 and FY 2021-22. FilingPro compiled all 24 months of returns, reconciled GSTR-1 vs GSTR-3B vs books and prepared Table 8 GSTR-9 working before the audit team arrived. ADT-02 had only minor findings — closed via DRC-03 with no demand notice.”
“Our ITC of ₹38 lakh was being questioned because some suppliers had not filed GSTR-1. FilingPro defended the credit citing Tvl. Diya Agencies and demonstrated Section 16 compliance with payment evidence. Audit team accepted the position — full ITC retained.”
“Section 66 special audit was ordered for our trading business. FilingPro coordinated with the Commissioner-nominated CA, gave full record access, prepared Section 17(5) workings and RCM register. Final report had no adverse findings on valuation or ITC.”
“GSTR-9C self-certification for our ₹12 crore turnover business was handled by FilingPro for FY 2022-23 and FY 2023-24. Reconciliation between audited financials and GSTR-9 was tight — no Table 8 difference, no HSN summary gap. Filed before 31 December both years.”
“E-way bill register was incomplete for 4 months during the audit period — a serious finding under Section 65. FilingPro reconstructed the register from transporter LRs and warehouse logs, presented documentary backup to the audit team and avoided what would have been a substantial penalty.”
“Audit demand of ₹6.5 lakh was raised on RCM not paid for advocate fees over 3 years. FilingPro filed Section 107 first appeal with 10% pre-deposit, defended that the advocate was salaried and not in independent practice. Demand was set aside at first appellate stage.”
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