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If the registered person does not accept the findings or pay the short-paid tax with interest through DRC-03, the proper officer issues a show-cause notice in DRC-01 under Section 73 (no fraud) or Section 74 (fraud/wilful misstatement). The taxpayer then has 30 days to file DRC-06 reply. Failing satisfactory reply, an adjudication order is passed under Section 73(9) or 74(9) creating demand.
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Every ADT-01 notice received by a Padi client is acknowledged within 24 hours and full records compilation begins under Rule 101(2). No last-minute scramble at audit start.
For audits conducted at the registered principal place of business, FilingPro consultants are present throughout — answering queries, producing records and protecting against adverse interpretations on the spot.
Table 8 of GSTR-9 — the reconciliation between GSTR-2A/2B and ITC availed in GSTR-3B — prepared in advance with documentary backup. Variances explained before audit team raises queries.
Motor vehicles for personal use, food and beverages, club memberships, works contract for immovable property and goods/services for personal use — all Section 17(5) blocked credits flagged and reversed in returns proactively.
Reverse charge on advocate fees, GTA, security services and director payments — register reconstructed for the audit period with cash payment evidence and ITC claim entries.
For Padi businesses above ₹5 crore AATO, IRN logs from the Invoice Registration Portal reconciled to GSTR-1 monthly — establishing compliance with mandatory e-invoicing from 1-Aug-2023.
Every GST Audit Support engagement delivers measurable, guaranteed outcomes — expert professionals, on time, every time.
Why this matters here — Padi businesses operate where the business activity radiating outward from Padi Flyover and nearby commercial pockets, and with quick access via Padi Pudunagar Bus Stop and feeder routes connecting Padi to the rest of Chennai.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — Padi businesses operate where Padi businesses in the engineering arm find that GST ITC accumulation on capital-goods Rule 42/43 apportionment and inverted-duty refunds are dominant items, and the cluster of industrial, engineering, residential businesses that defines Padi's commercial fabric.
Deadline pressure points we see in Padi: Closer to Padi, for Padi units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
Forms most asked about here — Padi businesses operate where where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation.
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
Consolidated annual return capturing outward and inward supplies, ITC availed and reversed, taxes paid and demands/refunds; the primary statutory return on which audit observations are anchored
Self-certified reconciliation between the value of supplies declared in the annual return and the audited annual financial statement, along with reconciliation of tax paid and ITC
Every claim on this page can be traced back to a section or rule below.
Statutory hooks that bite here — Padi businesses operate where Padi businesses in the engineering arm find that GST ITC accumulation on capital-goods Rule 42/43 apportionment and inverted-duty refunds are dominant items, and where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation.
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 sourceSub-section (6) of Section 66 provides that the expenses of the examination and audit, including the remuneration of the nominee auditor, shall be determined and paid by the Commissioner and such determination shall be final. It is to be noted that the registered person does not bear the cost of the special audit even though the audit is conducted on records furnished by him.
View sourceSection 67 confers on the proper officer not below the rank of Joint Commissioner the power, where he has reasons to believe that a registered person has suppressed any transaction or has claimed input tax credit in excess of his entitlement or has indulged in contravention of any of the provisions of the Act with intent to evade tax, to authorise in writing any other officer to inspect any places of business. It is to be noted that Section 67 is a distinct enforcement track and is not the same as the audit jurisdiction under Section 65.
View sourceWhich of these bite hardest in Padi: Closer to Padi, where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation.
Because PIN 600050 sits inside the Chennai North jurisdiction, the handling office for Padi stays consistent across years, which matters when filings or approvals span cycles. Records we prepare for Padi carry the geo-zone 600xx tag and coordinates 13.1031, 80.1924, which map each submission back to this locality. We keep a cycle-by-cycle record of how the Ambattur Division of the Chennai North handles Padi filings and approvals. Statutory correspondence for Padi businesses routes through the Ambattur Division, so we align every GST Audit Support engagement to that jurisdiction from the start.
The industrial residential mixed mix of Padi shapes what lands in our workpapers — a blend of industrial activity and the commercial pulse around Padi Pudunagar. Commercial activity in Padi runs high, so GST Audit Support volumes scale through peak months and we staff the Padi desk accordingly. Freight and foot traffic from the Padi Pudunagar Bus Stop hub pull steady daily commerce through Padi, so there is rarely a quiet filing month in this industrial residential mixed pocket. Working in Padi brings a logistical edge: proximity to Padi Pudunagar and the Padi Pudunagar Bus Stop corridor keeps physical document handling fast.
The business mix in Padi centres on retail, and that sector carries its own GST Audit Support quirks we plan for in advance. For a retail business in Padi, the GST Audit Support scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. We have closed enough GST Audit Support files for retail firms near Padi to know where the department usually probes. retail units around Padi share recurring GST Audit Support patterns — input-credit timing, vendor reconciliation, and sector-specific documentation.
Document intake for Padi clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a GST Audit Support engagement. From the first GST Audit Support cycle, a Padi engagement is set up to be audit-ready rather than reconstructed under pressure later. Turnaround for Padi GST Audit Support is deterministic — fixed fee, a scoped timeline, and a same-business-day acknowledgement once filed. The Padi GST Audit Support workflow is documented end-to-end: WhatsApp document intake, a working file, qualified review, and a filed acknowledgement back to you.
Proximity to Anna Nagar West means a Padi engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. We treat Padi and Anna Nagar West as one catchment for GST Audit Support, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. Serving Padi and Anna Nagar West from one team keeps GST Audit Support turnaround identical across the cluster. GST Audit Support clients in Anna Nagar West are handled by the same practitioners who run our Padi desk.
Patterns we track for Padi include industrial documentation gaps, timing mismatches, and the questions the Ambattur Division tends to raise. The GST Audit Support mistakes we see most in Padi are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Common patterns in the Ambattur Division give Padi businesses an early-warning map we use to pre-empt GST Audit Support issues. The longer we serve Padi, the more precisely we predict where a GST Audit Support file needs attention.
Shifting principal place of business to Padi means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai North, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end. Relocating a registered office into Padi (PIN 600050) changes the assessing division, and we handle that GST Audit Support transition cleanly. When a Ambattur business expands into Padi, we extend its GST Audit Support setup to PIN 600050 without disruption. We onboard new Padi entities onto a GST Audit Support cadence that is audit-ready from the very first cycle.
Section 65 departmental audit and Section 66 special audit representation for Padi 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 Padi 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 Padi 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, but Section 74 requires recorded satisfaction of fraud, wilful misstatement or suppression of facts. Where ADT-02 findings rest on tabular variance alone without these ingredients, the proceedings are vulnerable to downgrade to Section 73 on Kranti Associates speaking-order grounds.
Section 107(6) requires pre-deposit of ten per cent of the disputed tax leg only. The Madras High Court ratio in Tvl Sri Murugan Trading confines the obligation to disputed tax, leaving interest and penalty components outside the pre-deposit computation.
Yes. A written request citing genuine reasons such as auditor unavailability, partner illness or pendency of board records reconciliation is generally accommodated by the proper officer, provided the rescheduling does not breach the three-month completion window under Section 65(4).
Yes. The e-way bill register under Rule 138 is reconciled with outward supplies in GSTR-1 and inward consignment receipts. Audit teams flag Part-B late generation, validity-period breaches and consignor-consignee GSTIN mismatches as potential Section 129 exposures.
Non-production attracts best-judgement reconstruction by the proper officer, Section 125 general penalty up to twenty-five thousand rupees, and adverse inference under the Indian Evidence Act principles. Section 70 summons may also be issued requiring personal attendance with records.
An Article 226 writ before the Madras High Court is maintainable against an ADT-01 notice where the notice lacks jurisdictional foundation, overlaps with an earlier audit on the same period without fresh material, or violates the speaking-order discipline recognised in Kranti Associates and GKN Driveshafts.
What Padi clients want to know before signing: Closer to Padi, around the Padi Flyover catchment of Padi, which is why where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation.
Localised for Padi, Chennai — where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation.
Reading this guide locally — Padi businesses operate where on the Ambattur-Korattur corridor that passes through Padi, and Padi businesses in the engineering arm find that GST ITC accumulation on capital-goods Rule 42/43 apportionment and inverted-duty refunds are dominant items.
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.
Pre-GST, the VAT regime in Tamil Nadu (Tamil Nadu VAT Act 2006) had an audit framework under Section 64 with mandatory CA audit certificates for dealers above prescribed turnover, and the Central Sales Tax framework had limited audit coverage focused on inter-State transactions. The GST framework consolidates and rationalises this — a single audit under Section 65 covers central, State and integrated tax dimensions; the cooperative-federal architecture under Article 246A and 279A means the audit can be conducted by either the central or State authority but not both (Section 6 cross-empowerment). The OECD International VAT/GST Guidelines emphasise audit-efficiency through risk-based selection and digital data analytics, both of which the Indian framework has incorporated through GSTN-driven analytics and the GSTR-9C self-certification feed.
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.
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.
The single most common Section 65 audit finding is ITC mismatch — ITC claimed in GSTR-3B Table 4(A) exceeding ITC available in GSTR-2A or GSTR-2B for the corresponding tax period. The post-2019 regulatory tightening — Rule 36(4) initially capping un-uploaded ITC at 20%, then 10%, then 5% (Notification 75/2019-CT, 49/2019-CT, 94/2020-CT trajectory), then Section 16(2)(aa) mandating GSTR-2B as the eligibility baseline (Notification 39/2021-CT effective 1 January 2022) — has progressively tightened the mismatch tolerance to nil. Audit findings on FY 2020-21 onwards typically computes the mismatch quarter-wise; the registered person's defence rests on vendor-wise reconciliation, vendor follow-up correspondence, and the Suncraft Energy bona-fide-buyer principle where applicable.
The second-most-common audit finding is missed reverse-charge — supplies where the recipient is liable to pay tax under Section 9(3) (notified categories — GTA without forward-charge election, legal services, sponsorship, services by directors, etc.) or Section 9(4) (supplies from unregistered to registered persons in notified categories for real-estate developers under Notification 07/2019-CT(R) read with 03/2019-CT(R)). Section 31(3)(f) requires the recipient to issue a self-invoice; many registered persons miss this step. The audit-team computes the missed output liability under reverse-charge, the corresponding ITC eligibility (subject to time-limit under Section 16(4)), and the interest under Section 50. Voluntary disclosure via DRC-03 is the standard close-out.
The third-recurrent audit finding is classification and rate-of-tax. The GST rate structure across the rate notifications (Notification 01/2017-CT(R) and amendments, Notification 11/2017-CT(R) for services) contains thousands of HSN-and-SAC line items with rates from nil to 28%; classification borderlines are inherent. Audit-team challenges typically focus on: dual-rate items (5%/12%/18% pharmaceutical formulations, footwear, restaurants), composite versus mixed supplies under Section 8 (where the principal-supply classification determines the rate), and works-contract versus pure services classification. The Section 97 Advance Ruling mechanism offers a forward-looking certainty path; for historical classifications, the response is to cite the CBIC circulars (e.g. Circular 164/20/2021-GST on services classification clarifications) and contemporaneous trade-practice evidence.
For high-stake audits (multi-year audits, Section 66 special audit nominations, audits of multi-State enterprises), a mock audit by an independent reviewer — typically a former tax-department officer or a senior Chartered Accountant with audit-defence experience — is a useful preparation step. The mock auditor replicates the audit-team's risk-engine-driven interrogation, identifies weak documentary positions, and recommends remedial steps. The cost of mock audits is justified where the potential audit exposure (tax plus interest plus penalty) materially exceeds the mock-audit fee. Comparative income-tax practice has long used mock-audits for high-stake Section 143(3) scrutiny assessments and Section 142(2A) special audits; the GST extension of this practice is recent but growing.
Upon receipt of Form ADT-01, the registered person's first task in the fifteen-day window is structured document marshalling. The recommended sequence is: (i) compile the full year's GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, GSTR-2A / 2B downloads; (ii) compile GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C with the underlying reconciliation working papers; (iii) compile sales register, purchase register and stock register from the accounting system; (iv) compile bank statements and cash-book extracts; (v) compile e-way bill summaries; (vi) compile reverse-charge self-invoice register under Section 31(3)(f); (vii) compile Rule 42 / 43 ITC apportionment working papers; (viii) compile statutory audit and tax audit reports for the corresponding financial year. This structured marshalling enables the audit team to verify systematically and shortens the audit cycle materially.
Before the audit-team's arrival, the registered person should conduct an internal reconciliation walkthrough — replicating the audit-team's likely interrogation map. The walkthrough should cover: GSTR-1 outward supply versus books turnover; GSTR-3B Table 3.1 versus GSTR-1 invoice-summary; GSTR-3B Table 4(A) ITC claimed versus GSTR-2A / 2B vendor uploads; GSTR-9 Tables 4 to 8 versus GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B aggregates; GSTR-9C Tables 5, 7, 9, 12 to 14 versus audited financial statements. Any variance identified at the walkthrough is an opportunity for voluntary DRC-03 payment before the audit-team formalises it; voluntary disclosure during the walkthrough phase typically attracts no penalty under Section 73(5) read with Section 73(6).
What Padi clients usually ask next: Closer to Padi, where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation, which is why for Padi units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
Terms you will hear in this area — Padi businesses operate where where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation.
Place of supply is determined under Chapter V of the IGST Act and dictates whether a supply is intra-State (CGST plus SGST) or inter-State (IGST). Audit observations on place of supply typically address services supplied to recipients in other States, goods movements without invoicing and exports without LUT.
Departmental audit is the audit conducted by the GST department under Section 65 of the CGST Act covering a registered person for one or more financial years, commenced by ADT-01 and concluded by ADT-02, usually completed at the registered place of business or office of the proper officer.
Special audit is the audit ordered under Section 66 by the Commissioner where the proper officer is of the opinion that the value or credit availed has not been correctly declared; it is conducted by a chartered accountant or cost accountant nominated by the Commissioner and triggered by Form ADT-03.
ADT-01 is the statutory intimation of audit issued by the proper officer at least fifteen working days before the date on which the audit is proposed to commence, specifying the period, place and the documents required to be made available.
ADT-02 is the form in which the proper officer communicates the audit findings, rights and obligations to the registered person within thirty days of completion of the audit; observations in ADT-02 typically feed into a subsequent Section 73 or Section 74 demand notice if tax has not been voluntarily paid.
ADT-03 is the direction issued under Section 66(1) by the Commissioner to a registered person requiring submission to special audit by a nominated chartered or cost accountant; the audit report is to be submitted within ninety days extendable by another ninety days for sufficient cause.
Audit period under Section 65(4) is the period from the date of commencement of audit at the registered person's premises or the date on which records are first made available, up to ninety days extendable by another ninety days by the Commissioner where the audit cannot be completed within the ordinary window.
Pre-ADT-02 window is the practical window between draft observation by the audit officer and issuance of formal ADT-02, during which the registered person can file a written reply, produce additional records and make voluntary DRC-03 payments under Section 73(5) to avoid penalty exposure.
Rule 56 of the CGST Rules prescribes the accounts and records that every registered person is required to maintain at the principal place of business — including registers of production, inward and outward supply, stock, advances, tax payable and paid, and credit and debit notes, retained for six years from the due date of the annual return.
Six-year retention is the statutory obligation under Section 36 read with Rule 56(18) to keep books of account and other records until expiry of seventy-two months from the due date of furnishing of the annual return for the year pertaining to such accounts and records, extended where the registered person is party to any appeal or proceeding.
Records walkthrough is the practitioner-led structured presentation of statutory registers, reconciliations and working notes to the audit officer at the commencement of audit, designed to substitute an unstructured document-request cycle and reduce overall audit duration.
Adverse finding is an observation in the audit officer's draft note or in the formal ADT-02 alleging short-payment of tax, excess availment of input tax credit, wrong claim of refund or other contravention, carrying with it a subsequent demand under Section 73 or Section 74 if the tax with interest is not voluntarily paid.
Numerical examples showing tax + interest + penalty across common default scenarios.
Penalty exposure typical of this micro-market — Padi businesses operate where Padi businesses in the engineering arm find that GST ITC accumulation on capital-goods Rule 42/43 apportionment and inverted-duty refunds are dominant items.
How Padi businesses typically avoid these: Closer to Padi, the business activity radiating outward from Padi Flyover and nearby commercial pockets, which is why for Padi units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
How the local trade mix shapes this — Padi businesses operate where where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation, and the business activity radiating outward from Padi Flyover and nearby commercial pockets.
Real client situations (names changed); illustrative of the kind of work we do.
A flavour of cases we handle nearby — Padi businesses operate where where engineering job-work units file GST under SAC 9988 and run ITC-04 job-work returns with capital-goods accumulation, and Padi businesses in the engineering arm find that GST ITC accumulation on capital-goods Rule 42/43 apportionment and inverted-duty refunds are dominant items.
Why these Padi engagements look the way they do: Closer to Padi, the business activity radiating outward from Padi Flyover and nearby commercial pockets, which is why for Padi units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
“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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Our GST Audit Support clients in Padi are spread right across the locality — along School Road, Chennai - Tiruttani - Renigunta Road, Jawaharlal Nehru Road (100 Feet Road), New Avadi Road and East Avenue Road, and through the East avenue Road, Konnur High Road, 18th Main Road and 3rd Main Road business stretches — so wherever your premises sit, expert help is close by.
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