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There are three categories. First, departmental audit under Section 65 conducted by the Commissioner or an authorised officer at the registered person's place of business. Second, special audit under Section 66 ordered by an Assistant Commissioner (with prior approval) and conducted by a Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant nominated by the Commissioner. Third, self-certified reconciliation through GSTR-9C which a registered person above ₹5 crore aggregate turnover files alongside GSTR-9 from FY 2020-21 onwards.
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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 Sowcarpet 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.
Where audit team proposes ITC reversal on supplier-default grounds or audit jurisdiction is exercised without proper notice, ADT-02 reply cites the Madras High Court rulings to defend the taxpayer's position.
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Why this matters here — Sowcarpet businesses operate where the business activity radiating outward from Mint Street and nearby commercial pockets, and with quick access via Mint Bus Stop and feeder routes connecting Sowcarpet to the rest of Chennai.
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Deadlines in this neighbourhood — Sowcarpet businesses operate where the cluster of wholesale (spices/gold/textile), traditional commerce, hospitality businesses that defines Sowcarpet's commercial fabric.
Deadline pressure points we see in Sowcarpet: On the ground in Sowcarpet, for Sowcarpet units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
Forms most asked about here — Sowcarpet businesses operate where where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
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
Pre-show-cause-notice intimation by the proper officer of tax ascertained as payable on the basis of audit observations; carries Part A with officer's quantification and Part B for registered person's reply
Intimation by the registered person of voluntary payment of tax, interest or penalty including pre-SCN deposit under Section 73(5) or Section 74(5); the principal vehicle for closing out audit observations without formal proceedings
Formal SCN summary served along with the detailed notice; captures the tax, interest and penalty proposed, the financial period and the grounds
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Statutory hooks that bite here — Sowcarpet businesses operate where where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) 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 (5) of Section 65 obliges the registered person to afford the necessary facility to verify the books of account or other documents as may be required, and to furnish such information as may be required and render assistance for timely completion of the audit. It is to be noted that non-cooperation under this sub-section can lead the proper officer to invoke best-judgment assessment under Section 62 or escalate to special audit under Section 66.
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 (5) of Section 35, as it stood prior to amendment by the Finance Act 2021, required every registered person whose turnover exceeded the prescribed threshold to get his accounts audited by a chartered accountant or a cost accountant and submit a copy of the audited annual accounts, the reconciliation statement and other documents in the prescribed form. The Finance Act 2021 omitted this sub-section with effect from 1 August 2021. It is to be noted that the GSTR-9C reconciliation statement is now a self-certified document under Rule 80.
View sourceWhich of these bite hardest in Sowcarpet: On the ground in Sowcarpet, where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Approvals, acknowledgements and queries for Sowcarpet businesses tie back to the Sowcarpet Division, so our GST Audit Support cadence accounts for how that office works. Records we prepare for Sowcarpet carry the geo-zone 600xx tag and coordinates 13.0937, 80.2820, which map each submission back to this locality. We keep a cycle-by-cycle record of how the Sowcarpet Division of the Chennai North handles Sowcarpet filings and approvals. For GST Audit Support at PIN 600079, understanding the Sowcarpet Division's documentation norms removes most of the friction from the process.
The wholesale spice gold and traditional trade mix of Sowcarpet shapes what lands in our workpapers — a blend of hospitality activity and the commercial pulse around Sowcarpet Pillar Box Road. Freight and foot traffic from the Mint Bus Stop hub pull steady daily commerce through Sowcarpet, so there is rarely a quiet filing month in this wholesale spice gold and traditional trade pocket. Working in Sowcarpet brings a logistical edge: proximity to Sowcarpet Pillar Box Road and the Mint Bus Stop corridor keeps physical document handling fast. Sowcarpet reads as a wholesale spice gold and traditional trade pocket with very high commercial activity, anchored around Sowcarpet Pillar Box Road and fed by the Mint Bus Stop corridor.
The business mix in Sowcarpet centres on traditional commerce, and that sector carries its own GST Audit Support quirks we plan for in advance. For a traditional commerce business in Sowcarpet, the GST Audit Support scope is rarely generic; we tailor the checklist to how that sector actually transacts. The traditional commerce firms we serve in Sowcarpet value a GST Audit Support partner who already understands their sector's compliance rhythm. A traditional commerce operator in Sowcarpet gets a GST Audit Support workflow shaped by sector norms, not a one-size-fits-all template.
Document intake for Sowcarpet clients runs over WhatsApp, so there is no office visit and no paper shuffle for a GST Audit Support engagement. Fixed-fee scoping means a Sowcarpet business knows the GST Audit Support cost up front, with no surprise additions mid-engagement. Turnaround for Sowcarpet GST Audit Support is deterministic — fixed fee, a scoped timeline, and a same-business-day acknowledgement once filed. Working papers for Sowcarpet GST Audit Support engagements stay archived and retrievable, which makes any later notice or query straightforward to answer.
We treat Sowcarpet and George Town as one catchment for GST Audit Support, which keeps documentation and turnaround consistent. Proximity to George Town means a Sowcarpet engagement can extend across the locality cluster with no change in cadence. GST Audit Support clients in George Town are handled by the same practitioners who run our Sowcarpet desk. Serving Sowcarpet and George Town from one team keeps GST Audit Support turnaround identical across the cluster.
The GST Audit Support mistakes we see most in Sowcarpet are avoidable with disciplined intake, which our checklist enforces. Over several cycles in Sowcarpet, the recurring GST Audit Support issues cluster around a predictable short list we screen for early. The longer we serve Sowcarpet, the more precisely we predict where a GST Audit Support file needs attention. Because we work repeatedly across Sowcarpet, we can benchmark a new client's GST Audit Support position against the locality norm.
For a new business incorporating in Sowcarpet 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 Sowcarpet means updating jurisdiction to the Chennai North, and we manage the paperwork end-to-end. When a Broadway business expands into Sowcarpet, we extend its GST Audit Support setup to PIN 600079 without disruption. We onboard new Sowcarpet 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 Sowcarpet 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 Sowcarpet 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 Sowcarpet 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.
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.
ADT-02 records the audit conclusions. If the taxpayer does not voluntarily discharge through Form DRC-03, demand is crystallised by way of a show-cause notice in Form DRC-01 invoking Section 73 or 74 as the case may be, and eventually a DRC-07 adjudication order.
Yes. The CBIC Single Interface for Facilitation by Tax Authorities framework coordinates Central and State audits to avoid duplication on the same GSTIN-period. The audit by one authority generally bars audit by the other for the same period absent fresh material.
Yes. Section 116 permits an authorised representative including a Chartered Accountant, Cost Accountant or advocate to represent the registered person. Representation is widely used in {{area_name}} for ADT-01 audits and Section 66 special-audit coordination to ensure procedural rigour.
Section 65 is a departmental audit conducted by the proper officer at the registered person's place. Section 66 is a special audit ordered by an Assistant Commissioner directing a Commissioner-nominated Chartered Accountant or Cost Accountant to conduct the examination on specified grounds.
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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.
In practice, Section 65 audit findings escalate to Section 67 inspection where the audit team identifies indicators of deliberate evasion — fake invoicing patterns, circular trading rings, ITC claimed against suppliers whose registrations are cancelled or who have nil GSTR-3B filings (Suncraft Energy and downstream judicial line), classification mis-applications that appear deliberate. The escalation is not automatic; the proper officer must form a fresh reason-to-believe under Section 67(1) and record reasons. The Pradeep Goyal (Supreme Court on DIN — Document Identification Number for tax notices) framework requires the inspection authorisation to bear a valid DIN, failing which the action is voidable. The GKN Driveshafts (India) v ITO principle on opportunity-of-being-heard before invasive action is occasionally invoked but its application in the Section 67 context is restricted.
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.
Where audit findings are not addressed through voluntary DRC-03 payment, the proper officer issues a Show Cause Notice — DRC-01 under Section 73(1) for cases not involving fraud, wilful misstatement or suppression, and under Section 74(1) for cases involving any of those elements. The framing choice has material consequences. Section 73 attracts penalty of 10% of tax or ₹10,000 whichever is higher (Section 73(9)), with no penalty if voluntary payment is made within thirty days of SCN under Section 73(8). Section 74 attracts penalty of 100% of tax (Section 74(9)), with reduced penalty of 25% if voluntary payment is made within thirty days of SCN under Section 74(8) and 50% within thirty days of order. The extended-period limitation of five years (versus three years under Section 73) is the other material difference.
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.
Place-of-supply errors are the fourth common finding — typically where the registered person charged CGST/SGST (intra-State) when the place of supply under Sections 10 to 13 IGST Act was inter-State (requiring IGST), or vice versa. Section 77 of the CGST Act provides a corrective mechanism — where tax was paid under one head but is actually payable under another, the wrongly-paid tax can be claimed as refund and the correctly-payable tax should be paid; the registered person is not penalised, only interest under Section 50 may apply. Audit teams sometimes overlook Section 77 and compute full short-payment additions; citing Section 77 with documented evidence of the corresponding refund-eligible head closes the issue at audit 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.
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Principal place mismatch is the practical situation where the registered person's principal place of business as declared in REG-06 differs from the location at which books of account are actually maintained, often resolved at audit commencement by treating the books-location as an additional place of business under Section 65(4) proviso.
Records reconstruction is the practitioner-led rebuilding of statutory registers under Rule 56 where the original electronic or physical records have been lost or corrupted, typically sourced from e-invoice portal IRN logs, banked-receipt trails, supplier statements and e-way-bill registers, with the reconstruction methodology disclosed in writing.
Departmental audit is the audit conducted by the tax authorities under Section 65 of the CGST Act. The Commissioner or any officer authorised by general or specific order undertakes the audit at the place of business of the registered person or at the office of the proper officer. The substantive provision is Section 65 and the procedure is set out in Rule 101.
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.
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How Sowcarpet businesses typically avoid these: On the ground in Sowcarpet, the business activity radiating outward from Mint Street and nearby commercial pockets; for Sowcarpet units balancing production cycles with monthly GST and quarterly TDS compliance.
How the local trade mix shapes this — Sowcarpet businesses operate where where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) businesses dominate the local compliance profile, and the business activity radiating outward from Mint Street and nearby commercial pockets.
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A flavour of cases we handle nearby — Sowcarpet businesses operate where where wholesale (spices/gold/textile) businesses dominate the local compliance profile.
Why these Sowcarpet engagements look the way they do: On the ground in Sowcarpet, the cluster of wholesale (spices/gold/textile), traditional commerce, hospitality businesses that defines Sowcarpet's commercial fabric; for Sowcarpet 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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