Implementation of mandatory mentioning of HSN codes in GSTR-1
The Goods and Services Tax Network (“GSTN”) has issued an Advisory dated July 20, 2022 regarding the implementation of mandatory mentioning of HSN codes in GSTR-1.
Vide Notification No. 78/2020 – Central Tax dated October 15, 2020, it is mandatory for the taxpayers to report minimum 4 digits or 6 digits of HSN Code in Table-12 of GSTR-1 on the basis of their Aggregate Annual Turnover (AATO) in the preceding Financial Year. To view the detailed notification, please click here.
To facilitate the taxpayers, these changes are being implemented in a phase-wise manner on GST Portal as below:
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Phases |
Taxpayers with AATO of up-to 5 cr. | Taxpayers with AATO of more than 5 cr. | |
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Phase 1 |
Part I |
Taxpayers are required to mandatorily report 2-digit HSN codes for goods & services.
Manual user entry is allowed for entering HSN or description and warning or alert messages hall be shown in case of manual HSN. However, taxpayers will be able to file GSTR-1 after manual entry. |
Taxpayers are required to mandatorily report 4-digit HSN codes for goods & services. Manual user entry is allowed for entering HSN or description and warning or alert message shall be shown in case of incorrect HSN code. However, taxpayers will be able to file GSTR-1 after manual entry. |
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Part II |
Same as above |
Taxpayers will now have to mandatory report 6-digit HSN code.
No change in other conditions |
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| Phase 2 to Phase 4 | To be communicated in due course. |
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Part 1 of Phase I has already been implemented from April 01, 2022 and is currently live on GST Portal. From August 01, 2022, Part-II of Phase-I would be implemented on GST Portal and the taxpayers would need to report HSN in table 12 of GSTR-1 as per below mentioned scheme.
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Taxpayers with AATO of up-to 5 cr. |
Taxpayers with AATO of more than 5 cr. |
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To continue as it is. |
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Further phases will be implemented on GST Portal shortly and respective dates of implementation and nature of change would be updated from time to time.
The Advisory can be accessed at - https://www.gst.gov.in/newsandupdates/read/548
