Filing of NIL Return of GSTR3B through SMS
From June 2020 onwards GST authorities have enabled the provision of filing NIL GSTR3B through SMS. This facility is available for any Normal Taxpayer/Casual Taxpayer/SEZ Unit/SEZ Developer.
One can file NIL GSTR3B through SMS any time on or after 1st of subsequent month. For Example NIL GSTR3B for June can be filed from 1st July onwards.
Who can file?An authorised signatory alone can file through his unique mobile number registered with GST portal.
The registered taxpayers should have a valid GSTIN and the phone number of authorized signatory should be registered in the portal. This facility is available for only those who have no pending GST liability, interest or late fee pertaining to prior periods and also they should have filed all the GSTR3Bs for earlier periods. One should not have any saved data of GSTR3B form.
Send SMS to 14409 (NIL space (Return Type) space (GSTIN) space (Return Period)) For example (NIL 3B 32AJKPK6727J2Z1 032020)
GST Portal validates and if satisfied will send a “Verification Code” to the same registered mobile number from which the SMS was initiated. If validation fails, one will receive an appropriate response or error message
The verification code will lapse in 30 Minutes
On receipt of verification code Send confirmation of filing GSTR3B NIL Return by sending another SMS to14409 (CNF space (Return Type)space (Code)) For example if the confirmation code received is 654321 then message to send would be (CNF 3B 654321)
Once successful validation is completed the GST Portal would send an ARN to the mobile number as well as on the registered E Mail id confirming successful filing of NIL GSTR3B Return
Like the present scenario, a NIL GSTR3B return filed through SMS cannot be revised.
The different types of error messages and the solutions are provided in the GST Website.
