INTRODUCTION:
With the requirement to get the records audited annually under GST Laws, the auditor is required to come up with reconciliation of turnover, input tax credit availed, taxes paid between Financial Statements and GST Records maintained. The said reconciliation statement is required to be prepared in the format as prescribed under Part A of Form GSTR-9C as notified under Notification 49/2018-Central Tax dated 13.09.2018.
Upon careful consideration of this reconciliation statement, the information sought therein for reconciliation cannot be readily extracted from books of accounts or from GST records. It is required to draw certain other reconciliation statements before we proceed to work on the reconciliation required under GSTR-9C. This article focusses on such other reconciliation statements to be prepared for smooth preparation of the reconciliation statement as prescribed in GSTR-9C. These statements are indicative and are not exhaustive and would vary from one tax payer to another tax payer depending on their business structure, manner of record maintenance etc.
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