GST, without the guesswork.
Whether you need to register at all, which returns you file and when, and what to do about returns that have been pending for months.
GST ka poora kaam — registration se returns tak.
If your returns are behind, this is the deadline that matters
From 1 December 2025, a GST return can no longer be filed once three years have passed from its due date. Once that date passes there is no route back — not a late fee, not an appeal, and not an amnesty anybody can apply for you. If you have periods outstanding, the order they are caught up in decides which ones you can still save.
Do you need to register?
The general limit is ₹20 lakh of turnover in a year, and ₹10 lakh in Manipur, Mizoram, Nagaland, Tripura.
If you sell goods only, your State may allow a higher limit before you have to register. We confirm your State's current limit before telling you where you stand.
And some businesses must register whatever their turnover
- You supply goods to another State
- You sell through an e-commerce platform that collects TCS
- You are a casual taxable person
- You have to pay GST under reverse charge
Supplying services to another State does not by itself require registration if you are under the threshold. That catches a lot of freelancers out in the other direction — they register when they did not have to.
Regular, QRMP or composition
- Who
- Anyone registered
- Returns
- GSTR-1 by the 11th and GSTR-3B by the 20th, every month
- Tax rate
- Normal GST rates — 5%, 18%, 40% since 22 September 2025
- Input tax credit
- Yes
- Cannot use it if
- —
- Who
- Turnover up to ₹5 crore
- Returns
- GSTR-1 each quarter with an optional monthly IFF, GSTR-3B by the 22nd or 24th after the quarter depending on your State, and tax monthly by PMT-06 by the 25th
- Tax rate
- The same as regular
- Input tax credit
- Yes
- Cannot use it if
- —
- Who
- Goods, manufacturers and restaurants up to ₹1.5 crore — ₹75 lakh in 8 States. Services up to ₹50 lakh
- Returns
- CMP-08 by the 18th after each quarter, and GSTR-4 each year by 30 June
- Tax rate
- 1% manufacturers and traders, 5% restaurants, 6% the services scheme
- Input tax credit
- No — you cannot claim input tax credit
- Cannot use it if
- Selling to another State, selling on an e-commerce platform, certain notified goods, and most services
The annual return, GSTR-9, is due by 31 December and is optional up to ₹2 crore of turnover. Above ₹5 crore you also file a self-certified GSTR-9C.
What a late return costs
The late fee on a GSTR-1 or GSTR-3B is capped per return, by turnover:
- Nil return
- ₹500
- Turnover up to ₹1.5 crore
- ₹2,000
- Turnover ₹1.5–5 crore
- ₹5,000
- Turnover above ₹5 crore
- ₹10,000
A late return also carries a daily late fee and interest on any tax due. Both are paid to the government; we tell you the current amounts for your case.
Every one of these is paid by you to the government, never to us.
How it works
Answer a few questions
One minute. No documents, no payment.
Kuch sawaal — 1 minute.
Get your checklist and price
On WhatsApp, before you send anything.
Checklist aur price WhatsApp par.
Send your documents
Upload them in My case, or send them on WhatsApp.
Documents bhejo.
Check and confirm
We show you a simple summary — income, tax, and any refund or amount due. Nothing is filed until you say yes.
Dekh ke haan bolo.
Filed
You e-verify with your own OTP within 30 days, and we send you the acknowledgement.
Aap apne OTP se e-verify karo.
For monthly and quarterly returns, steps 3 to 5 come round again every period. We send a reminder five days before each due date, so the first you hear of a deadline is never after it.
What we will never do
- Invent a deduction, a donation or a rent receipt
- File anything before you have seen it and said yes
- Take government tax or fees into our own account
- Promise you a refund, or how long the department will take
- Handle a tax audit without a Chartered Accountant — by law, only they can
If anyone offers you these things for a fee, that is worth walking away from — whoever they are. Any tax, interest or government fee on your case is paid by you to the government, never to us.
We publish what these pages say and link to them so you can read them yourself. Tax rules and portal pages change; if a link has moved or a figure has changed, tell us and we will check it.