What this screen is for
GSTR-4 is the annual return filed by taxpayers registered under the composition scheme. This screen retrieves it from the GST portal for the financial year you select and lays it out for review: the declared lines with taxable value and IGST, CGST, SGST and cess, and the inward supplies listed by supplier GSTIN and invoice number with the tax on each.
When to use it
Use it at year end when preparing or checking the annual composition return, or later when you need to see what was actually filed for a past year. Fetching needs an authenticated GST portal session, which the screen will ask for.
What you see on this screen
The header reads GSTR-4 (Annual), subtitled "Annual Return for Composition Taxpayers", with your GSTIN and the financial year in view. A panel explains that the return consolidates quarterly turnover, tax paid through CMP-08, inward supplies liable to reverse charge, and TDS and TCS credits.
Three cards: Total Tax Liability, Annual Taxable Turnover and Filing Status.
Two tabs follow.
Annual Summary — columns Description, Taxable Value, IGST, CGST, SGST and Cess, with a Total row. Named lines include Inward supplies from registered persons, Outward supplies and Tax details, each tagged with the return table it comes from; unlabelled lines are numbered Row 1, Row 2 and so on. The raw portal response sits beneath, under Annual Summary Response.
Quarterly Breakdown — a Quarter Summary marking each quarter Available or N/A. Selecting an available quarter loads its B2B Invoices: Supplier GSTIN, Invoice No, Taxable, IGST, CGST, SGST and Cess, with the raw response under B2B Response.
Filters and actions
A financial-year selector chooses the year, with Previous and Next stepping between years. Fetch from GST Portal retrieves the return. On the quarterly tab, clicking a quarter loads its B2B detail. An open GST portal session is required; the screen asks for your portal username and the OTP sent to your registered mobile if there is not one.
Status values
The Filing Status card reads Not Filed where the portal has no filing recorded for the year; otherwise it shows the status the portal returns. Each quarter in the breakdown is marked Available or N/A.
Related
- CMP-08
- Annual Summary