The Ministry of finance in its press release dated 8th June 2020 has allowed the facility of filing NIL GST monthly return in FORM GSTR-3B through SMS which has been made available on the GSTN portal with immediate effect.
The procedure to file Nil returns by SMS is as follows:
Initiate Nil Filing: NIL<space>3B<space>GSTIN<space>Tax period- Ex. NIL 3B 09XXXXXXXXXXXZC 052020; 123456 is the CODE for Nil filing of GSTR3B for09XXXXXXXXXXXZC for period 052020. Code validity will be 30 minutes.
Confirming Nil Filing: CNF <space>3B<space>Code -Ex. CNF 3B 123456; Your, 09XXXXXXXXXXXZC, GSTR3B for 052020 is filed successfully and acknowledged vide ARN is AA070219000384. Please use this ARN to track the status of your return.
The status of the returns so filed can be tracked on the GST Portal by logging in to GSTIN account and navigating to Services>Returns>Track Return Status.
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