GSTR-2A is a auto-populated summary of the details of inward supplies of Goods and Services during any period or month. It is created for a recipient when the Form GSTR-1/5, 6, 7 (Tax Deductor) & 8 (Tax Collector) is filed submitted/ uploaded by the supplier taxpayer.
The details become available to the recipient for view and the details are updated incrementally as and when supplier taxpayer upload or change details in their respective Form GSTR, for the given tax period. Form GSTR-2A of a tax period is available for view only.
And as per GST Portal, GSTR-2A is a system generated ‘draft’ Statement of Inward Supplies for a receiver taxpayer. It is auto-populated from the Form GSTR-1/5, Form GSTR-6 (ISD), Form GSTR-7 (TDS), and Form GSTR-8 (TCS), filed/ submitted/ uploaded by the supplier taxpayer, from whom goods and/or services have been procured or received by the receiver taxpayer, in a given tax period.
You can use GSTR2A before the applicability of new GST returns
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How to view details of inward supplies in GSTR2A?
- First of all, Access the GST PORTAL or www.gst.gov.in URL. The GST Home page will display.
- Then login to the GST Portal with valid credentials.
- And click the Services > Returns > Returns Dashboard command.
- After that, The File Returns page will display.
- Then select the Financial Year & Return Filing Period (Month) for which you want to view Form GSTR2A from the drop-down list.
- Click the SEARCH tile.
- The File Returns page will display and there will be a GSTR2A window showing options- VIEW OR DOWNLOAD
- Click the GENERATE JSON FILE TO DOWNLOAD button to generate data in the JSON format.
- Click the GENERATE EXCEL FILE TO DOWNLOAD button to generate data in the excel format.
- It may take up to 20 minutes for the file to be generated. Once the file is generated, the link will appear to download. Download the file.
- And click on the VIEW button to see the details inside of inward supplies.
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