Question ID : 44422

GSTR 9C

Dear All, One person is having 3 businesses e.g. business A,business B & business C under same PAN.Client has not submitted GSTR 9C upto FY 2019-20 although aggregate turnover of that year exceeded Rs.5 Crs.But client has submitted seperate GSTR 9C from FY 2020-21 onwards in spite of individual turnover of all businesses doesn't exceed Rs.5Crs. In the meantime client has received a notice from GST Dept. u/s 65 for conducting audit from FY 2017-18 to FY 2021-22 for business A. Now the query is how to save client from penalty provisions for FY 2019-20 regarding business A ??? This is also to be noted that individual turnover of business A in FY 2019-20 was below Rs.5Crs. Please guide us.

File 9C for FY 2019-20. Turnover is considered PAN base and not individual business turnover.