Taxation / GST Advisory
GST Advisory & Compliance
GST compliance run on a monthly discipline, registrations, returns, reconciliations and notices handled before they grow teeth.
Overview
What this means in practice
GST rewards businesses that reconcile monthly and punishes those that reconcile at year-end. The GST practice covers the full cycle (registrations, monthly and annual returns, input tax credit reconciliation, classification questions and department notices) for manufacturers, traders, service providers and hospitality businesses. The firm has advised clients on GST since its introduction, led by partners who specialise in indirect taxation.
Who this is for
- ✓Manufacturers and traders with multi-state or high-volume operations
- ✓Service providers, professionals and agencies
- ✓Hotels, restaurants and hospitality businesses with rate and classification questions
- ✓Businesses that have received mismatch notices or lost input tax credit
What we help with
GST registrations, amendments and additional place-of-business compliance
Monthly, quarterly and annual return preparation and filing
Reconciliation of books, sales registers and input tax credit with filed returns
Advisory on rates, classification, exemptions and place-of-supply questions
Drafting replies to notices and representation before the department
Documents typically required
- ✓GST registration certificates and login access
- ✓Sales and purchase registers for the period
- ✓Filed returns and books of account for reconciliation
- ✓Copies of any notices or department communication received
- ✓Sample invoices for rate and classification review
Common Questions
Questions clients bring to this practice
Does your input tax credit in the books match what your returns claim?
Are mismatch notices arriving faster than your accountant can explain them?
Are you confident about the rates and classifications you are applying?
Our Process
A structured CA-led process from records to resolution.
Review current registrations, filings and reconciliation status
Fix the monthly compliance cycle: data, reconciliation, filing, exception list
Resolve accumulated mismatches and credit issues in order of exposure
Keep you briefed on rate changes and rule amendments that affect your operations
FAQs
Common questions, answered plainly
How often should GST be reconciled?
Monthly, at filing time. Books, sales registers and input tax credit statements should be matched every cycle, mismatches caught in the same month are corrections; mismatches caught at year-end are interest, lost credit and notices.
We received a GST mismatch notice. What now?
Do not ignore it and do not pay reflexively. We trace the mismatch to its source (supplier non-filing, timing differences or data entry) and respond with a documented reconciliation. Many notices resolve fully once the trail is laid out properly.
Can you take over GST compliance from our current accountant?
Yes. We begin with a health check of past filings and reconciliations, give you a written status of any accumulated issues, and then run the monthly cycle on a fixed calendar.
Do you advise on GST for hotels and restaurants?
Yes, hospitality is one of the industries the firm has served for years. Rates, input credit restrictions and billing structures in hospitality have specific quirks, and generic advice tends to be wrong in expensive ways.
Do small businesses below the registration threshold need to think about GST?
Often, yes. Voluntary registration can matter when your customers need input credit, and crossing the threshold mid-year without preparation creates retrospective problems. A short consultation settles the question for your situation.