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GST Annual Return & LUT

GST Annual Return Filing GSTR 9 reconciled properly against your monthly returns — plus LUT for export under GST filed for businesses that export without paying IGST upfront.

Full-year reconciliation included Exporter LUT filing also handled Discrepancies flagged before filing

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GST Annual Return Filing GSTR 9 consolidates a full financial year's outward and inward supplies into a single annual return reconciled against monthly filings already submitted, a mandatory filing above a specified turnover threshold, distinct from the separate Letter of Undertaking exporters file to ship without paying IGST upfront.

GST Annual Return Filing GSTR 9 is where a full year of small filing errors surfaces all at once — mismatches become impossible to ignore once everything must reconcile.

Exporters have an entirely separate obligation: without filing a Letter of Undertaking, IGST must be paid upfront and claimed back later as a refund.

The reconciliation work behind GSTR 9 is really the point — comparing monthly data against actual books to catch discrepancies before they become a formal notice.

bizOversal treats the annual return as a genuine reconciliation exercise, keeping exporter clients' LUT renewed each year so a lapse never forces an IGST outflow.

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Who needs GST Annual Return & LUT

Businesses above the GST annual return turnover threshold needing GSTR 9 filed and reconciled properly
Exporters who want to file letter of undertaking to avoid paying IGST upfront on export supplies
Companies whose monthly GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B filings may not fully reconcile with their actual books
Businesses that let their LUT lapse and got hit with an unplanned IGST payment on an export shipment
How it works

Your gst annual return & lut roadmap

1

Reconciliation

Monthly GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B data is reconciled against your books before filing.

Week 1–2
2

GSTR 9 Preparation

The annual return is prepared reflecting the reconciled full-year position.

Week 3
3

Filing

GSTR 9 is filed before the annual deadline.

Week 4
4

LUT Renewal (exporters)

For exporters, the Letter of Undertaking is renewed for the new financial year.

Start of financial year
What you actually receive

Deliverables checklist

We separate what the government issues from what our team drafts and delivers.

Government filings & certificates
Filed GSTR 9 acknowledgement
Filed Letter of Undertaking, for exporters
bizOversal drafted deliverables
Full-year reconciliation working papers
Discrepancy report flagging mismatches before filing
LUT renewal tracking for exporter clients
Avoid these pitfalls

Common mistakes with GST Annual Return & LUT

Treating GST Annual Return Filing GSTR 9 as simple data re-entry rather than a genuine reconciliation exercise
Not renewing the Letter of Undertaking each financial year, forcing IGST payment on the next export
Missing discrepancies between GSTR-1, GSTR-3B, and actual books until the department flags them
Filing the annual return without first reconciling input tax credit claimed against what's actually available
No surprises

Transparent pricing matrix

Prices in INR, exclusive of 18% GST.
ComponentProfessional FeeGovt. / Statutory Charge
GSTR 9 reconciliation & filing ₹4,999 ₹0
LUT filing/renewal, for exporters ₹1,499 ₹0
Compare your options

GSTR 9 vs. LUT — two separate annual obligations

Filing Who Needs It Purpose
GSTR 9 Businesses above turnover threshold Annual reconciliation of the full year's returns
Letter of Undertaking Exporters Export without upfront IGST payment
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Frequently asked

GST Annual Return & LUT — FAQs

It's mandatory above a turnover threshold; smaller businesses are exempt.
You'll need to pay IGST upfront and claim it back later as a refund, an unnecessary cash flow burden that filing the LUT avoids entirely.
Because it requires reconciling monthly data against actual books, small discrepancies that went unnoticed monthly become visible once everything must match at year-end.
Yes, it's valid for one financial year at a time, and letting it lapse forces IGST payment on the next export shipment until a new LUT is filed.
Typically 31 December following the relevant year, though sometimes extended.
Some corrections are possible through later amendments, but earlier detection leaves more options to fix it.

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