Easy Guide to File GST TRAN 2 Form Online by Fast Procedure

A person registered under GST who was not registered under earlier laws shall be eligible to avail of input tax credit (ITC) of VAT and excise duty on goods held in stock before the GST implementation date even if he is not in possession of any taxpaying document i.e. excise or VAT invoices evidencing payment of central excise duty. For claiming such ITC on stock a registered person needs to file form TRAN-1 and form TRAN-2.

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has reopened the GST portal to file the TRAN-2 form till 30th November 2022 for traders who faced difficulties while return filing as per the order of the supreme court of India.

Latest Update in GST TRAN 2

23rd October 2022

• A TRAN advisory has been issued for taxpayers from Daman and Diu & Ladakh. read more

09th September 2022

• File and revise TRAN-1/TRAN-2 forms according to Supreme Court orders dated 22.07.2022 & 02.09.2022 in Union of India vs. Filco Trade Centre Pvt. Ltd. Read PDF

07th May 2022

• Now taxpayers can manually modify form TRAN-1 and TRAN-2 under goods and services tax (GST), but how. Click here

Before filing Tran 2 form, it is important to first file the TRAN-1 and GSTR 3B forms in a particular time period. Here is the comprehensive step-by-step guide to filing Tran 2 form:

Step 1: Go to the TRAN 2 page of the required tax period as you log in. After that choose the financial year and month.

Step 2: Table 4 of the particular section under TRAN 2 will open if Table-7(a) (7B) of TRAN 1 were furnished by the taxpayer and Table 5 will open if Table-7(d) of TRAN 1 were filed by the taxpayer prior to approaching for TRAN 2 form.

Step 3: Furnish the information in the opening stock of particular tables which are Table 4 and Table 5 as mentioned in TRAN 1. Please ensure that all the HSN/goods are declared in TRAN 2, in the opening balance in the month of July 2017, irrespective of the fact that these have been sold or not in the first i.e. July 2017 tax period.

Step 4: Furnish the information of sold-out goods in respect of this stock in the very initial tax period and tax paid details under IGST, CGST, and SGST on such goods and calculate the available ITC and mention the value in the various tables where it is required. It must be noted down that the applicable ITC is required to be less than or equal to 60% of CGST and 30% IGST.

Step 5: When the taxpayer furnishes the details in TRAN 2 form for a given tax period, it only requires mentioning the information about the tax paid, ITC allowed, and goods sold/ supplied. The opening stock in this form gets auto-populated in respect of the closing stock of the previous tax period. Whereas the closing balance is auto-populated from the supplied quantity and opening stock in a particular tax period.

Step 6: After entering each detail in tables of TRAN 2, save the record.

Step 7: when you are finished with furnishing the details, click on the ‘Preview’ button which will download the form in pdf format along with draft summary values of return form TRAN 2. Re-check your fed data to make sure an error-free transaction of forms. If everything is fine, now you can click on the ‘Submit’ button to save your record with GST Network. Please be attentive while submitting the details to be true.

Step 8: Once again click on ‘Preview’ to download TRAN 2 summary for record purposes.

Step 9: Select a file with DSC or EVC and choose the authorized signatory to furnish TRAN 2 for a given tax period.

Step 10: As the process successfully completes, a message and email are sent with the ARN number to the respective taxpayer.

Step 11: After the filing of TRAN 2 is done, the ITC claimed for the central and state tax will be shown in the ITC ledger. As we file the TRAN 2 successfully, ledger entries will automatically get posted. Here it is important to note that they shall not be posted after the “Submit” action.

Therefore, this is a full-fledged explanation of GST filing, follow this information for filing TRAN 2 form successfully.