What changed, and what it changed here
12 changes from CBIC, the GST Council and GSTN since 2024 that decide how credit is matched, accepted and claimed. 3 still need work in this product, and say so.
- 30 Oct 2025Product work openIMS
GSTN advisory on bills of entry in IMS (30 October 2025)
Bills of entry for imported goods now appear in IMS for action.
In this product: Imports need their own record type and matching key (bill-of-entry number and port code). Not built yet; on the roadmap.
Official source - 9 Oct 2025Product work openIMS
GSTN advisory on IMS changes (October 2025 tax period)
Credit notes can be kept pending, and a recipient can declare the credit to reverse on accepting one.
In this product: The IMS state model has a pending action and reason codes; credit-note reversal amounts are the next addition.
Official source - 3 Sep 2025Reflected in the productReconciliationTravel ITC
56th GST Council meeting (3 September 2025)
5% and 18% main rates and a 40% rate from 22 September 2025; hotel rooms up to ₹7,500 at 5%, non-economy air at 18%.
In this product: The HSN/SAC master and the travel engine use the new rates; a production master is versioned by effective date.
Official source - 18 Jun 2025Reflected in the productReconciliation
GSTN advisory on the three-year bar on returns (2025)
Returns more than three years past their due date can no longer be filed.
In this product: A supplier that never filed may now never be able to; the chase list is ordered by deadline for that reason.
Official source - 7 Jun 2025Reflected in the productReconciliationIMS
GSTN advisory on GSTR-3B hard-locking (7 June 2025)
Outward liability in GSTR-3B is not editable from the July 2025 period; corrections go through GSTR-1A.
In this product: Supplier fixes are requested as GSTR-1A amendments, before the period's GSTR-3B.
Official source - 1 Apr 2025Product work openReconciliation
CGST Act section 20 (ISD, as amended from 1 April 2025)
Common third-party input services must be distributed through an Input Service Distributor.
In this product: ISD credit is a separate section of GSTR-2B and must not be matched against B2B invoices. Not yet modelled.
Official source - 14 Oct 2024Reflected in the productIMS
GSTN advisory on the Invoice Management System (October 2024)
Accept, reject or keep pending each supplier record; no action means deemed accepted when GSTR-2B is generated.
In this product: The IMS inbox, its suggestions and its clock follow this: deemed acceptance is changeable until GSTR-3B is filed.
Official source - 3 Oct 2024Reflected in the productReconciliation
Safari Retreats (Supreme Court, 3 October 2024) and Finance Act 2025
The Court opened construction credit for buildings used as plant; the Finance Act 2025 closed it retrospectively.
In this product: Office-building works contracts stay blocked under s.17(5)(c).
- 26 Jun 2024Reflected in the productReconciliation
CBIC Circular 211/05/2024-GST
For reverse-charge supplies from unregistered persons, the FY of the self-invoice governs the credit deadline.
In this product: Relevant to reverse-charge handling; ordinary invoices keep the invoice-date rule.
Official source - 26 Jun 2024Reflected in the productResearch desk
CBIC Circular 207/01/2024-GST
Monetary limits below which the department does not appeal: ₹20 lakh GSTAT, ₹1 crore High Court, ₹2 crore Supreme Court.
In this product: Informs how disputed amounts are prioritised in a notice response.
Official source - 22 Jun 2024Reflected in the productResearch desk
53rd GST Council meeting (22 June 2024)
Section 16(4) relaxed for FY 2017-18 to 2020-21; interest and penalty waiver under section 128A.
In this product: Legacy periods only; current deadlines follow section 16(4) as it stands.
Official source - Reflected in the productE-invoice check
GSTN e-invoice advisory: 30-day reporting limit for AATO of ₹10 crore and above
From 1 April 2025, larger taxpayers cannot report an e-invoice more than 30 days after its date.
In this product: The e-invoice check enforces the 30-day window when turnover is ₹10 crore or more.
Official source
Summaries are the author's, reviewed as of September 2026; each one is also a source in the research desk. Check the current advisory before acting on any of them.