How a return moves through our office
From your upload to the partner’s sign-off: the steps every return takes, and who checks what along the way.
GST for Ahmedabad’s textile traders
Registration limits, e-way bills, job work and the reconciliations that trip up cloth merchants most often.
A good share of our clients trade in textiles, from grey cloth merchants in the old city markets to processors along the Narol belt and garment makers in Bapunagar. GST works the same for them as for anyone else, but a few points come up again and again.
Registration is required once turnover from goods crosses ₹40 lakh in a year in Gujarat, or from the first sale if you sell to another state or through an online marketplace. Many small traders cross the limit without noticing during the wedding season, so we track turnover monthly.
E-way bills are needed for most consignments worth more than ₹50,000, including cloth sent to a processor or a job worker. Sending fabric for dyeing, printing or stitching is job work, and the goods must come back within a year, with a delivery challan recording what went out and what returned. Missing challans are the most common problem we see in textile audits.
Tax rates for fabric, yarn and garments differ, and garment rates depend on the sale price per piece, so invoices must show prices clearly. Input tax credit is allowed only when your supplier has filed their return and the invoice appears in your GSTR-2B. Many cloth traders buy from small suppliers who file late, which delays credit. We reconcile purchases every month and send you a list of suppliers whose invoices are missing, so you can follow up before the credit is lost.
