Step 1: Go to Reports
Click on the “Reports” icon on the left dashboard. and select the “GSTR-1” option from the drop-down menu under “Taxes”.
Step 2: Click on “GSTR1 JSON”.
Now, click on the “GSTR1 JSON” option present at the top right corner of the screen.
Step 3: Select the data range and specifications.
A pop-up appears. Here, select the data range. You can select from a standard data range, such as the current month, previous month, current FY, and last quarter, or you can select a custom range.
Now, click on the check box near specifications to add extra data to the JSON, such as HSN Summary, Credit Notes/ Debit Notes, and Documents Summary.
Note:
HSN Summary: HSN codes are used to classify goods and an HSN-wise Summary is a summary of all the products and services that you've sold in the respective filing period.
Also, as per Notification No. 78/2020, it is mandatory for taxpayers to report a minimum of 4 or 6 digits of the HSN Code in Table 12 of GSTR-I on the basis of their aggregate annual turnover (AATO) in the preceding financial year.
Credit Notes/Debit Notes: Credit and debit notes are used for adjusting the value of previously issued invoices.
These credit and debit notes issued to both registered and unregistered users will be auto-populated into Table 9B of GSTR 1 when the JSON file is uploaded.
Documents summary: Document Summary in GSTR1 JSON is a report in which you can view the transaction count of sales, debit notes, and credit notes.
The data columns present in the document summary are
Step 4: Download the JSON file.
Click on the “download” option present at the bottom of the pop-up.
Congratulations! You have successfully downloaded a JSON file to file your GST Returns. You can follow the same procedure