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Edit GSTR-1 Return Before Filing on GST Portal

By Annapoorna

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Updated on: Jan 12th, 2022

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6 min read

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A person registered under GST as a regular taxpayer is required to file returns every month.

If you have added (and saved) invoice details on the GST portal and want to edit, modify, add or delete details, you may download the GSTR-1 return file and bulk edit it. Once you have made the changes, upload it back on the GST portal. Alternatively, if you can finish modifications online on the GST portal itself.

Latest Update

1st February 2022
Budget 2022 updates-
(1) The last date to make amendments, corrections in GSTR-1, and upload missed invoices or debit/notes of one financial year is no longer the due date to file September return of the following year, but it is 30th November of the following year or filing of annual return, whichever is earlier.
(2) The amendments also prescribe tax period-wise sequential filing of details of outward supplies.

21st December 2021
(1) From 1st January 2022, taxpayers cannot file GSTR-1 if the previous period’s GSTR-3B was not filed.
(2) From 1st January 2022, the GST officers can initiate recovery proceedings without any show-cause notice against taxpayers who under-report sales in GSTR-3B compared to GSTR-1.



29th August 2021
Company taxpayers can continue filing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B using EVC or DSC up to 31st October 2021 via the CGST notification number 32/2021 dated 29th August 2021.

26th August 2021
From 1st September 2021, taxpayers will not be able to file GSTR-1 or use the IFF for August 2021 on the GST portal if they have pending GSTR-3B filings. It applies if GSTR-3B is pending for the past two months till July 2021 (monthly filer) or for the last quarter ending 30th June 2021 (quarterly filer) as per CGST Rule 59(6).



Here is a step by step guide to change invoice details

Step 1 – Login on to the GST Portal   

Step 2 – Then, go to ‘Services’ > ‘Returns’ > ‘Returns Dashboard’.

Step 3 – Select the Month and Year from the drop-down.  

Step 4 – Click on ‘PREPARE OFFLINE’ under GSTR 1  

Step 5 – Go to ‘Download’ and click on ‘GENERATE FILE’. This request takes around 20 min.  

Step 6– Now, click on ‘Click Here’ to download link. A ZIP file will be downloaded.

Step 7 – Open the file using the GST offline tool by clicking on OPEN under Open Downloaded Return file from GST portal.

Step 8 – To make changes, click on ‘Edit Icon’ under Action column. To delete an invoice, select the check box on the left of the invoice and click on ‘Delete’. If the offline tool is very slow, try opening the browser on Firefox or Google Chrome by typing wp.d.cleartax.co:3010 on the address bar in the browser.

Step 9 – Once all the changes are made, click on ‘Update’. A success message will be displayed once the data is updated. The status of the details will either change to Modified (M) or Deleted (D)  

Step 10 – Generate JSON file by clicking on ‘View Summary’ > ‘Generate File’ > ‘Save’. If you are facing errors with JSON file please go through our article ‘GSTR1 JSON Errors and Resolutions’.  

Step 11 – Upload the JSON file on GST Portal by going to – ‘Prepare Offline’ > ‘Upload’ > ‘Choose File’.  

Step 12 – Finally, to make sure all the changes made are updated on website download the GSTR 1 file by the following Step 2 to Step 5

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