How to file GSTR-9: Preparing the first-ever annual return for financial year 2017-18

The filing of the first annual return for FY 2017-18 is due in roughly three months. It covers a period of nine months from July 2017 to March 2018, as against twelve months in a financial year. But many taxpayers still dread the preparation of annual return forms because the declaration of information in the annual returns has multiple implications. The last date has been extended to June 30, 201…