The Central Sales Tax Turnover made by the registered inter-state dealer should be submitted to the Commercial Taxes Department of the state where the movement of goods had commenced. The particulars regarding the Taxable and Exempted interstate sales along with the payable CST amount should be submitted in the Return Form as required to be filed by the Central Sales Tax Rules framed by each state government.
These CST Returns are to be filed as per the provisions made by the commercial taxes (VAT) department of each state and in the prescribed time period. As per the provisions of these rules, the Return can be filed as either Monthly or quarterly or half yearly periods.
The Return Forms are to be submitted to the department along with the proof of payment of CST amounts within the prescribed due dates. If the payments are not made within the time lines, the dealer has to pay interest, penalty etc.
Along with the returns, the dealer has to submit all the Declaration Forms like Form C, F etc. All the Returns and the forms are to be submitted to the commercial taxes department. For administrative convenience the CST returns need to be submitted to the VAT assessing authority of the dealer.
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