GST Portal News and Updates - September 2026

13-10-2026 H N A Team

 

Sl.No

Date

Functionality

Particulars

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01-09-2026

Gross and Net GST revenue collections for the month of August, 2026

 

The Gross and net revenue for the month of September-26 was declared. The same can be checked by clicking on:

https://services.gst.gov.in/advisoryandreleases

 

2

07-09-2026

Enabling Filing of Appeals in Cases Involving NIL or Zero Demand Amount – reg.

In cases where a dispute regarding liability exists but the demand amount is reflected as "NIL" or "Zero" in the demand order, and payment has been made by the taxpayer prior to the issuance of the demand order, the previous validation restricting the filing of an appeal against such demand orders has been removed from the GST Portal. Accordingly, taxpayers are now enabled to file an appeal in Form GST APL-01 against demand orders reflecting a NIL or Zero demand amount.

Taxpayers facing the above issue may now file an appeal in Form GST APL-01 against such demand orders. The same can be checked by clicking on:

https://services.gst.gov.in/ZeroDemand/Appeal

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19-09-2026

Advisory on use of version 3.3 of emSigner

This is an advance information to the all users – Taxpayers and Tax Officers, of GST System who use Digital Certificate Signature on the GST Portal. A new version of emSigner (v3.3) is being made available for download for the purpose of providing compatibility with tokens (USB dongles) that are issued on or after 21-September-2026.

A. Users with valid certificates: There is no change for the users having existing valid digital certificates and their existing token (USB Dongle) are working, as of 21-Sep-2026. If your existing DSC works normally, you may continue using your current emSigner version.

If you encounter signing failures or if your certificate does not appear for selection despite correctly installed token drivers, upgrade to the emSigner version 3.3 by following steps given under point-B below. The emSigner version 3.3 is backward compatible to support the existing tokens (USB dongles).

B. Users with newly issued tokens: The users who have been issued a new token (USB Dongle) on or after 21-Sep-2026, either due to issuance of new certificate and dongle, or renewal of certificate in a new dongle, shall have to upgrade to version 3.3 of emSigner by following below steps:

Step-1: Please ensure that your system – desktop / laptop / AIO which on which the DSC is used for the GST System, meets the following minimum system requirements:

 

Item

Requirement

Operating system

Windows 10 or 11 (64-bit); Linux (Ubuntu 18 and above); macOS (10.6 and above)

System type

64-bit operating system

Installed RAM

8 GB and above

Storage

64 GB and above

1.1 Operating system and hardware

 

1.2 Java

Item

Requirement

Java runtime

Java 1.8 - OpenJDK or Oracle

Availability

Java must be pre-installed; it is not bundled with the installer

Higher versions

Java 9 and above are not supported

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1.3 Browser

Browser

Supported version

Internet Explorer

10.0 and above

Firefox

6.0 and above

Chrome

16.0 and above

Safari

6.0 and above

Opera

12.1 and above

Microsoft Edge

Since first version

 

Step-2: Download & install the version 3.3 of emSigner from the GST Portal by navigating to https://www.gst.gov.in/help/docsigner- the older versions of emSigner will not work for such new DSC dongles issued from 21 September 2026 onwards.

C. Validity and future renewal: Under CCA’s advisory, DSCs downloaded onto FIPS 140-2 dongles on or before 21 September 2026 can continue to be used until the DSC expires. That date does not automatically invalidate existing DSCs. Subsequent renewal or fresh issuance generally requires a FIPS 140-3 dongle, subject to CCA’s specified exceptions. The CCA migration advisory may be referred for more details on this aspect by navigating to https://cca.gov.in/sites/files/pdf/news/Advisory_on_Migration_from_FIPS_140- 2_to_FIPS_140-3.pdf. The same can be checked by clicking on:

https://services.gst.gov.in/services/emSigner