About Clear GST (ClearTax)
What is Clear GST (ClearTax)?
Clear GST is the GST compliance software from Clear (formerly ClearTax), which describes itself as India's largest tax and financial services software platform. Clear's compliance suite covers GST return filing, e-invoicing and invoicing, e-way bills, input tax credit management and TDS returns within a connected finance ecosystem. Its GST product is positioned as a fast GST compliance platform, which Clear says saves three times the time, with a secure GST Suvidha Provider (GSP) connection and more than 200 validations for billing data. Clear's Max ITC tool focuses on optimising input tax credit, which it says can improve profitability by up to 8%. The wider platform also automates invoice capture and processing and offers cloud-based TDS return filing with Form 16 generation. Clear says it is trusted by more than 4,000 enterprises across sectors.
Who is Clear GST (ClearTax) for?
Clear GST is for businesses and enterprises, and the CAs and tax professionals who serve them, that need high-volume GST filing, e-invoicing and input tax credit management.
What type of software is Clear GST (ClearTax)?
Clear GST (ClearTax) is listed under GST & Compliance.
What are Clear GST (ClearTax)'s core capabilities?
Clear's GST capabilities sit inside a broader compliance and invoicing suite. GST return filing runs on a fast, cloud-based compliance platform aimed at an auto-pilot GST lifecycle, connected through a secure GSP. E-invoicing and invoicing solutions apply more than 200 validations to billing data, and the platform also handles e-way bill compliance. Max ITC focuses on input tax credit management and reconciliation to recover eligible credit and improve profitability. Invoice capture and processing can be automated, moving businesses from manual invoicing to an end-to-end invoice-to-pay workflow. For TDS, Clear offers cloud-based filing of TDS returns and generation of Form 16. Through CimplyFive, Clear adds compliance risk management and corporate governance automation. For individuals, the Clear platform also offers income tax return filing with auto-fill of data, but its GST product is aimed at businesses and enterprises.
- Empanelled GSP with proprietary multi-pass fuzzy matching engine for GSTR-2B
- Automated WhatsApp and email vendor communication for missing invoices
- Integrated e-invoicing and e-way bill generation with direct NIC IRP handshake
- High-speed multi-GSTIN dashboard providing real-time filing status across all clients
Answers above are based on Clear GST (ClearTax)'s website, read on 6 Oct 2026.
- Deployment
- Cloud / SaaS
- GSP Status
- Direct Empanelled GSP
- Tally Integration
- Direct Connector / XML
- Multi-User Support
- Role-based access control
- Reconciliation Speed
- Up to 10,000 invoices/minute
Who makes Clear GST (ClearTax)?
Founded in 2011 by Archit Gupta, Clear (formerly ClearTax) is one of India’s largest tax-technology and GSP platforms, serving thousands of CA firms and enterprise businesses with cloud-first compliance automation.
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Key features
- ✓GSTR-1 Direct Filing & Auto-Preparation
- ✓GSTR-1A Amendment Support
- ✓GSTR-3B Auto-Computation & Filing
- ✓GSTR-9 Annual Return Auto-Preparation
- ✓GSTR-9C Reconciliation Statement & Audit Tables
- ✓IFF (Invoice Furnishing Facility) Filing
- ✓CMP-08 Composition Scheme Filing
- ✓ITC-04 Job Work & Other Returns (GSTR-4/5/6/7/8/10/11) — Yes (All 4/5/6/7/8/10)
- ✓Automated GSTR-2B/2A Auto-Download & Purchase Register Reconciliation — Yes (Auto 1-Click)
- ✓Fuzzy & Multi-Parameter Invoice Matching (Prefixes, Dates, Rounding)
- ✓Multi-Month & Cross-Financial Year Reconciliation
- ✓Duplicate Invoice & Discrepancy Detection
- ✓Supplier Missing Invoice & Default Communication (WhatsApp/Email) — Yes (WhatsApp / Email / Portal)
- ✓ITC Eligibility & Ineligibility Classification
- ✓Section 17(5) Blocked Credit Auto-Segregation
- ✓Rule 37 & 37A ITC Reversal Tracking (180-Day & Supplier Default)
- ✓Rule 42 & 43 Capital Goods ITC Reversal Calculation
- ✓ITC Reclaim Tracking (Re-crediting Paid Invoices)
- ✓RCM (Reverse Charge Mechanism) Computation & Liability Push
- ✓Section 50 GST Interest & Late Fee Auto-Calculation
- ✓GST Electronic Ledgers (Cash, Credit, Liability) Auto-Fetch & Reconciliation
- ✓Direct NIC IRP E-Invoicing Suite (IRN, QR Code, Cancellation & Notes) — Yes (Direct IRP API)
- ✓Automated E-Way Bill Generation, Vehicle Update & Extension
- ✓GST Refund Management (RFD-01 Statement & Export Calc) — Yes (RFD-01)
- ✓Departmental Notice Tracking & ASMT-10 / DRC-01 Reply Assistant — Yes (DRC-01 & ASMT-10 Reply)
- ✓GST PMT-06 Challan Auto-Generation & Payment Tracking
- ✓Direct GSTN GSP / ASP High-Speed API Integration — Yes (Empanelled GSP)
- ✓TallyPrime, BUSY & Native ERP 2-Way Sync — Yes (Tally, Busy, SAP, Oracle)
- ✓Universal Multi-Column Excel / CSV / JSON Flexible Mapper — Yes (Universal Mapper)
- ✓CA Firm Multi-GSTIN & Multi-Client Central Dashboard — Yes (Dedicated CA Console)
- ✓Bulk Multi-Client Return Filing & Auto-Fetch Queue — Yes (Bulk Engine)
- ✓Statutory Audit Trail & Local/Cloud Client Data Security — Yes (Compliant Audit Trail)
Pricing
- Custom quote based on client GSTINs and document load (~₹12,000 – ₹35,000 / year typical for CA firms)
Tiered annual licensing structured by number of active client GSTINs and annual document processing volume. Includes official GSP high-speed API connectivity, automated 2B reconciliation, and live customer support. Specific CA firm packages are quote-based upon demo consultation.
From the vendor's published pricing as of 12 Sept 2026. Confirm current prices with the vendor.
Limitations to know
- Pricing requires sales quotation rather than transparent self-serve checkout
- Requires continuous reliable high-speed internet connectivity (no offline mode)
- Can be expensive for micro-practitioners managing fewer than 10 client GSTINs