GST payment & filing for July extended till Aug 25

The GST Implementation Committee, consisting of state and Central government officers, has extended the last date for payment of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the month of July 2017 by five days to August 25. Since it is the first return to be filed under GST, there were requests for extension of last day by few more days to file the return.

 

The GST Implementation Committee, consisting of state and Central government officers, has extended the last date for payment of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the month of July 2017 by five days to August 25. Since it is the first return to be filed under GST, there were requests for extension of last day by few more days to file the return.#

Earlier, the last date for payment of taxes and filing of GST return in Form 3B for the month of July was kept as August 20. But, tax payers and tax practitioners requested for few more days to file their return. Also, there were requests from states which are hit with floods to extend the last date for filing of GST returns. The state of Jammu & Kashmir had also requested for extension of time because of late passing of their GST Ordinance. Some technical glitches were also experienced by last minute return filers, according to an official statement.

 

The GST Implementation Committee, consisting of state and Central government officers, has extended the last date for payment of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the month of July 2017 by five days to August 25. Since it is the first return to be filed under GST, there were requests for extension of last day by few more days to file the return.#

Post this extension, the last date for return filing will be August 25 for those tax payers, who do not want to avail of transitional credit in TRANS1 this month (July). And for those who want to fill up TRANS1 this month, the last date for filing of returns will be August 28, as announced earlier.

 

The GST Implementation Committee, consisting of state and Central government officers, has extended the last date for payment of the Goods and Services Tax (GST) for the month of July 2017 by five days to August 25. Since it is the first return to be filed under GST, there were requests for extension of last day by few more days to file the return.#

The government has requested tax payers to file their return well before August 25/28 and not wait for the last date so they do not face any last moment technical difficulty in submission of return. (RKS)