The Government has decided to extend the deadline for filing detailed indirect tax returns for July, giving taxpayers extra time for compliance.
“GST implementation committee decides to extend date of GSTR 1, GSTR 2 and GSTR 3 for the month of July to 10 September, 25 September and 30 September 2017 respectively. Suitable notification to be issued shortly,” the official Twitter handle of the government answering queries on the indirect tax system said in two separate posts.
The original deadline for filing the three returns viz GSTR1, GSTR2 and GSTR3 were 5 September, 10 September and 15 September, respectively.
The decision was taken by the GST implementation committee, which is authorized to decide on urgent matters that will subsequently be brought before the federal indirect tax body, the GST council chaired by finance minister Arun Jaitley.