Since the GST Network was down due to heavy rush of returns and several traders and businesses, the Government again extended the due date for filing 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 were 5 September, 10 September and 15 September, respectively. Tax experts said the GSTN portal had been facing various issues for the past few days.
This is the second time that the portal has faced glitches and the government has been forced to extend the date for filing of returns. Earlier, the government had extended the deadline for filing of returns of another category to August 25.
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.
The committee also decided to extend the deadline for filing the three returns for the month of August to 5 October, 10 October and 15 October, respectively, the government said in another tweet. The original deadlines were 20 September, 25 September and 30 September.
Read the full text of the Notification below.
