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Finance Ministry extends last date for filing annual GST returns till March 31
Dec-10-2018

In a relief measure for trade and industry, the Finance Ministry has extended the last date for filing annual Goods and Services Tax (GST) return forms by three months until March 31, 2019.  The annual returns form in which businesses registered under the GST have to provide consolidated details of sales, purchases and input tax credit (ITC) benefits accrued to them during 2017-18 fiscal was notified in September. The last date for filing was set at December 31, 2018.

Besides, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has underlined that the competent authority has decided to extend the due date for filing Form GSTR-9, GSTR-9A and GSTR-9C till March 31, 2019. The requisite Forms shall be made available on the GST common portal shortly.

GSTR-9 is the annual return form for normal taxpayers, GSTR-9A is composition taxpayers, while GSTR-9C is a reconciliation statement. Trade and industry players have been seeking an extension of the deadline for filing the annual returns. Earlier, the Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) had urged Finance Minister Arun Jaitley to extend the last date of filing annual GST return up to March 31, 2019.

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