The government has notified the timeline for furnishing final tax returns for July and August under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime. As per the notification, outward supplies in Form GSTR-1 for the month of July will have to be filed between September 1-5, while for August, it is to be filed between September 16-20. The original date for filing GSTR-1 was 10th of the next month.
Also, the details of inward supplies in Form GSTR-2 for July will have to be filed between September 6-10, while for August, the date is September 21-25. The original date for filing of GSTR-2 was 15th of the next month.
As per the notification, the Form GSTR-3 for July will now have to be filed between September 11-15 and for August the date is September 26-30. The original date for filing GSTR-3, which is the monthly return on the basis of finalisation of details of outward supplies and inward supplies along with the payment of amount of tax, was 20th of the next month.
Earlier, the GST Council, chaired by Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and comprising state counterparts, had in June allowed businesses extended timeline for filing final GST returns in forms GSTR-1, GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 for July and August. In the interim period, businesses had to file GSTR-3B, a summary of self-assessed tax liabilities with consolidated details of outward supplies and input credit. For it the GST Network portal has started the facility for filing of July returns from August 5. The last date for filing the GSTR-3B for July 2017 is August 20, while the same for the month of August 2017 is September 20.
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