The GST council meeting held on 18.06.2017 has decided that Goods and Service Tax will be introduced from 1St July 2017. There are many requests for postponement of GST, due non-preparedness of IT infrastructure. Thus it has been announced that relaxation would be provided in filing of returns under GST for the first two months.
For first two months the assessee has to file the summary returns GSTR 3B .The due dates to file summary return (GSTR 3B) for July 17 and August 17 returns are 20.08.2017 and 20.09.2017 respectively. The summary return unlike the regular return (GSTR 3) would not require invoice wise details.
Further the deadline to file the outward supply (GSTR 1) and inward supply (GSTR 2) has been extended till month of September. The timeline to file the returns are as follows
Month |
GSTR 1 |
GSTR 2 |
GSTR 3B |
July 2017 |
Up to 5th September |
6th – 10th September |
20th August |
August 2017 |
16th – 20th September |
21st – 25th September |
20th September |
Jun 24, 2017 - GST - Team SSB