Updated extended GST Due Date Chart

Due to COVID-19 pandemic and challenges faced by taxpayers, Government has extended dates for GST filings and provided releif to tax payers which includes Relief in late fee to Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B, Relief in late fee to Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-1, Relief in payment of interest to Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B and Relief in opting for Composition by Taxpayers, filing other Returns & EWB.

Relief in late fee to Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B

Government has extended dates for GST filings as notified vide Not. No. 52/2020 dt 24.06.2020 and No. No 57/2020-CT dated 30.06.2020.

1. Late Fee Relief to Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B:

a. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY

b. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY

Note 1: If the registered persons fail to furnish Form GSTR-3B returns for the tax periods according to the condition mentioned in the Table 1(a) and (b) above, but furnish the returns till the 30th day of September, 2020, the total amount of late fee payable shall be completely waived if the tax payable is NIL and shall be capped at Rs 500 per return, in case of any tax liability.

Note 2: For the taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than Rs 5 Cr. in the preceding financial year, who fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of May, 2020 to July, 2020, by the due date but furnish the said return till the 30th day of September, 2020, the total amount of late fee shall be capped at Rs 500 per return and shall stand fully waived for those taxpayers where the total amount of tax payable in the said return is Nil.

Note 3: Taxpayers who are yet to file Form any month(s) from July, 2017 till Jan., 2020, can now file Form GSTR-3B from 1st July, 2020 till 30th Sept., 2020, without any late fee, for those months in which they did not have any tax liability. However, for the months they had a tax liability, their late fee would be capped at Rs 500 per return.

* Group A- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep

* Group B- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Delhi.

Relief in late fee to Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-1

Government has extended dates for GST filings as notified vide Notification No. 53/2020 dt 24.06.2020. A Circular No. 141/1/2020-GST dated 24th June, 2020 has also been issued in this regard.

2. Late Fee Relief to Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-1:

Note: If Form GSTR-1 for the period mentioned in Table above is not filed by the notified dates, late fee will become payable from the due dates for these returns.

Relief in payment of interest to Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B

3. Relief in Payment of Interest to Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B:

a. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY

b. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY (Group A)

c. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY (Group B)

Relief in opting for Composition by Taxpayers, filing other Returns & EWB.

Due to COVID-19 pandemic and challenges faced by taxpayers, Government has extended dates for GST filings. These are notified in Central Tax Notifications 30, 34 & 35/2020 dated 03.04.2020 & 47/2020 dated 09.06.2020 & 55/2020 dated 27.06.2020.

4. Opt in for Composition in FY 2020-21

Normal Taxpayers wanting to opt for Composition should not file GSTR3B and GSTR 1 for any tax period of FY 2020-21 from any of the GSTIN on the associated PAN.

5. Compliances for Composition taxpayers:

6. NRTP, ISD, TDS & TCS taxpayers:

7. Extension of validity period of EWB:

The validity of E-way bills (EWBs), generated on or before 24th March, 2020, and whose validity expiry date lies on or after 20th March, 2020, is deemed to have been extended till 31st August, 2020.