Extension of last date fo file Form GSTR-9 and Form GSTR-9C State-wise

EXTENSION OF LAST DATE TO FILE

FORM GSTR-9 AND FORM GSTR-9C

FOR THE YEAR 2017-18

The Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 came into force in India with effect from 1.7.2017.

The last date to file Annual GST Returns in Form GSTR-9 and Form GSTR-9C were extended several times and the Central Government has extended the last dates to file the Annual Returns for the year 2017-18 as shown below:

Sl. No.	Registered person, whose principal place of business is in	Due date for furnishing return  under  section  44 of the said Act read with rule 80 of the said rules for the FY 2017-18
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Chandigarh,  Delhi,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Jammu  and  Kashmir, Ladakh,   Punjab,   Rajasthan,   Tamil   Nadu,   Uttar   Pradesh, Uttarakhand.	5th February, 2020.
2.	Andaman  and  Nicobar  Islands,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh,Jharkhand, Karnataka,  Kerala,  Lakshadweep,  Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal, Other Territory.	7th February, 2020.

The relevant CGST Notification is given below for ready reference:

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section

(i)]

Government of India Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification No.06/2020 – Central Tax

New Delhi, the 3rd February, 2020

G.S.R.....(E).–In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 44 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), read with rule 80 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said rules), the Commissioner, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby extends the time limit for furnishing of the annual return  specified  under  section  44  of  the  said  Act  read  with  rule  80  of  the  said  rules,

electronically through the common portal, in respect of the period from the 1st July,2017 to the

31st March, 2018, for the class of registered person specified in column (2) of the Table below, till the time period as specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-

Table

Sl. No.	Registered person, whose principal place of business is in	Due date for furnishing return  under  section  44 of the said Act read with rule 80 of the said rules for the FY 2017-18
(1)	(2)	(3)
1.	Chandigarh,  Delhi,  Gujarat,  Haryana,  Jammu  and  Kashmir, Ladakh,   Punjab,   Rajasthan,   Tamil   Nadu,   Uttar   Pradesh, Uttarakhand.	5th February, 2020.
2.	Andaman  and  Nicobar  Islands,  Andhra  Pradesh,  Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu, Goa, Himachal Pradesh,Jharkhand, Karnataka,  Kerala,  Lakshadweep,  Madhya  Pradesh, Maharashtra,  Manipur,  Meghalaya,  Mizoram,  Nagaland, Odisha, Puducherry, Sikkim, Telangana, Tripura, West Bengal, Other Territory.	7th February, 2020.

[F.No.20/06/07/2019-GST]

(Pramod Kumar) Director, Government of India