ANNUAL RETURN FOR THE YEAR 2018-19 FILING DATES EXTENDED UPTO 30.6.2020.
The Goods and
Services Tax Act, 2017 came into force with effect from 1.7.2017 in India.
The Central
Government has extended the due date for filing of Annual Returns in FORM
GSTR-9, FORM GSTR-9A AND FORM GSTR-9C upto 30.6.2020 for the year 2018-19
instead of 31.3.2020 (extended period).
The relevant
Notification No.16/2020 dated 23.3.2020 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.
15/2020 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 23rd March, 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, for the financial year 2018-2019 till 30.06.2020.
[F.No CBEC-20/06/04/2020-GST]
(Pramod Kumar) Director, Government of India