EXTENSION OF TIME TO FILE ANNUAL
RETURN IN FORM GSTR-9 AND FORM GSTR-9C TILL 28.2.2021
The Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 came into force in
The Central Government on the recommendations of the Council, extended 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
2019-20 till 28.02.2021.
The
relevant 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. 95/2020 – Central
Tax
New Delhi,
the 30th December, 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
2019-20 till 28.02.2021.
[F. No.
CBEC-20/06/13/2020-GST]
(Pramod Kumar)
Director,
Government
of India