EXTENSION
OF TIME TO FILE ANNUAL RETURN IN FORM GSTR-9 AND FORM GSTR-9C TILL 31.3.2021
The Goods and
Services Tax Act, 2017 came into force in
The Central Government on the
recommendations of the GST Council extended the time limit for furnishing of
the annual return specified under Section 44 of the Central Goods and Services
Tax Act, 2017 read with rule 80 of the Central Goods and Services Rules, 2017,
electronically through the common portal, for the financial year 2019-20 till
28.2.2021 vide Central Government Notification No.95. Central Tax, dated
31.12.2020.
Now the Central Government
has extended the time limit upto 31.3.2021 to file the above FORM GSTR-9 and
FORM GSTR-9C.
The relevant Notification is
given below for ready rference.
[To be published in the Gazette of
Government of India Ministry
of Finance (Department of Revenue)
Central
Board of Indirect Taxes
and
Customs
Notification No. 04/2021 – Central Tax
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), read with rule 80 of the Central
Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, the
Commissioner,
on the recommendations of
the Council, hereby makes the following
amendment in the notification of the Government of
India in the Ministry
of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 95/2020 - Central Tax, dated the
30th December, 2020 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3,
Sub-section
(i), vide number G.S.R. 809(E), dated the
30th December,
2020, namely:-
In the said notification,
for
the
figures
“28.02.2021”, the figures “31.03.2021” shall be
substituted.
[F. No. CBEC-20/06/13/2020-GST]
(Rajeev
Ranjan) Under Secretary to the Government
of
Note: The principal notification No. 95/2020
- Central Tax, dated the 30th December, 2020, was published
in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number 809(E), dated
the 30th December, 2020.