The Government had advised the taxpayers to file the GST returns in advance and not to wait for any further extensions as no further extensions shall be provided. “We have kept long deadlines for GST filing. For at least six months the taxpayers have to file their own assessment. There will be no extension later,” Revenue Secretary Hasmukh Adhia told reporters here after the first meeting of the Group of Ministers (GOM) that was formed to tackle the IT-related glitches. 

The Council has already extended the deadline for GSTR 3B till December. “Initial hiccups are there but no mass scale failure. Initial issues need to be sorted out. We have decided a plan of action. The attempt was to work around the difficulties to eliminate problems, leading to better understanding of all stakeholders,” Adhia added. 

“Taxpayers should not wait for the last day. The general tendency is that people wait for the last day resulting in heavy rush. In the last 3-4 days before the deadline there is heavy rush to file returns. I appeal to all the taxpayers that they should not wait for last day. By October 30, 70-80% of problems we will be able to solve,” PM Modi said. He said that a full day meeting of tax officers of state governments was held with the GST Network (GSTN), stakeholders, bankers, tax experts, big corporates and Infosys regarding the glitches faced in filing returns. 

The GOM meeting will be held every 15 days, mostly in Bengaluru, with the next meeting scheduled in the first week of October. 

Sources –The Economic Times

We have launched Single Platform on GST Compliances In India, assisting in 4 areas – 1) Migration, 2) GST Compliance, 3) Training and 4) Transition & Implementation. Click this link for any assistance

______________________________________________________________________________________________________________