Breaking: Govt. extends Due date of Filing GSTR-3B to May 22nd [Read Notification]

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The Central Government today extended the due date for filing GSTR-3B to 22nd May 2018. Earlier, the last date was on 20th May.

“Attention: the Last date of Filing GSTR-3B for the month of April 2018 has been extended to 22nd May 2018,” a statement appeared in the GST Portal said.

However, no notification or order has been passed by the Central Board of Indirect Taxes ( CBIC ) in this regard.

GSTR-3B is a monthly return. All regular taxpayers need to file this return till June 2018. Taxpayers can file their return on GST Portal. Taxpayers have to file this return by 20th of the subsequent month.

The due date has been extended due to the technical glitches in the GST Portal which was not properly working due to technical glitches. Today also, the site was unavailable due to emergency maintenance activity from 2:45 PM to 3:15 PM.

The last date for filing GSTR-5, GSTR-5A for the month of April is on 20th May 2018. However, these dates have not been changed yet.

The Finance Ministry also confirmed that “It has been decided to extend the last date for filing of return in FORM GSTR-3B for the month of April 2018 for two days, i.e, till 22nd May 2018. The notification in this regard shall be published shortly.”

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