As the current financial year comes to an end on tomorrow, the Income Tax and GST offices under the CBDT and CBIC will remain open on Sunday.
Both the tax offices will remain open on Saturday and Sunday as the department’s race against time to meet the revenue collection targets. “As per past practice, all field offices of CBIC (Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs) will remain open during the last weekend of the current financial year also March 30 and March 31, 2019, for assisting the taxpayers in all matters,” CBIC said in an office memorandum.
The Central Board of Direct Taxes (CBDT), through an office memorandum, also asked its field offices to facilitate the filing of tax returns by the taxpayers by opening additional receipt counters, wherever required, on March 30 and 31.
“The last date for filing belated/revised tax-returns for the assessment year 2018-19 is March 31, 2019. The financial year 2018-19 also closes on (March) 31. In view of the closed holidays March 30 and 31, being Saturday and Sunday, Income Tax Offices throughout India (including the ASK Centres), shall remain open on March 30 and 31 during normal office hours,” the CBDT said.
The government has pegged goods and services tax (GST) collection target at Rs 11.47 lakh crore in the current fiscal, while the same for direct tax mop-up is Rs 12 lakh crore. GST collections in the current fiscal till February totaled Rs 10.70 lakh crore.
