The members of the Gujarat Sales Tax Bar Association ( GSTBA ) has requested the Government to extend the due dates for filing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B after the Diwali celebrations.
the last date of filing the Return GSTR-1 of October 2018 is 10th of November and filling of Form 3B and payment of tax is 20/11/2018.
The letter pointed out that on November 7th, 8th and 9th, the nation is celebrating Diwali, New Year and Bhai Duj. November 10th is Second Saturday and the next day is Sunday.
The letter said that “As your good self must be Aware that during this period Diwali is celebrated throughout the country and mostly all the offices and shops will remain closed during this period starting from 05th November till 11th November 2018.”
“In India, during Diwali festival almost all offices and shops are closed, it is not possible for dealers and tax professionals to make compliance of filing tax returns and payment of tax during this period,” the letter said.
“Therefore, your good self is requested to kindly consider the difficulties faced by the dealers and the professionals and to extend the said date to 30th November 2018 for both GSTR-1 as well as 3B,” it said.
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