Deadline for September GST returns extended

New Delhi, October 21

The Finance Ministry today extended the deadline for filing summary sales return GSTR-3B for September by five days to October 25.

With this extension, businesses which wish to claim Input Tax Credit (ITC) benefit for July 2017-March 2018 period can do so till October 25.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC), under the Finance Ministry, said trade and industry had expressed apprehension relating to October 20 due date for claiming ITC under GST for July 2017-March 2018.

“With a view to give some more time for the same, the last date for furnishing GSTR-3B for the month of September, 2018 is being extended up to 25th October, 2018,” the CBIC tweeted.

The GSTR-3B of a particular month has to be filed by the 20th day of the subsequent month. The deadline for September return filing was October 20. “The extension of the said due date also implies that the last date for availing ITC for the period July 2017 to March 2018 also gets extended up to October 25, 2018,” the Finance Ministry said. — PTI