The deadline for filing GSTR-1 for July-November,
2017, will end tomorrow. The Finance Ministry had last month extended
the due date for filing GSTR-1 from December 31 to January 10.
Traders body CAIT today demanded an extension of the deadline for
filing final sales returns under the GST regime till month end citing
glitches on the GSTN portal.
The deadline for filing GSTR-1 for
July-November, 2017, will end tomorrow. The Finance Ministry had last
month extended the due date for filing GSTR-1 from December 31 to
January 10.
Sources in GSTN, however, refuted the charge that the GST portal was not working.
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) in a
statement claimed that the "GST portal remain hanged most of the time"
today which made the filing of return difficult for businesses.
"In
view of the same, the CAIT has demanded Finance Minister Arun Jaitley
to extend the date of filing of returns to at least January 30 and in
the meantime has also demanded a thorough technology audit of the portal
and ensure its normal functioning," it said.
Sources said the due date for filing GSTR-1 is unlikely to be extended beyond tomorrow.
Goods
and Services Tax Network (GSTN) is providing the technology backbone
for the implementation of the new indirect tax regime. GST, which
subsumed over a dozen local taxes, and transformed India into a single
market was rolled out from July 2017.
Businesses with a turnover of up to Rs 1.5 crore have to file GSTR-1 for July-September by tomorrow.
For those with a turnover of more than Rs 1.5 crore, GSTR-1 for the months of July till November has to be filed by January 10.
The
GST Council had in November last year allowed businesses with a
turnover of up to Rs 1.5 crore to file final returns GSTR-1 quarterly.
11 Jan 2018, 04:58 AM