Govt, Infosys working on steps to ease filing of GST Returns

The Government said it has been working with Infosys, the managed service providers for the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime in the country to improve performance of GSTN filing portal on permanent basis. “Several technological measures are being worked out with Infosys and will be in place by April 2020,” the government said in a release. Different dates have been decided for filing of GSTR 3B. However, dates remain unchanged for taxpayers with an annual turnover of ₹5 crore and above in the previous financial year. Tax filers from 15 states and union territories, i.e., Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Lakshadweep, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Telangana and Andhra Pradesh will now have the last date of filing GSTR-3B returns as 22nd of the month. This category has around 49 lakh GSTR-3B filers. For the remaining 46 lakh taxpayers from the 22 states and UTs of Jammu and Kashmir, Laddakh, Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Chandigarh, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Delhi, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand and Odisha with annual turnover below ₹5 crore in previous financial year, the last date of filing GSTR-3B will be 24th of the month.

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