As the deadline for the FY 2024-25 GST annual returns approaches, the Bombay Chartered Accountants’ Society (BCAS) has officially submitted a request for an extension on the filing of Form GSTR-9 and Form GSTR-9C. This representation underscores the need for additional time to ensure compliance with GST regulations.
An extension of the due date to submit form GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C for all the taxpayers and professionals shall allow them to absorb the procedural changes, which ensure data precision and fulfil the compliance liabilities precisely, BCAS cited in a letter (dated December 11) submitted to the GST Council.
Extension of the Deadline of GST Filing
As per the Goods and Services Tax (GST) website, 31 December 2025 the last date to submit GSTR-9 and GSTR-9-C is scheduled. BCAS has asked for at least a 3-month extension to the GST annual return, using GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C forms for FY25.
“In light of the substantial and complex amendments detailed above, and on behalf of the members of the Bombay Chartered Accountants Society and the wider taxpayer community, we formally and respectfully request a general extension for the filing of FORM GSTR-9 and FORM GSTR-9C for the Financial Year 2024-25,” BCAS mentioned in its letter.
The Need for GST Annual Return Deadline Extension
The taxpayers, along with the other professionals under the extension of the GST annual return due date, can absorb the changes introduced over the past few months. It also allows them to submit GST annual returns with precision and fulfil the compliance obligations appropriately.
The letter cited that, “We propose an extension of the due date by at least three months for all taxpayers. Such an extension is crucial to allow taxpayers and professionals sufficient time to absorb these significant procedural changes, ensure data accuracy, undertake necessary system upgrades, and fulfil their compliance obligations correctly. Granting this request will foster a more accurate, less error-prone filing season, which is in the best interest of both the government and the taxpayers.”
As per the organisation, many CAs, consultants, and taxpayers are facing practical and technical issues for FY 2024-25, and the current due date leaves little realistic breathing space to implement the amended compliance structure.
The compliance time has surged with the revision in GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C annual return formats. Taxpayers and professionals with the revision in format now need more time to collect, organise, and reconcile data at a more granular level, BCAS mentioned in its letter.
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It specifies that extensive manual checks, revised workbooks, and intensive coordination between finance, IT, and compliance functions are required.
BCAS, with this redesign of GSTR-9 and GSTR-9C annual return structures, assumes that the chance of accidental mistakes has emerged. There is a risk that even careful taxpayers may misapply rules with the new reconciliation formulas, nuanced definitions, and cross-linked tables.
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