Tamil Nadu Vanigar Sangankalin Peramaippu requested the Centra and State Governments to extend the last date of filing the Income Tax Return 
Get all due dates of income tax return and payment of advance taxes for FY 2018-19 (AY 2019-20). We update the last date as per the IT department notifications and Goods and Services Tax Return. He said that the governments should extend the dates as the business of the taxpayers is hit badly due to the steps taken by the governments to contain the outbreak of Coronavirus.
The Cheif Minister of Tamilnadu, A.M. Vikkiramaraja, told that numerous micro, small, medium and large businesses in the state have been temporarily shut down on requests of the government to contain the spread of the virus. Businesses in all the parts of the state including that in the bigger cities like Chennai have tumbled as the people are remaining indoors. More than half of the businessmen have felt the heat and faced a huge loss of revenue.
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Although preventive steps are being taken by the government, the situation can get worse in the coming weeks. Public places like shopping malls, cinema halls, and tourist spots are being closed down for the public that will affect the revenues of the state as well as the local businesses too. Peramaippu also asked the government to issue a proper order for the public to avoid the spread of the virus as officials in numerous places were seen shutting down the small business too.
He also requested that the defaulters in fining the returns should not be penalized for the delayed IT returns and the last dates of filing GST returns 
View the revised due dates of GST return filing forms of GSTR 1, GSTR 3B, GSTR 4, GSTR 5, GSTR 6, GSTR 9, etc. The dates are according to the Indian Government announcement should be extended. Additionally, he also said that more time should be given to the traders for appeals. He also urged the Central Government to instruct all the banks to hold up the payments of installments on the loans availed by such businessmen. He also said that the bills like that of electricity and water too should be collected at lower levels for a period of the upcoming 6 months.
