The due date for filing GSTR-1 has been extended to 13th April for the month of March 2019 on the suggestion of GST department by CBIC.
This extension of due dates for filing GST returns is a long affair and has been going since the implementation of Goods and services tax on 1st July 2017.
And with this extension of due dates, most of the registered dealers under GST are facing difficulties as they have confusion over the dates finalized for the return as well as they have to consult their respective accounts staff for the coordination.
However, as per the norms of GST Act, the dealers had to file details of outward supplies of Goods & Services in Form GSTR-1 electronically before the tenth day of the succeeding month.
The GSTR due dates are fixed for every particular form i.e. GSTR 1 and GSTR 3B in every month. But it has been observed that the GST department has extensively revised the dates without considering the issues of the taxpayers.
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As per the recent notification, “Provided also that the details of outward supply of goods or services or both in FORM GSTR-1 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 for the month of March 2019 shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the 13th April 2019.”
