As the assessee suffers from the technical issues on the GST portal, the government has prolonged the GSTR-3B last date for April tax payment till 24th May 2022 via notification number 05/2022 and has rendered Infosys for the early resolution of the issues. Also, the central government has extended the deadline of the GST PMT-06 form till 27th May 2022 via notification number 06/2022.
The last date to file the Form GSTR-3B for the month of April 2022 would be postponed till 24th May 2022, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) mentioned.
Before the day, CBIC specified that an issue has been notified by Infosys in the generation of April GSTR-2B and auto-population of GSTR-3B on the portal.
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“Infosys has been directed by Govt for early resolution. Technical team is working to provide GSTR-2B & correct auto-populated GSTR-3B at the earliest, the CBIC tweeted.”
GSTR-2B is an auto-drafted Input Tax credit (ITC) statement which is available to every enrolled entity rely on the data filed by their suppliers in their corresponding sales return form GSTR-1.
GSTR-2B statement is available to the businesses on the 12th day of the next month, rely on which they could avail ITC during furnishing the taxes and furnishing GSTR-3B.
GSTR-3B is furnished in an inconsistent way between the 20th, 22nd, and 24th of every month for additional classes of the assessee.
“Considering the difficulties faced by taxpayers in filing their GSTR-3B for the month of April 2022, a proposal to extend the due date of filing GSTR-3B for April 2022 is under active consideration, the CBIC tweeted.”
“The technical team is working to resolve this issue for the impacted taxpayers and generate fresh GSTR-2B at the earliest. In the interim, affected taxpayers interested in filing GSTR-3B are requested to file the return on a self-assessment basis using GSTR-2A,” the GSTN had mentioned.
GSTR-2A is a system-generated statement of inward supplies. In 2015, Infosys was given a Rs 1380 cr contract to create the GST system.
“Tax experts mentioned that technical glitches on the portal would derail the tax filings for millions of taxpayers in the current month. For the benefit of all the businesses, the government must either extend the timelines for tax filings or waive the late fees payable on delayed filings”.
