CBIC Extended Due Date for GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C Till October 31, 2020
The CBIC on Wednesday extended the due date to file GSTR9 and 9C for 2018-19 by a month.
After obtaining due clearances from the Election Commission in view of the Model Code of Conduct, Government has extended due date for furnishing Annual Return in GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C for 2018-19 from 30.09.2020 to 31.10.2020. Notification follows, said a tweet from the CBIC.
After obtaining due clearances from the Election Commission in view of the Model Code of Conduct, Government has extended due date for furnishing Annual Return in GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C for 2018-19 from 30.09.2020 to 31.10.2020. Notification follows.@nsitharamanoffc @ianuragthakur
— CBIC (@cbic_india) September 30, 2020
Through a separate notification, the government also extended the deadline for filing income tax returns for 2018-19 by two months till November 30 citing difficulties being faced by taxpayers due to Covid-19 pandemic.
This is the fourth extension given by the government for taxpayers to file both original and revised ITRs for 2018-19 fiscal. In March, the due date was extended from March 31 to June 30.
Later in June, it was again extended by a month till July 31. In July, it was extended till September 30.