CBIC extends the due date for filing FORM GSTR-4 for the FY 2020-21 to 31st July 2021



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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has announced an extension for filing FORM GSTR-4 for the financial year 2020-21. The new deadline is now 31st July 2021. This change, effective from 31st May 2021, provides taxpayers with additional time to complete their filings.

Vide Notification No. 25/2021 – Central Tax, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has extended the due date for filing FORM GSTR-4 for the FY 2020-21 to 31st July 2021. Read the official notification below:

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i)]
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Notification No. 25/2021 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 1st June, 2021

G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 21/2019- Central Tax, dated the 23rd April, 2019, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 322(E), dated the 23rd April, 2019, namely: —

GSTR-4 Due Date Extended to 31st July 2021

In the said notification, in the third paragraph, in the second proviso, for the figures, letters and words "31st day of May, 2021", the figures, letters and words "31st day of July, 2021" shall be substituted.

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 31st day of May, 2021.

[F. No. CBIC-20001/5/2021]
(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification No. 21/2019- Central Tax, dated the 23rd April, 2019, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 322(E), dated the 23rd April, 2019 and was last amended by
notification No. 10/2021-Central Tax, dated the 1st May, 2021, published in the Gazette  of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 306(E), dated the 1st May, 2021.

FAQ :

The due date for filing FORM GSTR-4 for the financial year 2020-21 has been extended to 31st July 2021.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) extended the due date.

The extension is made vide Notification No. 25/2021 – Central Tax.

This notification is deemed to have come into force with effect from the 31st day of May, 2021.

The previous due date mentioned in the notification was the 31st day of May, 2021.




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