CBIC extends the due date for filing GSTR-1 for May 2021 by 15 days



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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has announced an extension for filing GSTR-1, the statement of outward supplies. The due date for May 2021 has been moved from 11th June 2021 to 26th June 2021, providing an additional 15 days for taxpayers. This change was made via Notification No. 17/2021 – Central Tax.

Vide Notification No. 17/2021 – Central Tax, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has extended the due date for furnishing details of outward supplies in Form GSTR-1 for the month of May 2021 from 11th June 2021 to 26th June 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. 17/2021 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 1 st June, 2021

G.S.R.....(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by the second proviso to sub-section (1) of section 37 read with section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Commissioner, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 83/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 10th November, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 699(E), dated the 10th November, 2020, namely: —

GSTR-1 Filing Deadline Extended for May 2021

In the said notification, in the second proviso, after the word and figure "April, 2021", the words and figure "and May, 2021" shall be inserted.

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

Note: The principal notification number 83/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 10th November, 2020, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 699(E), dated the 10th November, 2020 and was last amended by notification No. 12/2021-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. 308(E), dated the 1st May, 2021.

FAQ :

The new due date for filing GSTR-1 for May 2021 is 26th June 2021.

The GSTR-1 filing deadline for May 2021 has been extended by 15 days.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) extended the GSTR-1 due date.

GSTR-1 is used for furnishing details of outward supplies.

The original due date for filing GSTR-1 for May 2021 was 11th June 2021.




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