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Relief in Form GSTR-3B late fee and interest as notified on GST Portal

Last updated: 03 July 2020


Relief in late fee to Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B

Government has extended dates for GST filings as notified vide Not. No. 52/2020 dt 24.06.2020 and No. No 57/2020-CT dated 30.06.2020.

  1. Late Fee Relief to Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B:
    1. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY

       
      Tax period Late fees waived if return filed on or before
      February 24th June
      March 24th June
      April 24th June
    2. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY

       
      Tax period Late fees waived if return filed on or before (For Group A States)* Late fees waived if return filed on or before (For Group B States)*
      February 30th June 30th June
      March 03rd July 05th July
      April 06th July 09th July
      May 12th Sept 15th Sept
      June 23rd Sept 25th Sept
      July 27th Sept 29th Sept

    Note 1: If the registered persons fail to furnish Form GSTR-3B returns for the tax periods according to the condition mentioned in the Table 1(a) and (b) above, but furnish the returns till the 30th day of September, 2020, the total amount of late fee payable shall be completely waived if the tax payable is NIL and shall be capped at Rs 500 per return, in case of any tax liability.

    Note 2: For the taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than Rs 5 Cr. in the preceding financial year, who fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of May, 2020 to July, 2020, by the due date but furnish the said return till the 30th day of September, 2020, the total amount of late fee shall be capped at Rs 500 per return and shall stand fully waived for those taxpayers where the total amount of tax payable in the said return is Nil.

    Note 3: Taxpayers who are yet to file Form any month(s) from July, 2017 till Jan., 2020, can now file Form GSTR-3B from 1st July, 2020 till 30th Sept., 2020, without any late fee, for those months in which they did not have any tax liability. However, for the months they had a tax liability, their late fee would be capped at Rs 500 per return.

    * Group A- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep

    * Group B- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Delhi

Relief in Payment of Interest to Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B:

a. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY

Tax period Due Date No interest payable till Interest payable @ 9% from & till Interest payable @ 18% from
Feb, 2020 20th March, 2020 4th April, 2020 5th April to 24th June, 2020 25th June, 2020
March, 2020 20th April, 2020 5th May, 2020 6th May to 24th June, 2020 25th June, 2020
April, 2020 20th May, 2020 4th June, 2020 5th June to 24th June, 2020 25th June, 2020
May, 2020 27th June, 2020 (extended date for filing) 27th June, 2020 -- 28th June, 2020

b. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY (Group A)

Tax period Due Date No interest payable till Interest payable @ 9% from & till Interest payable @ 18% from
Feb, 2020 22nd March, 2020 30th June, 2020 1st July to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
March, 2020 22nd April, 2020 3rd July, 2020 4th July to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
April, 2020 22nd May, 2020 6th July, 2020 7th July to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
May, 2020 12th July, 2020 (extended date for filing) 12th Sept., 2020 13th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
June, 2020 22nd July, 2020 23rd Sept., 2020 24th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020

c. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in the preceding FY (Group B)

Tax period Due Date No interest payable till Interest payable @ 9% from & till Interest payable @ 18% from
Feb, 2020 24th March, 2020 30th June, 2020 1st July to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
March, 2020 24th April, 2020 5th July, 2020 6th July to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
April, 2020 24th May, 2020 9th July, 2020 10th July to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
May, 2020 14th July, 2020 (extended date for filing) 15th Sept., 2020 16th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020
June, 2020 24th July, 2020 25th Sept., 2020 26th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 1st Oct., 2020

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