Seeks to extend due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-3B for supply made in the month of August, 2020 for taxpayers with annual turnover up to Rs. 5 crore


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This notification extends the due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-3B for supplies made in August 2020. The extension applies to taxpayers with an annual turnover up to Rs. 5 crore in the previous financial year. Specific new due dates are provided based on the taxpayer's principal place of business.

Ministry of Finance
(Department Of Revenue)
(Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs)

Notification No. 54/2020-Central Tax

New Delhi, the 24th June, 2020

G.S.R. 407(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), read with sub-rule (5) of rule 61 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Rules), the Commissioner, 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. 29/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 23rd March, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i) vide number G.S.R. 212 (E), dated the 23rd March, 2020, namely:-

In the said notification, in the first paragraph, after the fifth proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: –

“Provided also that, for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees five crore rupees in the previous financial year, whose principal place of business is in the States of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep, the return in FORM GSTR-3B of the said rules for the month of August, 2020 shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the 1st day of October, 2020:

Provided also that, for taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees five crore rupees in the previous financial year, whose principal place of business is in the States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha, the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh or Delhi, the return in FORM GSTR-3B of the said rules for the month of August, 2020 shall be furnished electronically through the common portal, on or before the 3rd day of October, 2020.”.

[F. No. CBEC-20/06/09/2019-GST]
PRAMOD KUMAR, Director

Note: The principal notification number 29/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 23rd March, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.212(E), dated the 23rd March, 2020 and was last amended vide notification number 36/2020 – Central Tax, dated the 3rd April, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.236(E), dated the 3rd April, 2020.

FAQ :

Taxpayers with an aggregate turnover of up to Rs. 5 crore in the previous financial year are eligible for the extension.

Taxpayers whose principal place of business is in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Daman and Diu, Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, or Lakshadweep have a due date of 1st October 2020.

Taxpayers whose principal place of business is in 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, or Delhi have a due date of 3rd October 2020.

The extended due dates are 1st October 2020 or 3rd October 2020, depending on the taxpayer's principal place of business.

This extension covers the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the month of August 2020.

 



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