CBIC extends last date for filing annual GST returns by three months

New Delhi, Aug 27 (KNN) Since tax payers have been facing technical problems in furnishing returns, the Finance Ministry has decided to extend the last date for filing annual GST returns by three months to November 30, 2019.

Earlier, GST taxpayers were to file required returns by August 31.

"It is hereby informed that the last date for furnishing of annual return in the Form GSTR-9 / Form GSTR-9A and reconciliation statement in the Form GSTR-9C for the financial year 2017-18 is extended from August 31, 2019 to November 30, 2019," the Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs (CBIC) said in a statement.

It pointed that certain technical problems are being faced by the taxpayers as a result annual return for the period July 1, 2017 to March 31, 2018 could not be furnished by persons registered under GST.

GSTR 9 is an annual return to be filed yearly by taxpayers registered under the Goods and Services Tax (GST).