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Notifying separate website for facilitating e-way bill services    

The Central Government, vide Notification no 4/2017 – Central Tax dated 19th Jun’17 notified ‘www.gst.gov.in’ as the Common Goods and Services Tax electronic portal for facilitating registration, payment of tax, furnishing of returns, computation and settlement of integrated tax and electronic way bill.  

The effective date for the same was notified as 22nd Jun’17.    

The present notification...

Due date extended further for filing return in Form GSTR-6 by an input service distributor (ISD)    

The FORM GSTR-6 is the monthly return required to be filed by the person registered as an ISD. The due date for such return as per Sec 39(4) of CGST act is 13th of the succeeding month.   

The due date for filing the said form was extended multiple times earlier and now the present notification has notified the further due date in this respect for the months Jul ’17 to Feb...

Reduction in the quantum of late fee payable w.r.t. the return in FORM GSTR-6  

Sec 47 specifies the late filing fees of Rs. Rs.100 per day from the due date of filing up to the date of actual filing and maximum late fee that shall be levied is Rs. 5,000 per return, for the persons who are required to furnish returns u/s.37, 38 or 39 (i.e.GSTR-1/2/3/3B/4/5/6..etc) but fails to furnish within due date.

The present notification restricts such late fee w.r.t. GSTR-6 (to be...

Reduction in the quantum of late fee payable w.r.t. the return in FORM GSTR-5A  

Sec 47 specifies the late filing fees of Rs. Rs.100 per day from the due date of filing up to the date of actual filing and maximum late fee that shall be levied is Rs. 5,000 per return, for the persons who are required to furnish returns u/s.37, 38 or 39 (i.e.GSTR-1/2/3/3B/4/5/5A..etc.) but fails to furnish within the due date.    

The present notification restricts such late fee w.r.t. GSTR-5A...

Reduction in the quantum of late fee payable w.r.t. the return in FORM GSTR-1  

Sec 47 specifies the late filing fees of Rs. Rs.100 per day, from the due date of filing up to the date of actual filing, and maximum late fee that shall be levied is Rs. 5,000 per return, for the persons who are required to furnish returns u/s.37, 38 or 39 (i.e.GSTR-1/2/3/3B/5..etc) but fails to furnish within the due date.  

The present notification restricts such late fee w.r.t. GSTR-1 to Rs....