Recently vide notification No.52/2020-Central Tax, dated 24.06.2020 has been issued. Late fees payable on delay filing of GSTR-3B return has been waived subject to conditions of filing the GSTR-3B return within due dates specified therein in the notification itself. Summary below is the for easy way for taxpayers :-
A – Taxpayer having aggregate turnover more than Rs.5 crores during preceding financial year
Tax Period | Actual due date of e-filing GSTR-3B | Due date by which the return is required to be filed to get waiver of late fees |
Feb 20, | 20.03.2020 | 24.06.2020 |
March 20, | 20.04.2020 | 24.06.2020 |
April 20 | 20.05.2020 | 24.06.2020 |
May 20 | 20.06.2020 | 27.06.2020 |
B – Taxpayer having aggregate turnover up to Rs.5 crores during preceding financial year
State Group – I-Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana or Andhra Pradesh or the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep.
Tax Period | Actual due date of e-filing GSTR-3B | Due date by which the return is required to be filed to get waiver of late fees |
Feb20, | 22.03.2020 | 30.06.2020 |
March 20, | 22.04.2020 | 03.07.2020 |
April 20 | 22.05.2020 | 06.07.2020 |
May 20 | 22.06.2020 | 12.09.2020 |
June 20 | 22.07.2020 | 23.09.2020 |
July 20 | 22.08.2020 | 27.09.2020 |
August 20 | 22.09.2020 | 01.10.2020 |
C – Taxpayer having aggregate turnover up to Rs.5 crores during preceding financial year
State Group – II- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha or the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh and Delhi.
Tax Period | Actual due date of e-filing GSTR-3B | Due date by which the return is required to be filed to get waiver of late fees |
Feb 20, | 24.03.2020 | 30.06.2020 |
March 20, | 24.04.2020 | 05.07.2020 |
April 20 | 24.05.2020 | 09.07.2020 |
May 20 | 24.06.2020 | 15.09.2020 |
June 20 | 24.07.2020 | 25.09.2020 |
July 20 | 24.08.2020 | 29.09.2020 |
August 20 | 24.09.2020 | 03.10.2020 |
Further the late fee waiver which announced during 40th GST council meeting for the delay in filing of monthly return is as under as already notified vide the notification No.52/2020-Central Tax, dated 24.06.2020:
Return Type | Tax Periods | Tax Payable Rs. | Late fees amount Rs. Per tax period | Return to be filed by the date |
GSTR-3B | July 2017 to January 2020 | Nil | Nil | All the returns to file between 01.07.2020 to 30.09.2020 |
GSTR-3B | July 2017 to January 2020 | Yes | Rs.250 + Rs.250 = Rs.500 per tax period | All the returns to file between 01.07.2020 to 30.09.2020 |
i have opted for qtly return, i have filed gstr1 now i am filing 3b but late fee is showing 5000+5000 please suggest.
what about the other return like from Feb 2020 and onwards if the due date has already been passed
Is there any penalty for the same?