One Page Summary For Relaxed Due Dates For GSTR 3B

REDUCED LATE FEE – A RELAXATION – FOR THOSE HAVING PENDING RETURNS SINCE JULY 2017 TO JAN 2020

Here comes a great news for those having pending return to file from July 2017 to January 2020, i.e. since the inception of GST.

Taxpayers who must file a nil GSTR-3B for any of the months within the period mentioned above do not have to pay any late fee. Whereas, those taxpayers who are having some tax liability during these months can get a reduction in the maximum cap of late fee. Such taxpayers must pay a late fee of Rs 50 per day for every day’s delay starting from the original due dates, up to a maximum of Rs 500 per return. The earlier figure was Rs 10,000 per return.

However , taking ITC is still not available as per Sec 16(4) at least for FY 17-18 , FY 18-19 GSTR 3B and there is 18% interest on GROSS ( because ITC anyways not available for all months in FY 17-18 , FY 18-19 ) . As far as , FY 19-20 is concerned , ITC will be available if you file return before 30-9-2020 with 18% interest on NET liability.

ONE PAGE SUMMARY FOR RELAXED DUE DATES FOR GSTR 3B

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