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Reduction and Waiver of Late Fees for filing of GSTR 3B from July 2017 to July 2020 for all Taxpayers

This article is an attempt to simplify GSTR 3B due dates in view of Notification No. 52/2020-Central Tax dated 24th June, 2020 and Notification No. 57/2020-Central Tax dated 30th June, 2020. This article is absolutely relevant for all categories of taxpayers who wish to file GSTR 3B return from July 2017 to July 2020.

S.No. Notification No. & Date Category Tax Period Condition/ Due Date Max Late Fees
 
1 52/2020 Central Tax-24.06.2020 1 . AT>5 crore in preceding FY February 2020, March 2020 & April 2020 June 24, 2020 NIL
 2. (a) AT≤ 5 crore in preceding FY NIL
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Principal place of business is in the States of 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 Feb-20 June 30, 2020
Mar-20 July 3, 2020
Apr-20 July 6, 2020
May-20 September 12, 2020
Jun-20 September 23, 2020
Jul-20 September 27, 2020
 

 

 2. (b) AT≤ 5 crore in preceding FY NIL
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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 or the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh and Delhi Feb-20 June 30, 2020
Mar-20 July 5, 2020
Apr-20 July 9, 2020
May-20 September 15, 2020
Jun-20 September 25, 2020
Jul-20 September 29, 2020
3. (a) If GST is payable July 2017 to January 2017 July 1,2020  to September 30, 2020 Rs. 500 per return
3. (b)  If GST is Not payable July 2017 to January 2017 July 1,2020  to September 30, 2020 Nil
2 57/2020 Central Tax-30.06.2020 1. (a) Not Filed by specified date as above  and having tax liability As Abovementioned Filed on or before September 30, 2020 Rs. 500 per return
1. (b) Not Filed by specified date as above  and  not having tax liability As abovementioned Filed on or before September 30, 2020 Nil
2. (a)  AT>5 crore in preceding FY and  having tax liability May 2020 to July 2020 Filed on or before September 30, 2020 Rs. 500 per return
2. (b)  AT>5 crore in preceding FY and not having tax liability May 2020 to July 2020 Filed on or before September 30, 2020 Nil

Key points:

I. Maximum late fees for filing of GSTR 3B is Rs. 500/- per return irrespective of any category of taxpayer for the period from July 2017 to July 2020. However, late fees could even be less than even Rs. 500/- in some cases where there is delay of just few days.

II. Late fee for GSTR 3B will be NIL if there is no tax liability to pay in the return irrespective of any category of taxpayer or any tax period from July 2017 to July 2020.

III. As of now there is no clarification as to whether any refund will be granted to those taxpayers who have already paid huge amount of late fee in process of filing GSTR 3B.

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5 Comments

  1. Netra Bhatia says:

    heelo MR.Dhanu
    I am a gst taxpayer with NIL tax return …i not not filed my aug return of 3B on time as due date is 3 oct,2010.now any chance tyo waive of late fees??plz advice

  2. ayyagari ramesh says:

    Good Evening Sir,
    Is there any Chance for Reduction and Waiver of Late Fees for filing of GSTR 4 from July 2017 to March 2020 for all Composite Dealers

  3. dhanu says:

    sir, i have filing some nil returns but late fee is rs. 5000 or 10000 only, whether this notification is updated on GST website or not.

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