Note : Due date for GSTR9 and GSTR9C has been further extended to 31.12.2020
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CBIC via Twitter has notified that it has extended due date for furnishing Annual Return in GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C for 2018-19 from 30.09.2020 to 31.10.2020 vide Notification No. 69/2020 - Central tax dated 30/09/2020.
As the decision is coming when elections in Bihar have been announced, the Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) took the approval of the Election Commission before announcing the changes.
After obtaining due clearances from the Election Commission in view of the Model Code of Conduct, Government has extended due date for furnishing Annual Return in GSTR-9 and GSTR 9C for 2018-19 from 30.09.2020 to 31.10.2020. Notification follows.@nsitharamanoffc @ianuragthakur
— CBIC (@cbic_india) September 30, 2020
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 30th September, 2020
No. 69/2020 – Central Tax
G.S.R. 595(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 44 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), read with rule 80 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, the Commissioner, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 41/2020-Central Tax, dated the 5th May, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 275(E), dated the 5th May, 2020, namely:-
In the said notification, for the figures, letters and words 30th September, 2020, the figures, letters and words 31st October, 2020 shall be substituted.