Taxpayers who haven't yet filed GSTR-1 for July must do so right away: Govt

Last date for filing GSTR-1 for July is 10th October

BS Web Team  |  New Delhi 

GST. Illustration: Ajay Mohanty
Illustration: Ajay Mohanty

Taxpayers who have not yet filed their GSTR-1 for July 2017 are advised to do so immediately, the Ministry of Finance said today. 

"No further extension will be given to taxpayers for filing their GSTR-1 return for July 2017 for which last date is tomorrow,10th October, 2017," tweeted @FinMinIndia.

""If a taxpayer does not file GSTR-1 by 10th of October, then his buyer may face difficulty in availing himself of the of the tax paid on his supplies. It is therefore advised that all suppliers of goods/services, esp B2B suppliers, furnish their outward supply details in GSTR-1 by due date," tweeted in a series of tweets.
Once a taxpayer files GSTR-1 by 10th October, the corresponding entries in GSTR-2A of his buyer shall get auto populated, the government confirmed.

The shall be availed of by the buyer based on his GSTR-2.

First Published: Mon, October 09 2017. 19:09 IST