FM Jaitley waives off late fee on filing of GSTR-3B for August, September

The late fee paid will be credited back to taxpayer ledger

ANI  |  New Delhi 

File photo of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)
File photo of Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley. (Photo: PTI)

 Minister Arun has announced to waive off late fee on the filing of for August and September. The late fee paid will be credited back to the taxpayer's ledger.

"To facilitate taxpayers, late fee on filing of for Aug & Sept has been waived. Late fee paid will be credited back to taxpayer ledger," said on Twitter.

Earlier, The Ministry of notified that there will be no further extension of the last date for filing for the month of July 2017, urging the last-minute to file their immediately.

"The last date for filing for the month of July 2017 is October 10. An extension of two months has already been given. There will be no further extension given to for filing their return for July. who have not yet filed their for July are advised to do so immediately," a release by the ministry stated earlier.

It further noted that once the taxpayer files GSTR-1, the corresponding entries in of his buyer shall get auto-populated.

The buyer shall then finalize his GSTR-2 after making modifications (additions, corrections or deletions), if required, in The ITC shall be availed by the buyer based on his GSTR-2, it noted.

First Published: Tue, October 24 2017. 13:35 IST