Late Fee Relief to Normal Taxpayers filing Form
GSTR-3B:
- Taxpayers having
aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY
Tax period |
Late fees waived if return filed
on or before |
February |
24th
June |
March |
24th
June |
April |
24th
June |
- Taxpayers having
aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY
Tax period |
Late fees waived if return filed
on or before (For Group A States)* |
Late fees waived if return filed
on or before (For Group B States)* |
February |
30th
June |
30th
June |
March |
03rd
July |
05th
July |
April |
06th
July |
09th
July |
May |
12th
Sept |
15th
Sept |
June |
23rd
Sept |
25th
Sept |
July |
27th
Sept |
29th
Sept |
August |
01st
Oct |
03rd
Oct |
Note 1: If the registered persons fail to
furnish Form GSTR-3B returns for the tax periods (except August,2020) according
to the condition mentioned in the Table 1(a) and (b) above, but furnish the
returns till the 30th day of September, 2020, the total amount of late fee
payable shall be completely waived if the tax payable is NIL and shall be
capped at Rs 500 per return, in case of any tax liability.
Note 2: For the taxpayers having an aggregate
turnover of more than Rs 5 Cr. in the preceding financial year, who fail to
furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of May, 2020 to July, 2020,
by the due date but furnish the said return till the 30th day of September,
2020, the total amount of late fee shall be capped at Rs 500 per return and
shall stand fully waived for those taxpayers where the total amount of tax
payable in the said return is Nil.
Note 3: Taxpayers who are yet to file Form any
month(s) from July, 2017 till Jan., 2020, can now file Form GSTR-3B from 1st
July, 2020 till 30th Sept., 2020, without any late fee, for those months in
which they did not have any tax liability. However, for the months they had a
tax liability, their late fee would be capped at Rs 500 per return.
* Group A- Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu
and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands,
Lakshadweep
* Group B- Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand,
Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland,
Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha,
Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Delhi