GST return filing dates extended for Kerala
New Delhi, Aug 21 : The government on Tuesday extended the deadlines for various Goods and Services Tax (GST) returns for taxpayers registered in flood-hit Kerala, Mahe in Puducherry and Kodagu in Karnataka.
It also extended the last date for filing GST summary sales returns or Form GSTR-3B for all classes of taxpayers across the country for the period of July to August 24.
"In light of the inconvenience faced by the people of Kerala due to the flood situation, the GST returns (GSTR-3B) for the month of July can now be filed by October 5, and the returns for the month of August can now be filed by October 10," Finance Minister Piyush Goyal tweeted.
The deadline for Form GSTR-1 (sales return) for the quarter July to September has been extended to November 15 for taxpayers having a turnover up to Rs 1.5 crore, the Finance Ministry said in a release.
For those with turnover above Rs 1.5 crore, the Form GSTR-1 has to be filed by October 5 for the month of July and October 10 for the month of August.
The Finance Ministry has also exempted the relief material coming from foreign countries for distribution in flood-ravaged Kerala from the customs duty and the GST.
"The government is committed to help Kerala in this time of devastation. We have made all the relief materials coming from foreign countries for the Kerala flood relief exempt from customs duty as well as GST," Goyal told reporters here.
The government also extended the last date for filing GST summary sales returns or Form GSTR-3B for the month of July to August 24 for all classes of taxpayers.
"In order to facilitate filing of easy GST returns, the government has extended the due date of filing GSTR-3B return to August 24, 2018. We are committed to ensuring that GST is a Good and Simple Tax," the Minister said in another tweet.
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Emotional tributes paid to cops killed in blast at gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh
Narayanpur (Chhattisgarh) (PTI): Emotional scenes were witnessed on Sunday as wreaths were laid on the mortal remains of three of the four police personnel killed in an explosion in a gunpowder dump of Maoists in Chhattisgarh's Kanker district.
The grieving family members were inconsolable, while security personnel tried to comfort them.
Amid chants of "Bharat Mata ki Jai" and "Vande Mataram," public representatives, along with senior police and administrative officials, paid tributes to the deceased personnel.
The wreath-laying ceremony to pay homage to Inspector Sukhram Vatti (40), constables Krishna Komra (35) and Sanjay Gadhpale (29), killed in the explosion on Saturday, was held at the Police Lines in Narayanpur district, neighbouring Kanker.
The mortal remains of constable Parmanand Komra (29), who succumbed to injuries during treatment in Raipur, will be shifted to Kanker, where a separate wreath-laying ceremony will be held, police said.
Inspector General of Police, Bastar Range, Sundarraj Pattilingam, after paying homage, told reporters that the four police personnel made the supreme sacrifice while protecting the region.
"I pay my homage to them," he added.
The four personnel were killed while they were attempting to dispose of a gunpowder dump hidden earlier by Maoists in a forest near Aadnar village under Chhotebethiya police station limits in Kanker district, according to police.
It was the first explosion linked to Naxalites in the state since it was declared free from armed Maoists on March 31, and also the first instance this year in which security personnel engaged in anti-Naxal operations lost their lives.
District Reserve Guard (DRG) official Vatti, who was leading the team, hailed from Bijapur district. Constable Krishna Komra of the district force and constables Gadhpale and Parmanand Komra of the Bastar Fighters were residents of different villages in Kanker.
