Due date for filing GSTR-9 & 9C extended till 28th Feb, 22 for the FY 20-21

The CBIC vide Notification No. 40/2021 – Central Tax dated December 29, 2021 , amended Rule 80 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, ...

The CBIC vide Notification No. 40/2021 – Central Tax dated December 29, 2021, amended Rule 80 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (“The CGST Rules”) to extend the due date of furnishing GSTR-9 and 9C from December 31, 2021, to February 28, 2022, for the Financial year 2020-2021 in the following manner:

• Inserted sub-rule (1A) after sub-rule (1) of Rule 80 of the CGST Rules to read as under:
  “(1A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (1), for the financial year 2020-2021 the said annual return shall be furnished on or before the twenty-eighth day of February 2022.”
  
  
• Inserted sub-rule (3A) after sub-rule (3) of Rule 80 of the CGST Rules to read as under:
  “(3A) Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-rule (3), for the financial year 2020-2021 the said self-certified reconciliation statement shall be furnished along with the said annual return on or before the twenty-eighth day of February 2022.”

The Notification can be accessed at: https://egazette.nic.in/WriteReadData/2021/232245.pdf