Over the last few months, the GST Council has been deliberating on GST returns and how to make the experience of filing of GST returns less complicated, more seamless and hassle-free for the thousands of businesses across the country. The 22nd and 23rd Council meets were instrumental in introducing some measures which are bound to make things easier for the small business – and the most crucial of them is extension of the various GST return dates.
However, there is both a good side as well as a bad side to the situation. While the extension in timelines are surely a relief, the continuous extension of dates may also lead to substantial amount of confusion amongst the tax payers. It is important, that businesses – whether big or small – are aware of the various GST return filing dates, month on month, and adhere to the same to avoid any tax defaults and penalties.
Here’s presenting a calendar, which will give you a month wise view of impending GST return dates:
GST Return Dates for December 2017
Date
Form
Nature of Return
For the Period
11th December, 2017
GST Return for non-resident tax payers
July 2017
15th December, 2017
GSTR-5A
GST Return for online information and database access/retrieval service providers
July 2017
20th December, 2017
GSTR-3B
Summary GST Return
November 2017
24th December, 2017
GST Return for composition tax payers
July – September 2017
27th December 2017
GST TRAN-1
Application for claim of transitional input tax credit
N.A. (It is a Last Date)
31st December 2017
GST ITC-04
Details of inputs/capital goods sent/received from job worker
July to September 2017
31st December 2017
GSTR-6
GST Return for Input Service Distributors
July 2017
GST Return Dates for January 2018
Date
Form
Nature of Return
For the Period
10th January, 2018
GSTR-1
Quarterly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover up to INR 1.5 Crores
July – September 2017
10th January, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
July 2017
10th January, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
August 2017
10th January, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
September 2017
10th January, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
October 2017
10th January, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
November 2017
20th January, 2018
GSTR-3B
Summary GST Return
December 2017
GST Return Dates for February 2018
Date
Form
Nature of Return
For the Period
10th February, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
December 2017
15th February, 2018
GSTR-1
Quarterly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover up to INR 1.5 Crores
October – December 2017
20th February, 2018
GSTR-3B
Summary GST Return
January 2018
GST Return Dates for March 2018
10th March, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
January 2018
20th March, 2018
GSTR-3B
Summary GST Return
February 2018
GST Return Dates for April 2018
Date
Form
Nature of Return
For the Period
10th April, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
February 2018
20th April, 2018
GSTR-3B
Summary GST Return
March 2018
30th April, 2018
GSTR-1
Quarterly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover up to INR 1.5 Crores
January – March 2018
GST Return Dates for May 2018
Date
Form
Nature of Return
For the Period
10th May, 2018
GSTR-1
Monthly GST Return for persons with aggregate turnover over INR 1.5 Crores
March 2018
GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 Return Filing for July 2017 – March 2018
The GST return due dates for filing GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 will be decided by a committee of officers, as specified by the GST Council. However, filing of GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B has to be done as per the specified GST return filing dates. For the period of July 2017 to March 2018, filing of GSTR-1 will be allowed to be done without filing GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 for the previous months.