Slow GST portal: September returns filing last date extended

With taxpayers facing slow functioning of the GSTN portal, the GST Implementation Committee of GST Council on Friday, October 21, approved an extension of the due date of filing GSTR-3B return for the month of September 2022, for the monthly filers, from October 20 to 21. The notification in this regard is under process and will be issued soon.

GSTR-3B is filed in a staggered manner between the 20th, 22nd, and 24th of each month by taxpayers in different states.

Thursday being the last day for filing returns for some category of taxpayers, many reported slowness in the portal while filing their monthly GSTR 3B returns.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) in a Tweet had yesterday said that it has received "an Incident Report" from GSTN regarding slowness in the system along with a proposal for extending the due date.

The GST Network (GSTN) provides the technology backend for the Goods and Services Tax (GST). Infosys is the service provider for GSTN. The GSTN too acknowledged the issue and said it is working to resolve it.

"Taxpayers have reported slowness in portal while filing GSTR 3B return today. The persistence of the issue is acknowledged. Technical teams are working to resolve the issue. An incident report has been sent to CBIC for considering extension in the return filing dates," the GSTN tweeted.