Due Date For Filing GST Returns Extended By Two Days After Portal Witnessed Outage | Check Details

Last Updated:January 10, 2025, 19:37 IST

The GST portal experienced some technical issues, causing frustration to taxpayers who were due to file their returns on Friday and Saturday before the deadlines were extended.

The due date for filing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B returns has been extended by two days after the GST portal experienced some technical issues and was undergoing maintenance.

“Due Date for filling GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B have been extended by two days. For details, Please refer to the notification number 01/2025 and 02/2025 dated 10.01.2025 issued by CBIC,” read a post on social media platform X.

“Provided also that the time limit for furnishing the details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 of the said rules for the registered persons required to furnish return under sub-section (1) of section 39 of said (Central Goods and Services Tax) Act for the tax period December 2024, shall be extended till the thirteenth day of January, 2025,”said the Central Board of Indirect Tax and Customs (CBIC).

“For the registered persons who are required to furnish return under proviso of the said sub-section, for the tax period October to December, 2024, shall be extended till the fifteenth day of January, 2025,” it added.

Registered persons whose principal place of business is in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka Goa, Kerala Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Union Territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands are required to file GSTR-3B returns on January 24.

On the other hand, registered persons whose principal place of business lies in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh or Delhi can file their returns on January 26, on the occasion of Republic Day.

GST Portal Experiences Outage

The GST Network earlier acknowledged some technical issues that affected the filing of GST-1 summaries, assuring taxpayers that a fix was underway and a request had been made to the Central Board of Indirect Tax to consider extending the filing deadline, which was January 11 for the December 2024 tax period.

“Dear Taxpayers! GST portal is currently experiencing technical issues and is under maintenance. We expect the portal to be operational by 12:00 noon. CBIC is being sent an incident report to consider extension in filing date,” said the GST Network.

Users encountered the message while accessing the GST portal: Scheduled Downtime! We are enhancing the services on the site. The services will not be available from 10th Jan’25 12:00 AM to 10th Jan’25 03:00 PM. Kindly come back later! In case of any queries, please call us at 1800-103-4786. We appreciate your cooperation and patience.” The portal was back online by 6 pm on Friday.

Taxpayers expressed frustration with repeated delays in filing tax returns. “We have lot of patience. Don’t worry. We have seen tons of glitches like this from day 1 of portal and paid penalties. Of Course!! Even if anyone lost patience, no one is there to hear. Whatever you people do, that has to be followed.. That’s it know..,” wrote one user.

“First it was 12 pm, then 3 pm, now 6 pm. What is the use of working 70+ hours a week when a fiasco like this can happen, that too a day before the due date,” another individual wrote in the comments.

“Announce extension on time. Let business owners relax. Whenever a portal is down so near to due date, extension announcement should be immediate to clear uncertainty,” another user said.