Govt mulls extending April GST deadline; asks Infosys to fix glitch

As taxpayers face technical glitch on the Good and Services tax (GST) portal, the government on Tuesday said it is considering extending the April tax payment deadline and has directed Infosys for early resolution of the problem.

The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) said a technical glitch has been reported by Infosys in generation of April 2022 GSTR-2B and auto-population of GSTR-3B on portal.

"Infosys has been directed by Govt for early resolution. Technical team is working to provide GSTR-2B & correct auto-populated GSTR-3B at the earliest," the CBIC tweeted.

GSTR-2B is an auto-drafted input tax credit (ITC) statement which is available to every GST registered entity based on the information furnished by their suppliers in their respective sales return form GSTR-1.

GSTR-2B statement is usually made available to businesses on the 12th day of succeeding month, based on which they can claim ITC while paying taxes and filing GSTR-3B.

GSTR-3B is filed in staggered

GSTR-2B IS AN AUTO-DRAFTED INPUT TAX CREDIT STATEMENT WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO EVERY GST-REGISTERED ENTITY BASED ON THE INFORMATION FURNISHED BY THEIR SUPPLIERS IN THEIR RESPECTIVE SALES RETURN FORM GSTR-1

manner between 20th, 22nd and 24th of every month for different categories of tax payers.

"Considering the difficulties faced by taxpayers in filing their GSTR-3B for the month of April 2022, a proposal to extend the due date of filing GSTR-3B for April 2022 is under active consideration," the CBIC tweeted.

On Sunday, GST Network, which provides the technology backbone for GST, had issued an advisory saying that in a few cases, certain records are not reflected in the GSTR-2B statement for the period of April 2022 and asked taxpayers to file GSTR-3B return on self-assessment basis.