Due date for Service tax return filing for period from 1st April, 2017 to 30 June, 2017 – Last date is 15 August, 2017
by Paras Mehra 3.61K
The last date of filing the service tax return for the period from 1st April, 2017 to 30 June, 2017 is 15th August, 2017. This has been decided by the government via notification no.18/2017.
The above clarification by the government of India is very useful because the whole industry was confused as what is to be done for this April to June.
Earlier, service tax return is filed half yearly by 25th October (April to September), but since GST shall be implemented by 1st July and service tax law shall cease to operate, the first half yearly return of 2017 shall be for the period April, 2017 to June, 2017.
Last Service Tax return – to be filed by 15 August, 2017
This shall be the last service tax return which needs to be filed with the government of India. The service tax was introduced in the year 1994 and since then it has become one of the major sources of government income. But now, the service tax shall subsume under GST
GST to be implemented by 1 July, 2017
Now, it has become final that GST shall be implemented by 1st July, 2017 and all the existing taxes shall ceases to operate in India.
New GST registration to open by 25 June, 2017
If you are a dealer looking for fresh GST registration, then you can register yourself by 25th June, 2017.
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