Complaince Requirement under Income Tax Act,1961
i) Feburary 2020
ii) March 2020
iii)April to November 2020
30.04.2020
Within 15 days from the end of the month
15.07.2020
31.03.2020
30.04.2020
- passing order
- issuance of notice, intimation, notification, sanction or approval
- completion of proceedings
- any other action
- filing of appeal, reply, application
- furnishing of reports, document, return, statement or any such record
to
31.12.2020
Important Updates:
PAN-Aadhaar linking deadline FURTHER extended to beyond JUNE, 2020
The due date for linking of PAN with Aadhaar as specified under sub-section 2 of Section 139AA of the Income-tax Act,1961 has been extended from 31st December, 2019 to 31st March, 2020 and further extended to 31st March, 2021 due to COVID – 19 outbreak.
Important Notifications:
Sl. No. | Particulars of the Notification(s) | File No. / Circular No. | Notification Link(s) |
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1. | The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number S.O. 1790 | Notification No. 32/2020/ F.No. 370142/17/2020-TPL | |
2. | Central Government hereby notifies for the purposes of the said clause, ‘Greater Noida
Industrial Development Authority’ (PAN AAALG0129L) - reg. |
Notification No. 33/2020 F.No.300196/39/2018-ITA-I | |
3. | the Central Government hereby notifies for the purposes of the said clause, ‘Maharashtra Electricity Regulatory Commission’, Mumbai (PAN AAAGM0004R), a commission established by the State Government of Maharashtra | [Notification. No. 34/2020/F.No.300196/53/2019-ITA-I | |
4. | Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 (2 of 2020) | [Notification No.35 /2020/ F. No. 370142/23/2020-TPL | |
5. | the Central Government hereby notifies for the purposes of the said clause, ‘Real Estate Regulatory Authority’
as specified in the schedule to this notification |
Notification No. 36/2020, F. No. 300196/38/2017-ITA-I |
Compliance Requirement under Goods & Services Tax Act, (GST) 2017
R 3B Due Dates for May 2020
A. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY
Tax Period | Due Date | No Interest Payable Till | Interest payable @ 9% from & till | Interest payable @ 18% from |
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Feb'20 | 20th March, 2020 | 4th April, 2020 | 5th April to 24th June, 2020 | 25th June, 2020 |
Mar'20 | 20th April, 2020 | 5th May, 2020 | 6th May to 24th June, 2020 | 25th June, 2020 |
Apr'20 | 20th May, 2020 | 4th June, 2020 | 5th June to 24th June, 2020 | 25th June, 2020 |
May'20 | 27th June, 2020 (extended date for filing) | 27th June, 2020 | -- | 28th June, 2020 |
B. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY (Group A)
Tax Period | Due Date | No Interest Payable Till | Interest payable @ 9% from & till | Interest payable @ 18% from |
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Feb'20 | 22nd March, 2020 | 30th June, 2020 | 1st July to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Mar'20 | 22nd April, 2020 | 3rd July, 2020 | 4th July to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Apr'20 | 22nd May, 2020 | 6th July, 2020 | 7th July to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
May'20 | 12th July, 2020 (extended date for filing) | 12th Sept., 2020 | 13th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Jun'20 | 22nd July, 2020 | 23rd Sept., 2020 | 24th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Group A States: Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep |
C. Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY (Group B)
Tax Period | Due Date | No Interest Payable Till | Interest payable @ 9% from & till | Interest payable @ 18% from |
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Feb'20 | 24th March, 2020 | 30th June, 2020 | 1st July to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Mar'20 | 24th April, 2020 | 5th July, 2020 | 6th July to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Apr'20 | 24th May, 2020 | 9th July, 2020 | 10th July to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
May'20 | 14th July, 2020 (extended date for filing) | 15th Sept., 2020 | 16th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Jun'20 | 24th July, 2020 | 25th Sept., 2020 | 26th Sept to 30th Sept., 2020 | 1st Oct., 2020 |
Group B States: Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Delhi |
D. Late Fee Relief to Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-3B
i) Taxpayers having aggregate turnover > Rs. 5 Cr. in preceding FY
Tax Period | Late fees waived if return filed on or before |
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Feb'20 | 24th June, 2020 |
Mar'20 | 24th June, 2020 |
Apr'20 | 24th June, 2020 |
May'20 | 27th June, 2020 (extended date for filing) |
ii) Taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crores in preceding FY
Tax Period | Late fees waived if return filed on or before(For Group A States)** | Late fees waived if return filed on or before (For Group B States)* |
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Feb'20 | 30th June, 2020 | 30th June, 2020 |
Mar'20 | 3rd July, 2020 | 5th July, 2020 |
Apr'20 | 6th July, 2020 | 9th July, 2020 |
May'20 | 12th Sep., 2020 | 15th Sep., 2020 |
Jun'20 | 23rd Sep., 2020 | 25th Sep., 2020 |
Jul'20 | 27th Sep., 2020 | 29th Sep., 2020 |
States | Group A-Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Daman & Diu and Dadra & Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands, Lakshadweep | Group B-Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand, Odisha, Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh, Delhi |
Kindly note:
Taxpayers who are yet to file Form GSTR-3B for any month(s) from July, 2017 till Jan., 2020, can now file Form GSTR-3B from 1st July, 2020 till 30th Sept., 2020, without any late fee, for those months in which they did not have any tax liability. However, for the months they had a tax liability, their late fee is capped at Rs 500 per return.
iii) Late Fee Relief to Normal Taxpayers filing Form GSTR-1:
Tax Period | Due Date | Waiver of late fee if return filed on or before |
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Mar'20 | 11.04.2020 | 10.07.2020 |
Apr'20 | 11.05.2020 | 24.07.2020 |
May'20 | 11.06.2020 | 28.07.2020 |
Jun'20 | 11.07.2020 | 05.08.2020 |
Quarterly taxpayers Jan to March 2020 | 03.04.2020 | 17.07.2020 |
Quarterly taxpayers April to June 2020 | 31.07.2020 | 03.08.2020 |
Kindly note:
If the Form GSTR-3B and Form GSTR-1 for the period mentioned in Tables above is not filed by the notified dates, late fee will become payable from the due dates for these returns.
E. Compliances for Composition taxpayers
Form No. | Compliance Particulars | Due Date (New) |
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GST CMP-08 | Registered person availing the benefit provided under Notification 2/2019 – Central Tax (Rate) shall be required to furnish details of self-assessed tax in Form
GST CMP-08 for quarter ending March 2020 |
07.07.2020 |
GSTR-4 | The yearly return for 2019-20 shall be required to be filed in Form GSTR 4 by the above persons | 15.07.2020 |
F. Non Resident Tax Payers, ISD, TDS & TCS Taxpayers
- (for the month of March, April, May, June & July 2020)
Form No. | Compliance Particulars | Due Date | Due Date (New) |
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GSTR -5 | Non-Resident Taxpayers | 20th of succeeding month | 31.08.2020 |
GSTR -6 | Input Service Distributors | 13th of succeeding month | 31.08.2020 |
GSTR -7 | Tax Deductors at Source
(TDS Deductor) |
10th of succeeding month | 31.08.2020 |
GSTR -8 | Tax Collectors at Source (TCS collectors) | 10th of succeeding month | 31.08.2020 |
Key UPDATE(s):
1. Filing NIL Form GSTR-3B through SMS on GST Portal
A taxpayer may now file NIL Form GSTR-3B, through an SMS, apart from filing it through online mode, on GST Portal. Taxpayer can file NIL Form GSTR-3B, through SMS for all GSTINs, for whom they are an Authorized Signatory, using same mobile number.
2. Relief in opting for Composition by Taxpayers, filing other Returns & EWB.
Due to COVID-19 pandemic and challenges faced by taxpayers, Government has extended dates for GST filings. These are notified in Central Tax Notifications 30, 34 & 35/2020 dated 03.04.2020 & 47/2020 dated 09.06.2020 & 55/2020 dated 27.06.2020.
GST UPDATES AS ON 30.06.2020:
Sl. No. | Notification(s) | Notification No. | Link(s) |
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1. | Seeks to bring into force Sections 118, 125, 129 & 130 of Finance Act, 2020 in order to bring amendment to Sections 2, 109, 168 & 172 of CGST Act w.e.f. 30.06.2020. | 49/2020- Central Tax ,dt. 24-06-2020 | |
2. | Seeks to make seventh amendment (2020) to CGST Rules. | 50/2020- Central Tax ,dt. 24-06-2020 | |
3. | Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for a prescribed time for tax periods from February, 2020 to July, 2020. | 51/2020- Central Tax ,dt. 24-06-2020 | |
4. | Seeks to provide one time amnesty by lowering/waiving of late fees for non furnishing of FORM GSTR-3B from July, 2017 to January, 2020 and also seeks to provide relief by conditional waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing returns in FORM GSTR-3B for tax periods of February, 2020 to July, 2020. | 52/2020- Central Tax ,dt. 24-06-2020 | |
5. | Seeks to provide relief by waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing outward statement in FORM GSTR-1 for tax periods for months from March, 2020 to June, 2020 for monthly filers and for quarters from January, 2020 to June, 2020 for quarterly filers | 53/2020- Central Tax ,dt. 24-06-2020 | |
6. | Seeks to extend due date for furnishing FORM GSTR-3B for supply made in the month of August, 2020 for taxpayers with annual turnover up to Rs. 5 crore. | 54/2020- Central Tax ,dt. 24-06-2020 | |
7. | Seeks to amend notification no. 35/2020-Central Tax in order to extend due date of compliance which falls during the period from "20.03.2020 to 30.08.2020" till 31.08.2020. | 55/2020-Central Tax dated 27.06.2020 | |
8. | Seeks to amend notification no. 46/2020-Central Tax in order to further extend period to pass order under Section 54(7) of CGST Act till 31.08.2020 or in some cases upto fifteen days thereafter. | 56/2020-Central Tax dated 27.06.2020 |
3. Compliances under FEMA / RBI
Applicable Laws/Acts | Due Dates | Compliance Particulars | Forms / (Filing mode) |
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FEMA ACT 1999 | July 15 every year | Annual Return on Foreign liabilities and assets
The FLA return is required to be submitted by the companies who have received Foreign direct investment (FDI) and/or made Foreign direct investment abroad in the previous year(s) including the current year |
FLA Return |
FEMA ACT 1999 | Monthly Basis | External Commercial Borrowings
Borrowers are required to report all ECB transactions to the RBI on a monthly basis through an AD Category – I Bank in the form of ‘ECB 2 Return’. |
ECB 2 Return |
FEMA ACT 1999 | Not later than 30 days from the date of issue of Capital instrument | FC-GPR is a form filed when the Indian company receives the Foreign Direct Investment and the company allots shares to a person resident outside India. | Form FC-GPR |
FEMA ACT 1999 | With in 60 days of receipt/ remittance of funds or transfer of capital instruments whichever is earlier. | Reporting of transfer of shares and other eligible securities between residents and non-residents and vice- versa is to be made in Form FC-TRS.
The onus of reporting shall be on the resident transferor/ transferee. |
Form FC-TRS. |
FEMA ACT 1999 | within 30 days from the date of receipt of the amount of consideration. | A Limited Liability Partnership receiving amount of consideration and acquisition of profit shares is required to submit a report in the Form FDI LLP-1 | Form FDI LLP-I |
FEMA ACT 1999 | within 60 days from the date of receipt of funds in | A Limited liability Partnership shall report disinvestment/ transfer of capital contribution or profit share between a resident and a non resident (or vice versa) | Form FDI LLP-II |
FEMA ACT 1999 | within 30 days from the date of allotment of capital instruments | The domestic custodian shall report the issue/ transfer/ of sponsored/ unsponsored depository receipts | Downstream statement -Form DI |
Due dates extened by RBI - LFAR for FY 2019-20:
1. RBI has extended the timeline for submission of Long Form Audit Report (LFAR) by the statutory auditors to the banks by one month and now, it can be submitted by July 31, 2020.
2. with respect to LFAR, all Certificates as per the Certification/Validation requirements for SCAs of scheduled commercial banks for FY 2019-20 can be submitted along with the LFAR by July 31, 2020.
4. Compliance under Other Statutory LAws
Applicable Laws/Acts | Due Dates | Compliance Particulars | Forms / (Filing mode) |
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EPF (The Employees’ Provident Funds And Miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952) | 15.07.2020 | PF Payment for May 2020 | ECR |
ESIC (Employees' State Insurance Act, 1948) | 15.07.2020 | ESIC Payment(Feb & Mar) | ESI Challan |
Contract Labour (Regulation &Abolition) Act, 1970 | Within 15 Days of commencement/ completion of contract work | Return/Notice within 15 days of commencement/ completion of each contract by the Principal employer | Form VI-B |
Contract Labour (Regulation &Abolition) Act, 1970 | Within 15 Days of commencement/completion of contract work | Notice of commencement/ completion of contract work by the Contractor within 15 days | Form VI-A |
Payment of Gratuity Rule | Within 30 Days of applicability of the Act & any change | Notice of applicability of the Act & any change | Form A or B |
Key Update:
1. Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Yojana: A Scheme to implement the PMGKY package for credit of employee’s & employer’s share of EPF & EPS contributions (24% of wages) for three months (March 2020 to May 2020) by Govt. of India.
2.EPFO operationalizes Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package for Low Wage Earning EPF Member and EPF covered Establishments with upto 100 Employees:
- Relief available for 6 months from March – August, 2020
- ECR with declaration to be filed to avail benefits of eligible employees and establishments.
- Eligible Establishments remitting for March, 2020 prior to PMGKY ECR Facility have to update Bank details in Form 5A to get re-imbursement.
3. ONLINE EPF TRANSFER PROCESS:
Employees' Provident Fund Organization (EPFO), India Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India has issued Instructions for transfer online EPF. In case of change of Job, it is important to switch EPF account from previous employer to the new employer. This whole transfer process has to be done to reduce overall tax liability from the balance accumulated in two separate accounts (Account with Previous and New Organization).
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