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Service Tax Return Date extended by One Month from 25.10.2012 to 25.11.2012

In respect to furnishing 1st Quarter Return of Service Tax, the Central Board of Excise and Customs has Extended by one Months i.e. from 25.10.2012 to 25.11.12 vide order no. 3/2012 dated 15th Oct. 2012.

F.No.137/99/2011-Service Tax
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs  
New Delhi, the 15th  October,2012 
ORDER NO: 3/2012                                           

     In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule(4) of rule 7 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, the Central Board of Excise & Customs hereby extends the date of submission of the  return for the period 1st April 2012 to 30th June 2012, from 25th October, 2012 to  25th November,2012.

The circumstances of a special nature which have given rise to this extension of time are as follows:
a)  ACES will start releasing the return in Form ST3 in a quarterly format,  shortly before the
due date of 25th October,2012.

b)  This will result in all the assesses attempting to file their returns in a short time period, which may result in problems in the computer network and  delay and inconvenience to the assesses.

(S.M. Tata)
Commissioner Service Tax
Central Board of Excise and Customs