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Covid 19 Extensions and Relaxations
Relaxations and Relief
COVID 19 has caused an economic disruption throughout the country. In response, the Government in fact took a number of steps to support the economy. On 24th March 2020, the Finance Minister Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman announced important relief measures. Especially on statutory compliance matters and procedures across various sectors. These announcements focus on Income Tax, EPF, ESIC, GST, Customs & Central Excise and Corporate Affairs. As well as banking services, IBC and commerce. We have thus prepared a summary of these relief measures announced.
Covid 19 Extensions
The regulators granted number of extensions and relief due to COVID 19. In this page, we cover the extensions granted in filing returns and compliance. Further, we are actively updating this page. As well as keeping a track of all the relief measure granted and Covid 19 extensions. In case anything is missed, please do let us know.
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Income Tax Extensions
| Sr No. | Particulars | Earlier Date | Extended To |
| 1 | Filing of Belated Income Tax Returns (FY 18-19) | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 2 | Aadhaar Pan Linking | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 3 | Making Tax Saving Investments under Chapter VI-A (FY19-20) | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 4 | Making Capital Gains Savings Investments | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 5 | Vivaad se Vishwas Scheme | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 6 | Validity of Lower/NIL TDS Certificates of FY 19-20 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 7 | Dates to Issue notices, intimations, notifications, approvals, orders, reports etc | – | 30-06-2020 |
| 8 | Interest Rates Reduced for Advance Tax, SA Tax, TDS, TCS, STT, CTT, Equalisation Levy to 0.75% per month | – | – |
GST Extensions
| Sr No. | Particulars | Earlier Date | Extended To |
| 1 | GSTR 3B for March, April, May for businesses with turnover upto Rs. 5 Crore | – | 30-06-2020 |
| 2 | GSTR 3B for March for businesses with turnover over Rs. 5 Crore | 20-04-2020 | 05-05-2020 |
| 3 | GSTR 3B for April for businesses with turnover over Rs. 5 Crore | 20-05-2020 | 05-06-2020 |
| 4 | GSTR 3B for May for businesses with turnover over Rs. 5 Crore | 20-06-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 5 | Opting For Composition Scheme For FY 20-21 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 6 | GSTR9/9C Annual returns for the year ended March 2019 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 7 | Validity of Lower/NIL TDS Certificates of FY 19-20 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 8 | Dates to Issue notices, intimations, notifications, approvals, orders, reports etc | – | 30-06-2020 |
Note: For filing GST returns. There is no actual extension of due dates. Only penalties, interests and late fees have been relaxed. So there are no penalties, late fees or interest till the dates mentioned above.
ESIC Extensions
| Sr No. | Particulars | Earlier Date | Extended To | Further Extended |
| 1 | ESIC Monthly Contributions – February 2020 | 15-03-2020 | 15-04-2020 | 15-05-2020 |
| 2 | ESIC Monthly Contributions – March 2020 | 15-04-2020 | 15-05-2020 | – |
PF Extensions
| Sr No. | Particulars | Earlier Date | Extended To |
| 1 | PF Monthly Contributions – February 2020 | 15-03-2020 | No Extension |
| 2 | PF Monthly Contributions – March 2020 | 15-04-2020 | 15-05-2020 |
Customs
| Sr No. | Particulars | Earlier Date | Extended To |
| 1 | Sabka Vikas Scheme 2019 | 31-03-2020 | 30-06-2020 |
| 2 | Dates to Issue notices, intimations, notifications, approvals, orders, reports etc | – | 30-06-2020 |
We are surely updating this page. As well as keeping a track of all the relief measure granted against Covid 19. In case anything is missed, please do let us know.
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