Service Tax - Board extends the date of submission of S.T-3 return
CBEC has extended the date of submission of the Form ST-3 for the period from 1st July 2012 to 30th September 2012, from 25th March, 2013 to 15th April, 2013.
This is because the Form ST-3 is expected to be available on ACES around 20th March, 2013 and all the assessees attempting to file their returns in a short time period may result in problems in the computer network and further delay and inconvenience to the assessees.
When the new form was notified on 22nd February, why should it take a month for ACES to upload it in their site? The Directorate of Systems and Management of the CBEC has spent about Rs. 165 crores this financial year and we are stuck with an ACES that is a nightmare to every assessee. And nobody knows about the plight of the return for the period 1st October 2012 to March 2013.
Please note, the Board has extended the date and not the last date.
CBEC Order No. 01/2013-Service Tax, Dated: March 06, 2013