CBEC allows filing of revised return for the period July to September 2012
AFTER all that hullabaloo and the extensions granted for filing the return for the period July to September, 2012, which ended on 30 th April, 2013 the following announcement was made by the Board on its ACES website -
CBEC has accepted the Service Tax returns for the period July-September, 2012, which were rejected by system on the sole ground that these returns were filed for the period prior to the dates of registration of the assessees, as valid returns. These returns have been reprocessed in ACES and the status of these returns is being shown in the systems as 'filed'. These assessees, need not file the returns again for the same period and they can view the status of their returns in ACES under 'View XML Status' option. However, if the returns were rejected for any other reason, the assessees are required to take corrective action as per the reasons of rejection.
After we carried this news in , we received many calls from assessees who wanted us to tell about the facility of filing revised return for the period under consideration. We were as much in the dark as they were .
Fortunately, the CBEC has now flashed a What's New ticker on its website www.aces.gov.in informing as under -
Service Tax Returns (ST 3) for the period July -Sept, 2012,e-filed in ACES, can now be viewed by the Assesses under 'View Original ST3' and 'View ST3' options under the RET module of ACES with a facility to revise it, if required. The Revised return can be filed by the assessee within 90 days from the date of filing of the Original Return.
DDT joins the assessees in heaving a big sigh of relief.