e-filing of ST-3 Return for October, 2012 to March, 2013 ends tomorrow
IN DDT 2176, we had mentioned this -
“ST- 3 Return - Online Version now Available
THE ACES website proudly proclaims, "The online version of the Service Tax return (ST-3) for the period October'12 to March'13 is now available for e-filing in ACES." ACES informs that, "Assessees can also use the offline utility by downloading the latest version from http://acesdownload.nic.in or from 'DOWNLOADS' Section of ACES website. Assessees whose ST 3 returns for the period October'12 to March'13 for "Banking and other Financial services" got rejected are requested to use the latest version of ST 3, either online or off-line to file their return. The last date of e-filing of ST 3 for the period October, 2012 to March, 2013 is 31st August, 2013. To avoid congestion and inconvenience on the last date assessees are advised to start e-filing the returns immediately and not to wait till the end of the month."
CBEC should have made this online version available in April 2013 and they did it in the last week of August leaving just a week for filing the return .
CBEC should seriously consider extending the last date for filing the return from the present 31 August to at least 30 September 2013.”
Legal Corner Icon — the image was hosted by the publisher and was not captured.It appears that as of now, the CBEC is not interested in granting any extension as the aces website has the hourglass clock-type announcement - "Last 2 days" and the warning "Late filing attracts late fee".