TIOL-DDT 2453 · Friday, 10 October 2014 · story 4 of 4

Service Tax Return for period April - September 14

SERVICE Tax Return (ST-3) for the period April 14 - September 14 is now available for e-filing by the assesses in both offline and online version. The last date of filing the ST-3 return for the said period is 25th October, 2014. However, to avoid congestion and inconvenience in the last minute, all assesses who wish to file their ST-3 for the said period are advised to start e-filing the returns immediately and not to wait till the last date. The assesses can file return either online or use the offline utility by downloading the latest version from 'DOWNLOADS' Section of ACES website (https://www.aces.gov.in/).

The quarterly return for the First Stage Dealer/ Second Stage Dealer/ Registered Importer for the period July-September, 2014 is required to be filed on or before 15th October 2014. Importers who are registered with Central Excise for issuing cenvatable invoices can e-file their quarterly returns now using the offline or online versions available in ACES. The offline version can be downloaded from http://acesdownload.nic.in/ or from 'DOWNLOADS' Section of ACES website.

Source: ACES Website