“In order to guarantee that no inconvenience is faced by the taxpayer on this account, the OTPs are sent out simultaneously on e-mail as well as on registered mobile number so that in case there is a hold-up in receiving OTP on email, OTP received on smart phone or vice versa can be used. The taxpayer can use OTP received on any channel for filing their returns,” the agency stated in its statement. Read: No input tax credit refund for telcos from GST Council, says Sushil Kumar Modi Check out: GST returns filing: Tax authorities can connect home, freeze your bank account if you don’t submit on time
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes & & Customs (CBIC) stated on Tuesday that an overall of 65.65 lakh GSTR-3B returns were applied for the month of December (2019) till 20th January, 2020. “An overall of 65.65 lakh GSTR-3B for the tax month of December were filed till 20th January 2020 out of which 13.30 lakh GSTR-3B returns were filed on last day itself, i.e., on 20th January 2020,” CBIC stated in a news release. The firm included that an overall of 24.66 lakh GSTR-3B returns were submitted till January 14. It even more specified that “additional on 15th January 2.66 lakh, on 16th January 4.65 lakh and on 17th January 5.93 lakh GSTR-3B returns were filed. In the last 3 days 8.32 lakh, 6.09 lakh and 13.30 lakh GSTR-3B returns were submitted on 18th, 19th and 20th January respectively.” Check out: Budget 2020: Date, time, where to enjoy, what to anticipate from Modi govt’s most challenging budget plan CBIC likewise stated in its declaration that more than 2 lakh GSTR-3B returns (for the tax month of December) were submitted on January 21 (till 12 pm). Thus, the overall GSTR-3B returns filed in the month of January amounted to 67.70 lakh. The company acknowledged that the taxpayers in the past had actually gotten OTPs with some time lag owing to delay in the email company or local web issues. However, in order to tackle this problem, CBIC said that the OTPs are being sent out concurrently on the taxpayers’ email ids in addition to on their signed up mobile numbers.