The Allahabad High Court (HC) has directed the authorities in Uttar Pradesh to defer all recovery proceedings for two weeks till April 6 due to the impact of coronavirus (COVID-19). During this period, all auction proceedings will remain deferred, the court ruled.
Commercial tax departments of states have also taken a similar decision. Goa has deferred assessment of value-added tax (VAT) returns for 2016-17 by three months till June 30 this year, against the current deadline of March 31.
Experts also want the Union government to relax the deadlines for filing of various returns. “The government may further consider granting