Govt says GSTN portal working fine as tax consultants list glitches

Industry associations seek extension of deadline to file annual returns.

The government on Tuesday said the GSTN portal is working well as tax consultants complained their clients face difficulties in uploading annual returns for 2020-21 before the deadline ends December 31.

Government sources said a good number of returns were filed in the past four days and any taxpayer who faced difficulties were assisted for the process.

Some tax consultants said their clients are not able to file the annual GST returns--GSTR 9 and 9C--others said they faced glitches intermittently for the last three days.

"My team is not able to upload the returns," said Rajat Mohan, senior partner at AMRG & Associates.

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