VAT return date pushed to June 30

On Monday, the state government issued notices extended the dates of return, submission of form of opening stock and form of lumsum scheme.

The Gujarat Sales Tax Bar Association (GSTBA) had urged the state government to extend the dates which was later accepted.

"The extension of filing the returns has made the businessmen more comfortable. The filing of returns was very difficult as the facilities were not provided properly by the state government," said Pradip Jain, president of GSTBA.

Several businessmen missed the opportunity of submitting the form of the opening stock for which, the last date was May 15 to May 31.

"Many people who failed to submit the form 108 and form 210 for taking credit over the opening stock, will now have time to submit them," said Jain.

"Even some small traders did not submit the form applying for the lumsum scheme for which they will take an advantage," said Jain.

The last date of submission of the form for the lumsum scheme is extended from May 15 to May 31.

An official from the sales tax department also said within a few days, the state government will also approve the request of forming VAT Implementation Committee.

"This committee will consist of minister, bureaucrats and representative of each industry," said an official.