GST annual returns filing: GSTR-9 deadline extended, GSTR-3B to be phased out

In its first meeting under new Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, the GST Council has extended the deadline for filing annual returns by two months. The all-powerful council decided to extend the deadline to file forms GSTR-9, GSTR-9A and GSTR-9C till August 30, 2019. The earlier deadline to file these returns was June 30, 2019. "We had received several representations from trades and businesses…