ST Return Date Extended Upto 20-01-2012

Section 70 of the Finance Act, 1994 read with Rule 7(4) of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 - Return of service tax - Date of submission of half-yearly return for the period April, 2011 to September 2011 extended from 6-1-2012 to 20-1-2012

ORDER NO. 1/2012 - Service Tax, dated 9-1-2012

In exercise of the powers conferred by Rule 7(4) of the Service Tax Rules, 1994 read with notification No. 48/2011-Service Tax dated 19th October 2011, Central Board of Excise and Customs hereby extends the date of submission of half yearly return for the period April 2011 to September 2011, from 6th January, 2012 to 20th January, 2012.

This is being done in view of the fact that assessees are facing problems in electronic filing of returns due to various reasons.