In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (4) of rule 7 of the Service Tax Rules, 1994, the Central Board of Excise & Customs (CBEC) hereby extends the date of submission of the Form ST-3 for the period from 1st October 2012 to 31st March 2013, from 31st August, 2013 to 10th September, 2013. Extension of time has been made due to difficulties faced by some assessees in uploading the offline utilities

Extension of filing deadline for Form ST-3 under Service Tax Rules granted due to offline uploading difficulties. The competent tax authority extended the filing deadline for Form ST-3 for the period 1 October 2012 to 31 March 2013, moving the previous deadline to a later September date due to difficulties faced by some assessees in uploading returns using offline utilities, thereby providing temporal relief and adjusting the compliance timetable for that filing period.