<h1>GST return filing: start mid month to avoid portal congestion and ensure timely GSTR 3B compliance.</h1> Arun Jaitley urged taxpayers to avoid last minute GST return filing because concentrated end of period traffic can strain the GST Network; he recommended preparing and uploading returns by mid month and noted that the GST Council allowed transitional filing via GSTR 3B with monthly uploads due by the twentieth of the following month to ease compliance during the rollout.