GST Council to take up late fee waiver for GSTR 3B returns in next meeting

The current requests for waiver of late fee pertain to the old periodm from August 2017 to January 2020

The goods and services tax ( GST) Council will take up the waiver of late fees for the GST summary returns or GSTR 3B since its introduction in the next meeting, the government said on Monday. 

The late fee waiver for GSTR 3B returns has been one of the key demands form the industry. 

"...the trade is informed that the issue of late fee would be taken up for discussion in the next GST Council meeting," the ministry of finance said in a release.

The last GST meeting was held on March 14, before the coronavirus lockdown. The next one