GST: Only 70% file detailed return for July

Deadline ends, after two extensions; govt to assess reasons for low rate of compliance

About 70 per cent of the assessees under the goods and services tax (GST) had filed detailed sales returns for July as on Tuesday, the official deadline. Low compliance, said officials.

No further extension was given; the deadline had been extended twice earlier. About 4.59 million entities of the eligible 6.5 mn filed the GSTR-1 return, for the first month of GST.

"We will assess why many people have not filed. We have already sent reminders to those who filed GSTR-3B, the summarised return form, but not GSTR-1," said a GST Network GSTN) official.

The deadline to file GSTR-1 was