GST Council simplifies Returns-filing process, extends dates; No registration for service-providers below threshold

GST Council, in its 23rd meeting at Guwahati, recommends a slew of facilitative measures for taxpayers; In a bid to simplify return filing process, Council announces that all taxpayers would file return Form GSTR-3B along with payment of tax by 20th of succeeding month till March 2018; For filing details in Form GSTR-1 till March 2018, taxpayers would be divided into 2 categories viz. i) taxpayers with annual turnover upto Rs. 1.5 Cr who would file GSTR-1 on quarter...