10 November 2009
Sir, I want to know the difficulties of late filing ST3 return - efiling basis - for the period Apr09-Sep09. Is any penalty against us? What is the situation if the ST-3 filed to department manual(the xcel utility filed to respective department by email in time and later say 10 days delay only we filed in aces site.
11 November 2009
Mandatory Penalty for Late filing of ST-3 Return under Rule 7C of Service Tax Rules, 1994 Sl. Period of Delay from the prescribed date Penalty 1 15 days Rs.500/- 2 Beyond 15 days but not later than 30 days Rs.1000/- 3 Beyond 30 days Rs.1000/-plus Rs. 100/-for every day from the thirty first day till the date of furnishing the said return (not exceeding Rs.2000)