Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise & Customs
New Delhi, dated the 6th March, 2013
Order No: 01/2013-Service Tax
To
All Chief Commissioners of Central Excise / Customs and Central Excise
Directors General of Service Tax /Central Excise Intelligence /Audit/Systems
All
Commissioners of Central Excise/ Customs and Central Excise
All Commissioners of Service Tax
All Commissioners LTU
All Additional Directors General Systems
In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule(4) of rule 7 of the Service Tax
Rules, 1994, the Central Board of Excise & Customs hereby extends the date of
submission of the Form ST-3 for the period from 1st July 2012 to 30th September
2012, from 25th March, 2013 to 15th April, 2013.
The circumstances of a special nature, which have given rise to this extension
of time, are as follows:
- The Form ST-3 is expected to be available on ACES around 20th March, 2013.
- This will result in all the assessees attempting to file their returns in a
short time period, which may result in problems in the computer network and
further delay and inconvenience to the assessees.
Himani Bhayana
Under Secretary (Service Tax)
Central Board of Excise and Customs
F.No.137/99/2011-Service Tax