Modified service tax return form ST-3 for April-June 2012 excel based utility

Modified version of service tax return form ST-3 for the quarter April 2012 to June 2012 has been released.  However this excel based utility form ST 3 will work offline and not online. It means the assessee cannot fill the st-3 form online and upload to ACES website after logging on.

The last date for filing service tax return for the quarter April-June 2012 has been extended from 25 October 2012 to 25 November 2012 with order no. 3/2012 dated 15-10-2012 (See order).

Earlier service tax return period is of 6 months which is split to 3 months for implemented the service tax negative list. Service tax department adds more and more services in service tax regime and only a few services exempted from the service tax. So in order to issue the negative list, the split is done with the period and last date is extended.

For the service tax return of period July-September 2012, service tax department will make further announcements which will be available at taxalertindia.com

For service tax return before April 2012 one can register to ACES website and upload the return with both offline and online mode.

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Excel Utilities	Last Updated	XML Schema	Last Updated
Download ST3 Return Excel Utility (For Filing ST-3 returns for the period upto Oct-Mar 2011)	06-04-2012	Download XML Schema for ST3 Return	06-04-2012
Download ST3 Return Excel Utility (For Filing ST-3 returns for the Quarter April-June 2012)	22-10-2012	Download XML Schema for ST3 Return	22-10-2012

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