With just a few days left, taxpayers should take advantage of the extended deadline for the GST Amnesty scheme, designed to provide relief to those who have acquired assessment orders under Section 62 of the CGST Act. The original form submission deadline of June 30, 2023, was pushed to August 31, 2023, as stated in the recent notification. The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) announced this extension for the GST Amnesty scheme covering GSTR 4, GSTR-9, and GSTR-10 non-filers. What is the GST Amnesty scheme? Everyone liable to pay or file their GST returns must do so by complying with all rules and deadlines. In the case of GST, one must file it in a sequential manner. If the deadline for the same passes, then a taxpayer may have to pay penalties for missing their filings. To provide relief from such consequences, the government gives the benefit of the GST Amnesty scheme, which allows taxpayers to file their pending GST returns without hefty penalties. Why shoul...