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 15thApril, 2013.

The circumstances of a special nature, which have given rise to this extension of time, are as follows:

a) The Form ST-3 is expected to be available on ACES around 20th March, 2013.

b) 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