The government has extended the date for filing goods and services tax (GST) for those providing online information and database access or retrieval services from outside India to a non-taxable online entity.

They can now file their July return (GSTR5A) by September 15, according to notification by the central government. This covers central GST as well as integrated GST. States would separately issue their respective notifications for SGST.

The government has notified new dates for filing of returns (GSTR6) for input service distributors for July to September 8 and for August to September 23. The July return forms had to be filed till August 13.