What is GST? "Our objective is to make paying taxes easy and simple. The taxpayer can enter the details of his outward supply in the excel template on weekly basis or any other suitable regular interval," GSTN Chairman Navin Kumar said.The GST Return 1 Excel template can be used to prepare the GSTR 1 return without connecting to Internet in offline mode. "This also benefits taxpayers in remote areas where Internet connectivity might not be that good," Kumar said.The GST Council has decided to give relaxation to businesses for filing return in the initial two months of GST rollout For July, the sale returns will have to be filed by September 5 instead of August 10. Companies will have to file sale invoice for August with the GST Network by September 20 instead of September 10 earlier.Click here to get GST live updates

Source: Times of India June 30, 2017 12:48 UTC