The deadline for filing the tax expired at midnightOver 29 lakh businesses have filed their first tax returns under the Goods and Services Tax (GST) regime before the filing deadline closes today, an official said. "At the start of the day today, over 29.64 lakh returns had been filed," the official said. As the site crashed on last Saturday, the government postponed the tax filing deadline by five days to August 25. While 72 lakh assessees of the old indirect tax regime have migrated to the GST Network portal, nearly 50 lakh have completed the migration process. Besides, of the 15 lakh fresh registrations that have happened, as many as 10 lakh are expected to file returns for July

Source: dna August 25, 2017 17:53 UTC