Government today extended the last date for filing of the final GST returns as well as payment of taxes for the months of July and August. <br/><br/>GST Implementation Committee has decided that now sales return or GSTR-1 for July will have to be filed by September 10 instead of September 5 earlier and purchase returns or GSTR-2 would be filed by September 25 instead of September 10 earlier.<br/>'<br/>GSTR-3, which is the match of GSTR-1 and GSTR-2, will have to be filed by September 30, in place of September 15. <br/><br/>With regard to August, the date for filing GSTR-1, GSTR-2 and GSTR-3 has been extended to October 5, October 10 and October 15 from earlier September 20, September 25 and September 30, respectively.<br/>'<br/>The industry has been demanding an extension of the date of filing final GST returns in view of scores of invoices to be uploaded.<br/>'<br/>'''''<br/>