GST portal won't work on August 2 and 3 during these times due to scheduled drill

The Goods and Services Tax (GST) Common Portal won’t be available for taxpayers for 8 hours due to a scheduled disaster recovery drill exercise.

DGTS Ahmedabad, Central Board of Indirect taxes & Customs said on X (formerly twitter) on August 2, 2025: “For kind attention of GST Common Portal users: A Disaster Recovery Drill has been scheduled on 02/08/2025 at 10:00 PM. GST system services will remain unavailable until 06:00 AM on 03/08/2025. Kindly plan your activities accordingly.”

What does this mean for GST registered taxpayers?

Since the GST portal will be unavailable, various GST Services can't be used.

Here's a rundown of key GST Services that can’t be accessed while the portal remains unavailable:

• GST Registration
• GST Payments
• HSN/SAC code search
• GST refund tracking
• Viewing e-ledger

What is the deadline to file GSTR-1?

Businesses with a turnover of more than Rs 5 crore are required to file GSTR-1 every month. The GSTR-1 return must be filed by the 11th of the subsequent month. For example: For July 2025, the due date is August 11, 2024.

What is the deadline to file GST Annual return?

The GST annual return in FORM GSTR-9 has to be filed by December 31, 2025 for the Financial Year 2024-25. But, Chartered Accountants point out that the GSTR-9 form is not enabled yet, which means there is not much time left to finish the filing process.

Chartered Accountant Deep Koradia said on X: Dear @GST_Council. It's already 4 months since end of the month but GST annual returns are not live on portal, majorly due to exemption tables are not cleared by the council. Please do it in upcoming council meeting (it's 2 min agenda for you guys but a Tax payer can do the compliance on time, if it's announced in time). Dear @Infosys_GSTN, do share the yearly summary PDF of 3B, G1 outside the tab of GSTR 9, so that Tax payer can start reconciling books with returns!