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Compliance Calendar for April 2026
Category: April 2026, Posted on: 01/04/2026 , Posted By: CS Divesh Goyal

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Due Dates -April 2026

Event Date	Act	Applicable Form no. as per new rule	Applicable Form no. as per existing rule	Obligation
Wednesday, 01 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax	-	-	Calculation of Aggregate Turnover of F.Y. 25-26 for various compliances related to F.Y. 26- 27 like for QRMP scheme, Composition scheme, E-invoice applicability etc.
Wednesday, 01 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax	-	-	E-invoice becomes mandatory for taxpayers whose Aggregate Turnover in FY 25-26 exceeded Rs. 5 cr, for the first time.
Tuesday, 07 April 2026	Income Tax		Challan No. ITNS-281	Payment of TCS collected in March. In case of government offices where : (a) TDS is deposited by challan, 7th April is the last date to deposit TDS. (b) TDS/TCS is paid by book entry, same shall be paid on the same day on which tax is deducted or collected.
Tuesday, 07 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 127	Form 27C	"Seller to upload declarations received in March, from buyers for non-deduction of TCS. "
Tuesday, 07 April 2026	FEMA		ECB-2	Return of External Commercial Borrowings for March.
Friday, 10 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-7	Monthly Return by Tax Deductors for March.
Friday, 10 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-8	Monthly Return by e-commerce operators for March.
Saturday, 11 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-1	Monthly Return of Outward Supplies for March.
Monday, 13 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-1	Quarterly Return of Outward Supplies for January-March.
Monday, 13 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-5	Monthly Return by Non-resident taxable person for March.
Monday, 13 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-6	Monthly Return of Input Service Distributor for March.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 132	Form 16B	Issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted u/s 194-IA on payment made for purchase of property in February.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 132	Form 16C	Issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted on rent above 50,000 pm by certain individuals/HUF under Section 194-IB where lease has terminated in February.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 132	Form 16D	Issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted u/s 194M on certain payments by individual/HUF in February.
Tuesday, 14 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 132	Form 16E	Issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted u/s 194S on Virtual Digital Assets in February.
Wednesday, 15 April 2026	Provident Fund		Electronic Challan cum Return (ECR)	E-Payment of PF for March.
Wednesday, 15 April 2026	ESI		ESI Challan	Payment of ESI for March
Wednesday, 15 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 147	Form 15CC	Upload of Statement of Foreign Remittances by banks and other authorised dealers for January-March.
Saturday, 18 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		CMP-08	Payment of GST by Composition taxpayers for January-March .
Monday, 20 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-5A	Monthly Return by persons outside India providing online information and data base access or retrieval services, for March.
Monday, 20 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-1A	Add/amend particulars (other than GSTIN) in GSTR-1 of March. It can be filed after filing of GSTR-1 but before filing corresponding GSTR-3B.
Monday, 20 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-3B	Summary Return cum Payment of Tax for March by Monthly filers. (other than QRMP).
Wednesday, 22 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-1A	Add/amend particulars (other than GSTIN) in GSTR-1 of Mar quarter by Quarterly filers in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep. . It can be filed after filing of GSTR-1 but before filing corresponding GSTR-3B.
Wednesday, 22 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-3B	Summary Return of January-March quarter by Quarterly filers in Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands or Lakshadweep.
Friday, 24 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-3B	Summary Return of January-March quarter by Quarterly filers in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha, the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh,Chandigarh or Delhi.
Friday, 24 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-1A	Add/amend particulars (other than GSTIN) in GSTR-1 of Mar quarter by Quarterly filers in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha, the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh,Chandigarh or Delhi. It can be filed after filing of GSTR-1 but before filing corresponding GSTR-3B.
Saturday, 25 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		ITC-04	Half yearly Details of goods/capital goods sent to & from job worker for October -March for turnover above 5 cr.
Saturday, 25 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		ITC-04	Yearly Details of goods/capital goods sent to & from job worker for April-March for turnover upto 5 cr.
Tuesday, 28 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		GSTR-11	Return for March by persons with Unique Identification Number (UIN) like embassies etc to get refund under GST for goods and services purchased by them.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Goods and Services Tax		-	Taxpayers with Turnover upto Rs 5 Crores in 2025-26 can opt in or opt out of QRMP Scheme from April-June quarter. Those already availing the scheme not required to reapply.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax		Challan No. ITNS-281	Payment of TDS deducted in March (both Salary & non-salary)
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 137	Form 24G	Details of Deposit of TDS/TCS of March by book entry by an office of the Government.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 141	Form 26QB	Deposit of TDS u/s 194-IA on payment made for purchase of property in March.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 141	Form 26QC	Deposit of TDS u/s 194-IB @ 5% on total payment of Rent more than 50,000 pm by individual or HUF (not liable to tax audit) during FY 23-24. (In case of termination of lease during the year, TDS is to be deposited within 30 days of the next month).
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 141	Form 26QD	Deposit of TDS on certain payments made by individual/HUF u/s 194M for March.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 141	Form 26QE	Deposit of TDS on Virtual Digital Assets u/s 194S for March.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax		Online form	Uploading declarations received in Form 15G/15H for Mar quarter.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 98	Form 61	e-filing of declarations containing particulars of Form 60 received during October - March.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Income Tax	Form 165	Form 61-A	Half yearly Statement of Financial Transactions by Depositories, Registrars & Share Transfer Agents for reporting of information relating to Capital gains on transfer of listed securities or units of Mutual Funds from Oct -Mar.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Companies Act		MSME Form I	Disclosure of dues of more than 45 days to MSME Suppliers by companies from Oct to Mar.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Companies Act		-	Opening of Bank Account for Un-spent CSR Account and transfer of unspent CSR amount to that account (For Cos to whom CSR is applicable)
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Companies Act		MSC-3	Annual Return of Dormant Company for FY 2025-26.
Thursday, 30 April 2026	Companies Act		NDH-3	Half-yearly return by Nidhi Companies from Oct to Mar.

Author – CS Divesh Goyal, GOYAL DIVESH & ASSOCIATES Company Secretary in Practice from Delhi and can be contacted at csdiveshgoyal@gmail.com).

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