Over 4.3 million businesses file initial GST returns for October

Over 4.3 million businesses have filed first set of returns for October, notching up the highest monthly filing by the due date since the new tax rolled out on July 1. The last date for filing GSTR-3B, the initial sales returns, was November 20 for the previous month. Around 56% of the registered taxpayers had filed their GSTR-3B returns for October by November 20, a statement from GSTN said on Tu…