Compliance Due Date Calendar for March 2025:

Compliance Due Date Calendar for March 2025 Here is the March 2025 Compliance Calendar for GST, Income Tax, MCA, PF and ESIC laws. We hope that this will help you finish your compliance before the last dates. We have also shared the information in chart form, along with the days of the week, so that the tax professional may plan properly.

7th March 2025

TCS Payment: Due date for depositing tax collected by an assessee other than a government office for the month of February 2025. TDS/TCS Payment—Government Office: The due date for depositing the tax deducted/collected by a government office in February 2025. However, any sums deducted by a government office must be deposited to the central government's credit on the same day that the tax is paid, without the submission of an income-tax challan.

10th March 2025

GSTR-7: Summary of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) and submitted under GST regulations in February 2025. GSTR-8: Summary of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) and Deposited by E-Commerce Operators Under GST Laws for February 2025.

11th March 2025

GSTR-1: Summary of outward supplies where turnover exceeds Rs.5 crore or have not chosen the QRMP Scheme for February 2025.

13th March 2025

GSTR-5: Summary of outward taxable supplies and tax payable by a non-resident taxable person for February 2025. IFF: Invoice furnishing is an optional facility that enables the small registered person furnishing the quarterly Form GSTR-1 to file their invoice details on a monthly basis for February 2025. GSTR-6: GSTR 6 is a monthly return for Input Service Distributors (ISD) to provide the details of their inward supplies & distributed Input Tax Credit (ITC) for February 2025.

15th March 2025

Form 24G: Due date for furnishing of Form 24G by an office of the government where TDS/TCS for the month of February 2025 has been paid without the production of a challan. Advance Tax: Due date for payment of the whole amount of advance tax in respect of the assessment year 2025-26 for the assessee covered under the presumptive scheme of sections 44AD and 44ADA and the fourth installment of advance tax for the assessment year 2025-26 for assessees other than the presumptive scheme. ESIC/PF: PF deducted from the employee's salary in the month of February 25, and it needs to be paid on or before the 15th of March 2025. The payment of ESIC is made by every employer to the ESIC department on a monthly basis. The due date for ESIC is 15th March 2025

17th March 2025

Issue of TDS Certificate- 194-IA, 194IB, 194M, 194S: Due date for issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted under Section 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, 194S in the month of January 2025.

20th March 2025

GSTR-3B: GST Return for taxpayers with turnover of more than Rs.5 crore in the last FY or who have not chosen the QRMP scheme for February 2025. GSTR-5A: Return of outward taxable supplies and tax payable by a person supplying OIDAR services for February 2025.

25th March 2025

PMT-06: PMT-06 is a challan used for making payments of tax, interest, late fees and penalty under the GST law by taxpayers who have opted for the quarterly filing of GSTR-3B under the QRMP scheme for February 2025.

30th March 2025

TDS Pay- 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, 194S: Due date for furnishing of challan-cum-statement in respect of tax deducted under sections 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, and 194S in the month of February 2025.

31st March 2025

Equalization Levy Deposit: Depositing of Equalization Levy for the months of Jan-Mar 2025. Last date of completing Tax-saving investments: Last date of completing Tax-saving investments for deductions under Sections 80C and 80D, etc., for FY 2024-25. CMP-02: Any taxpayer who is registered as a normal taxpayer under GST needs to file an application to opt for Composition Levy in Form GST-CMP-02 at the GST Portal prior to the commencement of the financial year, i.e., FY 2025-26, for which the option to pay tax under the aforesaid section is exercised. LUT Filing: LUT under GST is available for online filing for the year 2025-26. This is required to be completed before 31st March, 24 or before supply for exports and SEZ. The previous LUT is valid up to 31st March, 25. ITR-U: Furnishing of an updated return of income for the Assessment Year 2022-23.

March Tax and Compliance Calendar

Due Date	Relevant Act	Due Date	Period	Due Date Details
Sunday, March 2, 2025	Income Tax	TDS Pay- 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, 194S	Jan-25	Due date for furnishing of challan-cum-statement in respect of tax deducted under section 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, 194S in the month of January, 2025
Friday, March 7, 2025	Income Tax	TDS/TCS Payment	Feb-25	Due date for deposit of Tax deducted/collected for the month of February, 2025. However, all sum deducted/collected by an office of the government shall be paid to the credit of the Central Government on the same day where tax is paid without production of an Income tax Challan
Monday, March 10, 2025	GST	GSTR-8	Feb-25	Summary of Tax Collected at Source (TCS) and deposited by e-commerce operators under GST laws for the month of February, 2025
Monday, March 10, 2025	GST	GSTR-7	Feb-25	Summary of Tax Deducted at Source (TDS) and deposited under GST laws for the month of February, 2025
Tuesday, March 11, 2025	GST	GSTR-1	Feb-25	Statement of outward supplies where turnover exceeds Rs.5 crore or have not chosen the QRMP scheme
Thursday, March 13, 2025	GST	GSTR-5	Feb-25	Summary of outward taxable supplies and tax payable by a non-resident taxable person
Thursday, March 13, 2025	GST	IFF	Feb-25	Invoice furnishing is an optional facility that enables the small registered person furnishing the quarterly Form GSTR-1 to file their invoice details on a monthly basis.
Thursday, March 13, 2025	GST	GSTR-6	Feb-25	GSTR 6 is a monthly return for Input Service Distributors (ISD) to provide the details of their inward supplies & distributed Input Tax Credit (ITC).
Saturday, March 15, 2025	Income Tax	Form 24G	Feb-25	Due date for furnishing of Form 24G by an office of the Government where TDS/TCS for the month of February 2025 has been paid without the production of a challan
Saturday, March 15, 2025	Income Tax	Advance Tax	FY 2024-25	Due date for payment of whole amount of advance tax in respect of assessment year 2025-26 for assessee covered under presumptive scheme of section 44AD / 44ADA and Fourth instalment of advance tax for the assessment year 2025-26 for assessee other than  presumptive scheme.
Saturday, March 15, 2025	ESIC & PF	ESIC & PF	Feb-25	PF deducted from the Employees salary in the month of February 25, needs to be paid on or before 15th of March, 2025 The payment of ESIC is made by every employer to the ESIC department on a monthly basis. The due date for ESIC is 15th March, 2025
Monday, March 17, 2025	Income Tax	Issue of TDS Certificate- 194-IA, 194IB, 194M, 194S	Jan-25	Due date for issue of TDS Certificate for tax deducted under section 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, 194S in the month of January, 2025
Thursday, March 20, 2025	GST	GSTR-3B	Feb-25	GST Return for taxpayers with turnover more than Rs.5 crore in the last FY or have not chosen the QRMP scheme
Thursday, March 20, 2025	GST	GSTR-5A	Feb-25	Return of outward taxable supplies and tax payable by a person supplying OIDAR services
Tuesday, March 25, 2025	GST	PMT-06	Feb-25	PMT-06 is a challan used for making payment of tax, interest, late fee and penalty under the GST law by taxpayers who have opted for the quarterly filing of GSTR-3B under the QRMP scheme
Sunday, March 30, 2025	Income Tax	TDS Pay- 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, 194S	Feb-25	Due date for furnishing of challan-cum-statement in respect of tax deducted under section 194-IA, 194-IB, 194M, 194S in the month of February, 2025
Monday, March 31, 2025	Income Tax	Equalisation Levy Deposit	Jan - Mar-25	Equalisation Levy Deposit
Monday, March 31, 2025	Income Tax	Last date of completing Tax-saving investments	FY 2024-25	Last date of completing Tax-saving investments for Deduction u/s 80C, 80D etc.
Monday, March 31, 2025	GST	CMP-02	FY 2025-26	Any taxpayer who is registered as normal tax payer under GST needs to file an application to opt for Composition Levy in Form GST-CMP-02 at GST Portal prior to the commencement of financial year for which the option to pay tax under the aforesaid section is exercised.
Monday, March 31, 2025	GST	LUT Filing	FY 2025-26	LUT under GST is available for online filing for the year 2025-26. This is required to be completed before 31st March, 24 or before supply for Exports and SEZ.. The previous LUT is valid upto 31st March, 25.
Monday, March 31, 2025	Income Tax	ITR-U	FY 2021-22	Furnishing of an updated return of income for the Assessment Year 2022-23

Festivals in March 2025

Due Date	Festival
Saturday, March 1, 2025	Ramakrishna Paramhansa Jayanti
Saturday, March 1, 2025	Ramadan Mubarak
Monday, March 3, 2025	World Wildlife Day
Friday, March 7, 2025	Employee Appreciation Day
Saturday, March 8, 2025	International Women's Day
Monday, March 10, 2025	CISF Raising Day
Tuesday, March 11, 2025	Chhatrapati Sambhaji Maharajs death anniversary
Thursday, March 13, 2025	Holika Dahan
Friday, March 14, 2025	Holi
Saturday, March 15, 2025	World Consumer Rights Day
Tuesday, March 18, 2025	National Vaccination Day
Wednesday, March 19, 2025	Ranga Panchami
Thursday, March 20, 2025	International Day of Happiness
Saturday, March 22, 2025	World Water Day
Sunday, March 30, 2025	Hindi New Year

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