Central Tax Notifications

CGST Notification 52/2020

Title Seeks to provide one time amnesty by lowering/waiving of late fees for non furnishing of FORM GSTR-3B from July, 2017 to January, 2020
Number 52/2020
Date 24-06-2020
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In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), read with section 148 of the said Act, the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 76/2018 Central Tax, dated the 31st December, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i) vide number G.S.R. 1253(E), dated the 31st December, 2018, namely :

In the said notification,-

(i) in the third proviso, for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely :

“Table

S. NoClass of registered personsTax periodCondition
(1)(2)(3)(4)
1.Taxpayers having an aggregate
turnover of more than rupees 5
crores in the preceding financial
year
February, 2020,
March, 2020 and
April, 2020
If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 24th day of
June, 2020
2.Taxpayers having an aggregate
turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in
the preceding financial year, whose
principal place of business is in the States of Chhattisgarh, Madhya
Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra,
Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil
Nadu, Telangana or Andhra
Pradesh or the Union territories of
Daman and Diu and Dadra and
Nagar Haveli, Puducherry,
Andaman and Nicobar Islands and
Lakshadweep
February, 2020 If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 30th day of
June, 2020
March, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 3rd day of
July, 2020
April, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 6th day of
July, 2020
May, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 12th day of
September, 2020
June, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 23rd day of
September, 2020
July, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 27th day of
September, 2020
3.Taxpayers having an aggregate
turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in
the preceding financial year, whose
principal place of business is in the
States of Himachal Pradesh,
Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana,
Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar,
Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh,
Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram,
Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha or the
Union territories of Jammu and
Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh and
Delhi
February, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 30th day of
June, 2020
March, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 5th day of
July, 2020
April, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on or before the 9th day of
July, 2020
May, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 15th day of
September, 2020
June, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 25th day of
September, 2020
July, 2020If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is furnished on
or before the 29th day of
September, 2020

(ii) after the third proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely:

Provided also that the total amount of late fee payable for a tax period, under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived which is in excess of an amount of two hundred and fifty rupees for the registered person who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of July, 2017 to January, 2020, by the due date but furnishes the said return between the period from 01 st day of July, 2020 to 30th day of September, 2020:

Provided also that where the total amount of central tax payable in the said return is nil, the total amount of late fee payable for a tax period, under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived for the registered person who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of July, 2017 to January, 2020, by the due date but furnishes the said return between the period from 01st day of July, 2020 to 30th day of September, 2020.”

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