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Provides relief by waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing outward statement in FORM GSTR-1 for tax periods for months from March, 2020 to June, 2020 for monthly filers and for quarters from January, 2020 to June, 2020 for quarterly filers
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G.S.R.....(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 4/2018– Central Tax, dated the 23rd January, 2018, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i) vide number G.S.R. 53(E), dated the 23rd January, 2018, namely:–
In the said notification, for the third proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: –
“Provided also that the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived for the registered persons who fail to furnish the details of outward supplies for the months or quarter mentioned in column (2) of the Table below in FORM GSTR-1 by the due date, but furnishes the said details on or before the dates mentioned in column (3) of the said Table:-
Month/ Quarter (2) | Dates (3) |
March, 2020 | 10th day of July, 2020 |
April, 2020 | 24th day of July, 2020 |
May, 2020 | 28th day of July, 2020 |
| June, 2020 | 05th day of August, 2020 |
| January to March, 2020 | 17th day of July, 2020 |
| April to June, 2020 | 03rd day of August, 2020 |
Note: The principal notification No. 4/2018– Central Tax, dated the 23rd January, 2018, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i) vide number G.S.R. 53(E), dated the 23rd January, 2018 and was last amended by notification No. 33/2020- Central Tax, dated the 3rd April, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, vide number G.S.R. 233(E) dated the 3rd April, 2020.
CORRIGENDUM:
G.S.R...(E).:- In the notification of the Government of India, in the Ministry of Finance, Department of Revenue, No. 53/2020-Central Tax, dated the 24th June, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 406(E), dated the 24th June, 2020, at page 12, in line 17, for the words “third proviso”, read “fourth proviso”.