Amendment to Section 122: Penalty for Retaining Benefits from Certain Transactions
An amendment has been made to Section 122 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act. A new sub-section, (1A), has been added. This new provision states that any person who benefits from certain transactions, specifically those mentioned in clauses (i), (ii), (vii), or (ix) of sub-section (1), will face a penalty. This penalty will be equivalent to the amount of tax that was evaded or the input tax credit that was wrongly availed or passed on. Essentially, this amendment targets individuals who benefit from certain types of tax-related transactions, ensuring they are held financially accountable for any tax evasion or misuse of tax credits.
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Amendment of section 122.
126. In section 122 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, after sub-section (1), the following sub-section shall be inserted, namely:—
“(1A) Any person who retains the benefit of a transaction covered under clauses (i), (ii), (vii) or clause (ix) of sub-section (1) and at whose instance such transaction is conducted, shall be liable to a penalty of an amount equivalent to the tax evaded or input tax credit availed of or passed on.”.