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07/2023

31-03-2023


Rationalisation of late fee for GSTR-9 and Amnesty to GSTR-9 non-filers

GOVERNMENT OF INDIA 

MINISTRY OF FINANCE 

(DEPARTMENT OF REVENUE) 

CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS 

NOTIFICATION NO. 07/2023 – CENTRAL TAX 

New Delhi, dated the 31st March, 2023

S.O......(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby waives the amount of late fee referred to in section 47 of the said Act in respect of the return to be furnished under section 44 of the said Act for the financial year 2022-23 onwards, which is in excess of amount as specified in Column (3) of the Table below, for the classes of registered persons mentioned in the corresponding entry in Column (2) of the Table below, who fails to furnish the return by the due date, namely:—

Table

Serial Number

Class of registered persons

Amount

(1)

(2)

(3)

1. Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of up to five crore rupees in the relevant financial year. Twenty-five rupees per day, subject to a maximum of an amount calculated at 0.02 percent of turnover in the State or Union territory.
2.  Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of more than five crore rupees and up to twenty crore rupees in the relevant financial year. Fifty rupees per day, subject to a maximum of an amount calculated at 0.02 percent of turnover in the State or Union territory.

 Provided that for the registered persons who fail to furnish the return under section 44 of the said Act by the due date for any of the financial years 2017-18, 2018-19, 2019-20, 2020-21 or 2021-22, but furnish the said return between the period from the 1st day of April, 2023 to the 1[31st day of August, 2023]1, the total amount of late fee under section 47 of the said Act payable in respect of the said return, shall stand waived which is in excess of ten thousand rupees.

[F. No. CBIC-20013/1/2023-GST] 

(Alok Kumar) 

Director


Notes:

1. Substituted (w.e.f. 30-06-2023) vide Notification No. 25/2023- Central Tax dated 17-07-2023 for, "30th day of June, 2023"