Notification No. 79 /2020 – Central Tax

Notification No. 79 /2020 – Central Tax

[To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i)]

Government of India

Ministry of Finance

(Department of Revenue)

Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification No. 79 /2020 – Central Tax

New Delhi, the 15th October 2020

G.S.R……(E). – In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely: –

1. Short title and commencement. –

(1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Twelveth Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.

2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 46, for the first proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: –

“Provided that the Board may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, specify-

(i) the number of digits of Harmonised System of Nomenclature code for goods or services that a class of registered persons shall be required to mention; or

(ii) a class of supply of goods or services for which specified the number of digits of Harmonised System of Nomenclature code shall be required to be mentioned by all registered taxpayers; and

(iii) the class of registered persons that would not be required to mention the Harmonised System of Nomenclature code for goods or services:”.

3. In the said rules, for rule 67A, the following rule shall be substituted, namely: –

“67A. Manner of furnishing of return or details of outward supplies by short messaging service facility.- Notwithstanding anything contained in this Chapter, for a registered person who is required to furnish a Nil return under section 39 in FORM GSTR-3B or a Nil details of outward supplies under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1 or a Nil statement in FORM GST CMP-08 for a tax period, any reference to electronic furnishing shall include the furnishing of the said return or the details of outward supplies or statement through a short messaging service using the registered mobile number and the said return or the details of outward supplies or statement shall be verified by a registered mobile number based One Time Password facility. Explanation. – For the purpose of this rule, a Nil return or Nil details of outward supplies or Nil statement shall mean a return under section 39 or details of outward supplies under section 37 or statement under rule 62, for a tax period that has nil or no entry in all the Tables in FORM GSTR-3B or FORM GSTR-1 or FORM GST CMP-08, as the case may be.”.

4. In the said rules, in rule 80, in sub-rule (3), for the proviso, the following proviso shall be substituted, namely: –

“Provided that for the financial year 2018-2019 and 2019-2020, every registered person whose aggregate turnover exceeds five crore rupees shall get his accounts audited as specified under sub-section (5) of section 35 and he shall furnish a copy of audited annual accounts and a reconciliation statement, duly certified, in FORM GSTR-9C for the said financial year, electronically through the common portal either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner.”.

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Notification No. 74/2018 – Central Tax

5. In the said rules, with effect from the 20th day of March 2020, in rule 138E, after the third proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: –

“Provided also that the said restriction shall not apply during the period from the 20th day of March 2020 till the 15th day of October 2020 in the case where the return in FORM GSTR-3B or the statement of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 or the statement in FORM GST CMP08, as the case may be, has not been furnished for the period February 2020 to August 2020.”.

6. In the said rules, in rule 142, in sub-rule (1A), –

(i) for the words “proper officer shall”, the words “proper officer may” shall be substituted;

(ii) for the words “shall communicate”, the word “communicate” shall be substituted.

7. In the said rules, in FORM GSTR-1, against serial number 12, in the Table, in column 6, in the heading, for the words “Total value”, the words “Rate of Tax” shall be substituted.

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