Central Tax Notification 32/2020 – Seeks to provide relief by conditional waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing returns in FORM GSTR-3B for tax periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020.


Central Tax Notifications

CGST Notification 32/2020

Title Seeks to provide relief by conditional waiver of late fee for delay in furnishing returns in FORM GSTR-3B for tax periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020.
Number 32/2020
Date 03-04-2020
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1) 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 amendment 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,
Sub- section (i) vide number G.S.R. 1253(E), dated the 31st December, 2018, namely:–

In the said notification, after the second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely: –

“Provided also that the amount of late fee payable under section 47 shall stand waived
for the tax period as specified in column (3) of the Table given below, for the class of
registered persons mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, who
fail to furnish the returns in FORM GSTR-3B by the due date, but furnishes the said return
according to the condition mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said
Table, namely:–.

Table

S.No. Class of registered persons Tax period Condition
(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, 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 more
than rupees 1.5 crores and
up to rupees five crores in
the preceding financial year
February,
2020, March,
2020
If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is
furnished on or
before the 29th day
of June, 2020
April, 2020 If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is
furnished on or
before the 30th day
of June, 2020
3. Taxpayers having an
aggregate turnover of up to
rupees 1.5 crores in the
preceding financial year
February,
2020
If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is
furnished on or
before the 30th day
of June, 2020
March, 2020 If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is
furnished on or
before the 3
rd day of
July, 2020
April, 2020 If return in FORM
GSTR-3B
is
furnished on or
before the 6
th day of
July, 2020.”

2) This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 20th day of
March, 2020.

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