Extract from MVAT amendment message from this forum
The Hon'ble High Court has fixed the hearing of Writ Petition No. 3203 of 2006 regarding Form 704 in the month of December 2007. Therefore, date of filing of Form 704 is required to be extended. Accordingly, the date for filing of Form 704 in respect of the year 2005-06 is hereby extended to 31st December, 2007.
2. Date of filing of the Audit Report in Form 704 for the year 2006-07 is 30th November 2007. This date is also extended upto 31st December 2007.
3. Maharashtra Tax Laws (Levy, Amendment and Validation) Act, 2007 (Mah. Act No. XXV of 2007) has come into force from 5th August 2007 by which amendments to section 61 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 are made. It is decided administratively to give concessions to the dealers on following two points,-
(a) Audit of the dealers who have not done their audit u/s. 61 and not submitted their Form 704 till today can get their accounts audited by "a Cost Accountant within the meaning of the Cost & Works Accountants Act, 1959" in respect of the years 2005-06 and 2006-07.