Seeks to amend notification no. 35/2020-Central Tax dt. 03.04.2020 to extend due date of compliance under Section 171 which falls during the period from "20.03.2020 to 29.11.2020" till 30.11.2020


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This notification amends previous rules to extend the deadline for actions related to Section 171 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act. If your compliance or completion deadline for Section 171 actions fell between 20th March 2020 and 29th November 2020, the new deadline is now 30th November 2020. This extension is provided under specific government powers.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)

Notification No. 65/2020–Central Tax

New Delhi, the 1st September, 2020

G.S.R. 542(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), read with section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), and section 21 of the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 35/2020-Central Tax, dated the 3rd April, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 235(E), dated the 3rd April, 2020, namely:‑

In the said notification, in the first paragraph, in clause (i), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: –

“Provided that where, any time limit for completion or compliance of any action, by any authority, has been specified in, or prescribed or notified under section 171 of the said Act, which falls during the period from the 20th day of March, 2020 to the 29th day of November, 2020, and where completion or compliance of such action has not been made within such time, then, the time-limit for completion or compliance of such action, shall be extended up to the 30th day of November, 2020.”

[F. No. CBEC-20/06/07/2019-GST]

PRAMOD KUMAR, Director

Note : The principal notification No. 35/2020-Central Tax, dated the 3rd April, 2020 was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 235(E), dated the 3rd April, 2020 and was last amended by notification No. 55/2020-Central Tax, dated the 27th June, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary vide number G.S.R. 416(E), dated the 27th June, 2020.

FAQ :

This notification further amends notification no. 35/2020-Central Tax dated 3rd April 2020.

The compliance deadline extension applies to actions related to Section 171 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017.

The original period for the compliance deadline was from 20th March 2020 to 29th November 2020.

The new extended deadline for compliance is 30th November 2020.

This amendment is made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 168A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, read with other relevant sections of the IGST Act and UTGST Act.

 
Notification No : Notification No. 65/2020–Central Tax
Source : https://www.cbic.gov.in/resources//htdocs-cbec/gst/notfctn-65-central-tax-english-2020.pdf



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