Central Government hereby appoints the 10th day of November, 2020, as the date on which the new provisions of section 39 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 shall come into force, which were introduced by Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 (23 of 2019). Section 39 deals with provisions related to Furnishing of returns.
MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
Notification No. 81/2020–Central Tax
New Delhi, the 10th November, 2020
S.O. 4043(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by clause (b) of sub-section (2) of section 1 of the Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 (23 of 2019), the Central Government hereby appoints the 10th day of November, 2020, as the date on which the provisions of section 97 of the said Act shall come into force.
[F. No. CBEC 20/06/04/2020-GST]
PRAMOD KUMAR, Director
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Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019 has notified and amendment to section 39 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 from a sate which Government notify in this behalf. Amendment was carried out by Section 97 of Finance (No. 2) Act, 2019. Now Government has notified that amendment to section 39 will be effective from 10th day of November, 2020. Text of the amendment is as follows:-
Amendment of section 39 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
97. In section 39 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017
(a) for sub-sections (1) and (2), the following sub-sections shall be substituted, namely:—
“(1) Every registered person, other than an Input Service Distributor or a non-resident taxable person or a person paying tax under the provisions of section 10 or section 51 or section 52 shall, for every calendar month or part thereof, furnish, a return, electronically, of inward and outward supplies of goods or services or both, input tax credit availed, tax payable, tax paid and such other particulars, in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be prescribed:
Provided that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, notify certain class of registered persons who shall furnish a return for every quarter or part thereof, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified therein.
(2) A registered person paying tax under the provisions of section 10, shall, for each financial year or part thereof, furnish a return, electronically, of turnover in the State or Union territory, inward supplies of goods or services or both, tax payable, tax paid and such other particulars in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be prescribed.”;
(b) for sub-section (7), the following sub-section shall be substituted, namely:
“(7) Every registered person who is required to furnish a return under sub-section (1) , other than the person referred to in the proviso thereto, or sub-section (3) or sub-section (5), shall pay to the Government the tax due as per such return not later than the last date on which he is required to furnish such return:
Provided that every registered person furnishing return under the proviso to sub-section (1) shall pay to the Government, the tax due taking into account inward and outward supplies of goods or services or both, input tax credit availed, tax payable and such other particulars during a month, in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be prescribed:
Provided further that every registered person furnishing return under sub-section (2) shall pay to the Government, the tax due taking into account turnover in the State or Union territory, inward supplies of goods or services or both, tax payable, and such other particulars during a quarter, in such form and manner, and within such time, as may be prescribed.”.
