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Central Board of Excise and Customs

Notification No. 23/2017 – Central Tax

New Delhi, the 17th August, 2017

G.S.R. 1024(E).– In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as “the said Act”) read with sub-rule (5) of rule 61 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereafter in this notification referred to as “the said Rules”) and notification No. 21/2017- Central Tax dated 08th August, 2017 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide G.S.R. number 997 (E), dated the 08th August, 2017, the Commissioner, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby specifies the conditions in column (4) of the Table below, for furnishing the return in FORM GSTR-3B electronically through the common portal for the month of July, 2017, for such class of registered persons as mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, by the date specified in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table, namely:-

TABLE

SI. No. Class of registered
persons
Last date
for
furnishing
of return in
FORM
GSTR-3B
Conditions
(1) (2) (3) (4)
Registered persons entitled to avail input tax credit in terms of section 140 of the said Act read with rule 117 of the said Rules but opting not to
file FORM GST TRAN‑1 on or before the 28th
August, 2017
20th August, 2017
Registered persons entitled to avail input tax credit in terms of section 140 of the said Act read with rule 117 of the said Rules and opting to file FORM GST TRAN-1 on or before the 28th August, 2017 28th August, 2017 (i) compute the “tax payable under the said Act” for the month of July, 2017 and deposit the same in cash as per the provisions of rule 87 of the said Rules on or before the 20th August, 2017;

(ii) file FORM GST TRAN-1 under sub-rule (1) of rule 117 of the said Rules before the filing of FORM GSTR-3B;

(iii) where the amount of tax payable under the said Act for the month of July, 2017, as detailed in the return furnished in FORM GSTR-3B, exceeds the amount of tax deposited in cash as per item (i), the registered person shall pay such excess amount in cash in accordance with the provisions of rule 87 of the said Rules on or before 28th August, 2017 along with the applicable interest calculated from the 21st day of August, 2017 till the date of such deposit.

3. Any other registered
person
20th August, 2017

2. Payment of taxes for discharge of tax liability as per GSTR-3B: Every registered person furnishing the return in FORM GSTR-3B shall, subject to the provisions of section 49 of the said Act, discharge his liability towards tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount payable under the Act by debiting the electronic cash ledger or electronic credit ledger.

Explanation.- For the purposes of this notification, the expression‑

“Registered person” means the person required to file return under sub-section (1) of section 39 of the said Act;

“tax payable under the said Act” means the difference between the tax payable for the month of July, 2017 as detailed in the return furnished in FORM GSTR-3B and the amount of input tax credit entitled to for the month of July, 2017 under Chapter V and section 140 of the said Act read with the rules made there under.

3. This notification shall come into force with effect from the date of publication in the Official Gazette.

[F. No. 349/74/2017-GST(Pt.)]

(Dr. Sreeparvathy S.L.)

Under Secretary to the Government of India

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2 Comments

  1. Pareek says:

    Whether a person have not carried out any business in the month of july need to file NIL return or not?
    Purchase done in july but no sales done and thus no tax liable to pay in july,2017. pls reply

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