Recommendations of GST council related to Law & Procedure
The 40th GST Council met under the Chairmanship of Union Finance & Corporate Affairs Minister Smt Nirmala Sitharaman through video conferencing here today . The meeting was also attended by Union Minister of State for Finance & Corporate Affairs Shri Anurag Thakur besides Finance Ministers of States & UTs and senior officers of the Ministry of Finance& States/ UTs.
The GST Council has made the following recommendations on Law & Procedures changes.
1. Measures for Trade facilitation:
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- a. Reduction in Late Fee for past Returns:
- b. Further relief for small taxpayers for late filing of returns for February, March & April 2020 Tax periods:
- c. Relief for small taxpayers for subsequent tax periods (May, June & July 2020):
- d. One time extension in period for seeking revocation of cancellation of registration:
a. Reduction in Late Fee for past Returns:
As a measure to clean up pendency in return filing, late fee for non-furnishing FORM GSTR-3B for the tax period from July, 2017 to January, 2020 has been reduced / waived as under: –
i. ‘NIL’ late fee if there is no tax liability;
ii. Maximum late fee capped at Rs. 500/- per return if there is any tax liability.
The reduced rate of late fee would apply for all the GSTR-3B returns furnished between 01.07.2020 to 30.09.2020
b. Further relief for small taxpayers for late filing of returns for February, March & April 2020 Tax periods:
For small taxpayers (aggregate turnover uptoRs. 5 crore), for the supplies effected in the month of February, March and April, 2020, the rate of interest for late furnishing of return for the said months beyond specified dates (staggered upto 6th July 2020) is reduced from 18% per annum to 9% per annum till 30.09.2020. In other words, for these months, small taxpayers will not be charged any interest till the notified dates for relief (staggered upto 6th July 2020)and thereafter 9% interest will be charged till 30.09.2020..
c. Relief for small taxpayers for subsequent tax periods (May, June & July 2020):
In wake of COVID-19 pandemic, for taxpayers having aggregate turnover upto Rs. 5 crore, further relief provided by waiver of late fees and interest if the returns in FORM GSTR-3B for the supplies effected in the months of May, June and July, 2020 are furnished by September, 2020 (staggered dates to be notified).
d. One time extension in period for seeking revocation of cancellation of registration:
To facilitate taxpayers who could not get their cancelled GST registrations restored in time, an opportunityis being provided for filing of application for revocation of cancellation of registrationup to 30.09.2020, in all cases where registrations have been cancelled till 12.06.2020.
2. Certain clauses of the Finance Act, 2020 amending CGST Act 2017 and IGST Act, 2017 to be brought into force from 30.06.2020.
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Note: The recommendations of the GST Council have been presented in this release in simple language for information of all stakeholders. The same would be given effect through relevant Circulars/Notifications which alone shall have the force of law.
(Release ID: 1631127)
What about late fee waiver for composition tax payers.Composition tax payers are also small tax payers but no concession announced for them
Sir,We are from Assam & appeal before you that due to lockdown of COVID-19,we bear salary & wages of staffs & workers without running of our unit i.e.we bear it from our business capital causes shortage of our business capital causes we could not run our unit.In this situation how we can manage our GST Annual Return 2017-18 as because there are some outstanding dues due to mistake while filing our GSTR-3B Return monthly.Kindly allow us atleast 3 months time after lockdown so that we can deposit our all dues during filing of GST Annual Return 2017-18.Moreover,we watched in DY365 TV channel that the Govt.of Assam has declared that due salary for the month of March,20 & April,20 to govt staff will be paid lately,which was seen in breaking news in DY365.Sir,if Government was do like this then how we can manage the government dues relates to GST Annual Return 2017-18.Please do the needful for extension of GST Annual Return 2017-18 & waive of late fee also,Sir.
What is mean by NIL LIABILITY in 1.a.i above. If gst on sales is 100 and ITC is 150, what is amount of late fees❓