Rule 143 - Recovery by deduction from any money owed. - Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017

Recovery by deduction from any money owed.- 143. Where any amount payable by a person (hereafter referred to in this rule as the defaulter ) to the Government under any of the provisions of the Act or the rules made thereunder is not paid, the proper officer may require, in FORM GST DRC-09 , a specified officer to deduct the amount from any money owing to such defaulter in accordance with the provisions of clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 79. Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, specified officer shall mean any officer of the Central Government or a State Government or the Government of a Union territory or a local authority, or of a Board or Corporation or a company owned or controlled, wholly or partly, by the Central Government or a State Government or the Government of a Union territory or a local authority.