Section 94 LIABILITY IN OTHER CASES - GST Ready Reckoner - GST

LIABILITY IN OTHER CASES Discontinuation of business by a firm/AOP/HUF [ Section 94(1)] : Where a taxable person is a firm/AOP/HUF and such firm, association or family has discontinued business the tax, interest or penalty payable under this Act by such firm, association or family up to the date of such discontinuance may be determined as if no such discontinuance had taken place ; and every person who, at the time of such discontinuance, was a partner of such firm, or a member of such association or family, shall , notwithstanding such discontinuance, jointly and severally, be liable for the payment of tax and interest determined and penalty imposed and payable by such firm, association or family, whether such tax and interest has been determined or penalty imposed prior to or after such discontinuance and subject as aforesaid, the provisions of this Act shall, so far as may be, apply as if every such person or partner or member were himself a taxable person. Change in the constitution of the firm or AOP [ Section 94(2) ]: Where a change has occurred in the constitution of a firm or an association of persons, the partners of the firm or members of association, as it existed before and as it exists after the reconstitution, shall, without prejudice to the provisions of section 90, jointly and severally, be liable to pay tax, interest or penalty due from such firm or association for any period before its reconstitution. Dissolution of firm/AOP or partition of HUF [ Section 94(3) ]: The provisions of section 94(1) shall, so far as may be, apply where the taxable person, being a firm/AOP is dissolved or where the taxable person, being an HUF, has effected partition with respect to the business carried on by it and accordingly references in that sub- section to discontinuance shall be construed as reference to dissolution or to partition.