Odisha Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2021 - 14838-FIN-CTI-TAX-0001/2020 - Orissa SGST

GOVERNMENT OF ODISHA FINANCE DEPARTMENT NOTIFICATION The 25 May, 2021 S.R.O. No . - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Odisha Act 7 of 2017), the State Government, on the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, do hereby make the following rules further to amend the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:- 1. (1) These rules may be called the Odisha Goods and Services Tax (Fourth Amendment) Rules, 2021. (2) They shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 18h May, 2021. 2. In the Odisha Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 23, in sub-rule (1), after the words date of the service of the order of cancellation of registration , the words and figures or within such time period as extended by the Additional Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner or the Commissioner, as the case may be, in exercise of the powers provided under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 30, shall be inserted, 3. In the said rules, in rule 90, - (a) in sub-rule (3), the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: Provided that the time period, from the date of filing of the refund claim in FORM GST RFD-01 till the date of communication of the deficiencies in FORM GST RFD-03 by the proper officer, shall be excluded from the period of two years as specified under sub-section (1) of Section 54, in respect of any such fresh refund claim filed by the applicant after rectification of the deficiencies. ; (b) after sub-rule (4), the following sub-rules shall be inserted, namely:- (5) The applicant may, at any time before issuance of provisional refund sanction order in FORM GST RFD-04 or final refund sanction order in FORM GST RFD-06 or payment order in FORM GST RFD-05 or refund withhold order in FORM GST RFD-07 or notice in FORM GST RFD-08 , in respect of any refund application filed in FORM GST RFD-01 , withdraw the said application for refund by filing an application in FORM GST RFD-01W . (6) On submission of application for withdrawal of refund in FORM GST RFD-01W , any amount debited by the applicant from electronic credit ledger or electronic cash ledger, as the case may be, while filing application for refund in FORM GST RFD-01, shall be credited back to the ledger from which such debit was made. ; 4. In the said rules, in rule 92,- (a) in sub-rule (1), the proviso shall be omitted: (b) in sub-rule (2), - (i) for the word and letter Part B , the word and letter Part A shall be substituted; (ii) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:- Provided that where the proper officer or the Commissioner is satisfied that the refund is no longer liable to be withheld, he may pass an order for release of withheld refund in Part B of FORM GST RFD- 07 . 5. In the said rules, in rule 96,- (a) in sub-rule (6), for the word and letter Part B , the word and letter Part A shall be substituted; (b) in sub-rule (7), for the words, letters and figures, after passing an order in FORM GST RFD-06 , the words, letters and figures, by passing an order in FORM GST RFD-06 after passing an order for release of withheld refund in Part B of FORM GST RFD-07 shall be substituted; 6. In the said rules, in rule 138E, for the words in respect of a registered person, whether as a supplier or a recipient, who, __ the words in respect of any outward movement of goods of a registered person, who,__ shall be substituted. 7. In the said rules, in FORM GST REG-21 , under the sub-heading Instructions for submission of application for revocation of cancellation of registration' , in the first bullet point after the words date of service of the order of cancellation of registration , the words and figures or within such time period as extended by the Additional Commissioner or the Joint Commissioner or Commissioner, as the case may be, in exercise of the powers provided under proviso to sub-section (1) of section 30, shall be inserted; 8. In the said rules, after FORM GST RFD-01 B , the following FORM shall be inserted, namely: FORM GST RFD-01 W [ Refer Rule 90(5) ] Application for Withdrawal of Refund Application 1. ARN: 2. GSTIN: 3. Name of Business (Legal): 4. Trade Name, if any: 5. Tax Period: 6. Amount of Refund Claimed: 7. Grounds for Withdrawing Refund Claim: i. Filed the refund application by mistake ii. Filed Refund Application under wrong category iii. Wrong details mentioned in the refund application iv. Others (Please Specify) 8. Declaration: I/We hereby solemnly affirm and declare that the information given herein is true and correct to the best of my/ our knowledge and belief and nothing has been concealed therefrom. Place Date Signature of Authorised Signatory Name Designation/ Status . 9. In the said rules, for FORM GST RFD-07 , the following FORM shall be substituted, namely: FORM GST RFD-07 [ See rules 92(2) 96(6) ] Reference No. Date: To ___________ (GSTIN/UIN/Temp. ID) ___________ (Name) ____________ (Address) -------- (ARN) Part-A Order for withholding the refund Refund payable to the taxpayer with respect to ARN specified above are hereby withheld in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (10)/(11) of section 54 of the OGST Act, 2017. The reasons for withholding are given as under: S. No. Particulars 1 ARN 2 Amount Claimed in RFD-01 3 Amount Inadmissible in RFD-06 4 Amount Adjusted in RFD-06 5 Amount Withheld 6 Reasons for withholding (More than one reason can be selected) Recoverable dues not paid In view of sub-section 11 of Section 54 On account of fraud (s) of serious nature Others, (specify) 7 Description of the reasons (Up to 500 characters, separate file can be attached for detailed reasons) 8 Record of Personal Hearing (Up to 500 characters, separate file can be attached for detailed records) Part-B Order for release of withheld refund This has reference to your refund application dated against which the payment of refund amount sanctioned vide order dated was withheld by this office order dated . It has been now found to my satisfaction that the conditions for withholding of refund no longer exist and therefore, the refund amount withheld is hereby allowed to be released as given under: S. No. Particulars 1 ARN 2 Amount Claimed in RFD-01 3 Amount Inadmissible in RFD-06 4 Amount Adjusted in RFD-06 5 Amount Withheld in RFD-07 A 6 Amount Released 7 Amount to be Paid Date: Place: Signature (DSC): Name: Designation: Office Address: ; [No. 14838-FIN-CTI-TAX-0001/2020] By order of the Governor Special Secretary to Government