Amendment in Notification No. 19/2019/TAXES. dated 28th January, 2019 - S. R. O. No. 663/2021 - Kerala SGST

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Taxes (B) Department NOTIFICATION G.O.(P) No.65/2021/TAXES. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 7th September, 2021 22nd Chingam, 1197 S. R. O. No. 663/2021 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification issued under G.O.(P) No.19/2019/TAXES. dated 28th January, 2019 and published as S.R.O. No.80/2019 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 204 dated 30 th January, 2019, namely: - In the said notification,- (i) in the eighth proviso, with effect from the 20 th day of May, 2021, for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely: - Table S. No. (1) Class of registered persons (2) Tax period (3) Period for which late fee waived (4) 1. Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year March, 2021, April, 2021 and May, 2021 Fifteen days from the due date of furnishing return 2. Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year who are liable to furnish the return as specified under sub-section (1) of section 39 March, 2021 Sixty days from the due date of furnishing return April, 2021 Forty-five days from the due date of furnishing return May, 2021 Thirty days from the due date of furnishing return 3. Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year who are liable to furnish the return as specified under proviso to sub- section (1) of section 39 January-March, 2021 Sixty days from the due date of furnishing return. ; (ii) after the eighth proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: - Provided also that for the registered persons who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months /quarter of July, 2017 to April, 2021, by the due date but furnish the said return between the period from the 1 st day of June, 2021 to the 31 st day of August, 2021, the total amount of late fee under section 47 of the said Act, shall stand waived which is in excess of five hundred rupees: Provided also that where the total amount of state tax payable in the said return is nil, the total amount of late fee under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived which is in excess of two hundred and fifty rupees for the registered persons who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months / quarter of July, 2017 to April, 2021, by the due date but furnish the said return between the period from the 1 st day of June, 2021 to the 31 st day of August, 2021: Provided also that the total amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act for the tax period June, 2021 onwards or quarter ending June, 2021 onwards, as the case may be, shall stand waived which is in excess of an amount as specified in column (3) of the Table given below, for the class of registered persons mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, who fail to furnish the returns in FORM GSTR-3B by the due date, namely: - Table S. No. (1) Class of registered persons (2) Amount (3) 1. Registered persons whose total amount of state tax payable in the said return is nil Two hundred and fifty rupees 2. Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 1.5 crores in the preceding financial year, other than those covered under S. No. 1 One thousand rupees 3. Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 1.5 crores and up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year, other than those covered under S. No. 1 Two thousand and five hundred rupees . By order of the Governor, Dr. Sharmila Mary Joseph, Secretary to Government. Explanatory Note (This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) On recommendation of the Goods and Services Tax Council, Government have decided to rationalize late fee for delay in filing of return in FORM GSTR-3B ; and to provide conditional waiver of late fee for delay in filing FORM GSTR-3B from July, 2017 to April, 2021; and to provide waiver of late fees for late filing of return in FORM GSTR-3B for specified taxpayers and specified tax periods. The notification is intended to achieve the above object.