Kerala Goods and Services Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2021. - S. R. O. No. 753/2021 - Kerala SGST

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Taxes (B) Department NOTIFICATION G.O.(P) No.102/2021/TAXES. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 16th October, 2021 30th Kanni, 1197 S. R. O. No. 753/2021 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017), the Government of Kerala, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, issued under G.O.(P) No.79/2017/TAXES. dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No.377/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1367 dated 30th June, 2017, namely:- RULES 1. Short title and commencement.- (1) These rules may be called the Kerala Goods and Services Tax (Sixth Amendment) Rules, 2021. (2) These rules shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of January, 2021. 2. Amendment of the Rules.- In the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said rules), in rule 59, after sub-rule (5), the following sub-rule shall be inserted namely:- (6) Notwithstanding anything contained in this rule, - (a) a registered person shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1, if he has not furnished the return in FORM GSTR-3B for preceding two months; (b) a registered person, required to furnish return for every quarter under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 39, shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1 or using the invoice furnishing facility, if he has not furnished the return in FORM GSTR-3B for preceding tax period; (c) a registered person, who is restricted from using the amount available in electronic credit ledger to discharge his liability towards tax in excess of ninety-nine per cent. of such tax liability under rule 86B, shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1 or using the invoice furnishing facility, if he has not furnished the return in FORM GSTR-3B for preceding tax period. . By order of the Governor, RAJESH KUMAR SINGH, Additional Chief Secretary to Government. Explanatory Note (This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) The Government have framed the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 by notification issued under G.O.(P) No.79/2017/TAXES. dated 30th June, 2017 and published as S.R.O. No.377/2017 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 1367 dated 30th June, 2017 for carrying out the purposes of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017). Now, Government have decided to amend the Kerala Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 for incorporating the recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council. The notification is intended to achieve the above object.