Amendment in Notification G.O. Ms. No. 6, dated the 14th January, 2019 - G.O. Ms. No. 38 - Puducherry SGST

GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT (G.O. Ms. No. 38, Puducherry, dated 20th July 2020) NOTIFICATION In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), read with section 148 of the said Act, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in the notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 6, dated the 14th January, 2019, published in the Gazette of Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No. 4, dated the 14th January, 2019, namely:- In the said notification, after the fifth proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: Provided also that for the class of registered persons mentioned in column (2) of the Table of the above proviso, who fail to furnish the returns for the tax period as specified in column (3) of the said Table, according to the condition mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table, but furnishes the said return till the 30th day of September, 2020, the total amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act, shall stand waived which is in excess of two hundred and fifty rupees and shall stand fully waived for those taxpayers where the total amount of State tax payable in the said return is Nil: Provided also that for the taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year, who fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of May, 2020 to July, 2020, by the due date but, furnish the said return till the 30th day of September, 2020, 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 and shall stand fully waived for those taxpayers where the total amount of State tax payable in the said return is Nil. . 2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into effect from the 25th day of June, 2020. (By order of the Lieutenant-Governor) SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S., Secretary to Government (Finance).