State Government recommendations of the Council, notifies the registered persons who failed to furnish a valid return within a period of thirty days from the service of the assessment order issued on or before the 28th day of February, 2023 - S. R. O. No. 554/2023 - Kerala SGST

GOVERNMENT OF KERALA Taxes (B) Department NOTIFICATION G.O.(P) No.58/2023/TAXES. Dated, Thiruvananthapuram, 6th May, 2023. 22nd Medam, 1198. S. R. O. No. 554/2023 In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of Kerala, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies that the registered persons who failed to furnish a valid return within a period of thirty days from the service of the assessment order issued on or before the 28th day of February, 2023 under sub-section (1) of section 62 of the said Act, as the classes of registered persons, in respect of whom said assessment order shall be deemed to have been withdrawn, if such registered persons follow the special procedures as specified below, namely,- (i) the registered persons shall furnish the said return on or before the 30th day of June 2023; (ii) the return shall be accompanied by payment of interest due under sub-section (1) of section 50 of the said Act and the late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act, irrespective of whether or not an appeal had been filed against such assessment order under section 107 of the said Act or whether or not the appeal, if any, filed against the said assessment order has been decided. 2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the 31st March, 2023 By order of the Governor, Dr. RATHAN U. KELKAR, Secretary to Government. Explanatory Note (This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.) On recommendations of the Goods and Services Tax Council, the Government have decided to introduce an amnesty scheme for deemed withdrawal of assessment orders issued under section 62 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. The notification is intended to achieve the above object.