Amendment in Notification No. S.O.7/P.A.5/2017/S.128/2018, dated the 7th February, 2018 - S.O. 66/P.A.5/2017/S.128/2023 - Punjab SGST

GOVERNMENT OF PUNJAB DEPARTMENT OF EXCISE AND TAXATION ( EXCISE AND TAXATION-II BRANCH) NOTIFICATION The 23rd August, 2023 No. S.O. 66/P.A.5/2017/S.128/2023. In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Punjab Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Punjab Act 5 of 2017), and all other powers enabling him in this behalf, the Governor of Punjab, on being satisfied that it is necessary in the public interest so to do, on the recommendations of the Council, is pleased to make the following amendment in the Government of Punjab, Department of Excise and Taxation, Notification No. S.O.7/P.A.5/2017/S.128/2018, dated the 7th February, 2018, published in the Punjab Government Gazette (Extraordinary), Part-III, dated the 7th February, 2018, namely: AMENDMENT In the said notification, after the sixth proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely: Provided also that the 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 where the total amount of state tax payable in the said return is nil, for the registered persons who fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 for the quarters from July, 2017 to March 2019 or for the Financial years from 2019-20 to 2021-22 by the due date but furnish the said return between the period from the 1st day of April, 2023 to the 30th day of June, 2023. . 2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on and with effect from the 31st day of March, 2023. VIKAS PRATAP, Financial Commissioner (Taxation) to Government of Punjab, Department of Excise and Taxation.