TMI BlogMaharashtra Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Ordinance, 2020.X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... DINANCE further to amend the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 WHEREAS, in view of the spread of pandemic COVID-19 across many countries of the world including India and thereby the State of Maharashtra, causing immense loss to the lives of people, it has become imperative to relax certain provisions related to time limit under the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... LIII of 2017 2. After section 168 of Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Mah. XLIII of 2017.), the following section shall be inserted, namely:- Power of Government to extend time limit in special circumstances. 168A . (1) Notwithstanding anything contained in this Act, the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification, extend the time limit s ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... to protect them, the Curfews and lockdowns are enforced across all the States in India. In such a situation, it becomes difficult to make statutory compliances under the Act within the prescribed time limit. Hence, the President of India has promulgated the Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance, 2020 (Ordinance No. 2 of 2020) which, inter alias, includes amendment t ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... d Services Tax Act, 2017, by the said Central Ordinance No. 2 of 2020. It is, therefore, proposed to insert new section 168A in the Maharashtra Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. 3. As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session and the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action to amend the Maharashtra ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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