Recent Updates

CBIC - CGST Notification issued on 02/06/2021

Central Tax (Rate) Notification

    Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017-Central Tax (Rate) to prescribe change in CGST rate of goods.

  Seeks to amend notification No. 11/2017- Central Tax (Rate) so as to notify CGST rates of various services as recommended by GST Council in its 43rd meeting held on 28.05.2021.

   Seeks to amend notification No. 06/2019- Central Tax (Rate) so as to give effect to the recommendations made by GST Council in its 43rd meeting held on 28.05.2021.

Integrated Tax Notification

    Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for a specified time for tax periods March, 2021 to May, 2021.

   Seeks to amend Notification No. 4/2019-Integrated Tax dt. 30.09.2019 to change the place of supply for B2B MRO services in case of Shipping industry, to the location of the recipient.

   Seeks to rationalize late fee for delay in furnishing of the statement of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1.

Integrated Tax (Rate) Notification

    Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) to prescribe change in CGST rate of goods.

   Seeks to amend notification No. 08/2017- Integrated Tax (Rate) so as to notify CGST rates of various services as recommended by GST Council in its 43rd meeting held on 28.05.2021.

   Seeks to amend notification No. 06/2019- Integrated Tax (Rate) so as to give effect to the recommendations made by GST Council in its 43rd meeting held on 28.05.2021.

Union Territory Tax Notification

   Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for a specified time for tax periods March, 2021 to May, 2021.

Union Territory Tax (Rate) Notification

   Seeks to amend notification No. 1/2017- Union Territory Tax (Rate) to prescribe change in CGST rate of goods.

  Seeks to amend notification No. 11/2017- Union Territory Tax (Rate) so as to notify CGST rates of various services as recommended by GST Council in its 43rd meeting held on 28.05.2021.

   Seeks to amend notification No. 06/2019- Union Territory Tax (Rate) so as to give effect to the recommendations made by GST Council in its 43rd meeting held on 28.05.2021.

CBIC - CGST Notification issued on 01/06/2021

   Seeks to make amendments (Fifth Amendment, 2021) to the CGST Rules, 2017.

   Seeks to extend the due date for furnishing of FORM ITC-04 for QE March, 2021 to 30.06.2021.

   Seeks to extend the due date for filing FORM GSTR-4 for financial year 2020-21 to 31.07.2021.

   Seeks to amend notification no. 14/2021-Central Tax in order to extend due date of compliances which fall during the period from "15.04.2021 to 29.06.2021" till 30.06.2021

   Seeks to amend Notification no. 13/2020-Central Tax to exclude government departments and local authorities from the requirement of issuance of e-invoice.

   Seeks to rationalize late fee for delay in filing of return in FORM GSTR-7.

   Seeks to rationalize late fee for delay in furnishing of the statement of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1.

   Seeks to rationalize late fee for delay in filing of return in FORM GSTR-3B ; and to provide conditional waiver of late fee for delay in filing FORM GSTR-3B from July, 2017 to April, 2021; and to provide waiver of late fees for late filing of return in FORM GSTR-3B for specified taxpayers and specified tax periods.

   Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for a specified time for tax periods March, 2021to May, 2021.

   Seeks to extend the due date for FORM GSTR-1 for May, 2021 by 15 days.

   Seeks to appoint 01.06.2021 as the day from which the provisions of section 112 of Finance Act, 2021, relating to amendment of section 50 of the CGST Act, 2017 shall come into force.

CBIC – Circular issued on 24/05/2021

Guidelines regarding cancellation of Registration under Rule 22(3) of CGST Rule,2017-Reg.

GST – Haryana - Reimbursement of GST on donation of Covid treatment medicines / goods.

Haryana has issued notification for reimbursement of GST (GST (including the State, Central or IGST portions), paid on purchase of specified medicines / equipment like liquid medical oxygen and other health equipment such as ventilators, medicines ( listed in the Notification) used for treatment of Covid-19 and donated free of cost to the Government of Haryana, hospitals run by State Government, or any Hospital/ Institution permitted by State Government to receive such material through Health & Family Welfare, Department, Government of Haryana.

CBIC - CGST Notification issued on 18/05/2021

Seeks to make fourth amendment (2021) to CGST Rules, 2017.

CBIC - CGST Circular issued on 18/05/2021

Seeks to prescribe Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) for implementation of the provision of extension of time limit to apply for revocation of cancellation of registration under section 30 of the CGST Act, 2017 and rule 23 of the CGST Rules, 2017.

CBIC - Customs Circular issued on 13/05/2021

CBIC has initiated “Special Refund and Drawback Disposal Drive” from 15/05/2021 to 31/05/2021 for priority disposal of pending Customs refund, IGST refund and Customs Duty Drawback claims.

CBIC - CGST Notification issued on 01/05/2021

   Seeks to provide relief by lowering of interest rate for the month of March and April, 2021.

   Seeks to amend notification no. 76/2018-Central Tax in order to provide waiver of late fees for specified taxpayers and specified tax periods.

   Seeks to extend the due date for filing FORM GSTR-4 for financial year 2020-21 to 31.05.2021.

   Seeks to extend the due date for furnishing of FORM ITC-04 for the period Jan-March, 2021 till 31st May, 2021.

   Seeks to extend the due date of furnishing FORM GSTR-1 for April, 2021.

   Seeks to make third amendment (2021) to CGST Rules.

   Seeks to extend specified compliances falling between 15.04.2021 to 30.05.2021 till 31.05.2021 in exercise of powers under section 168A of CGST Act.

CBIC - Notification issued on 27/04/2021

Seeks to make second amendment (2021) to CGST Rules.

Press Release issued on 31/03/2021

Press release on the mandatory use of HSN/SAC on GST invoices w.e.f 1.4.2021-reg.

CBIC - Notification issued on 30/03/2021

Seeks to waive penalty payable for non-compliance of provisions of Notification No. 14/2020 dated 21st March 2020.

Press Release issued on 21/03/2021

Taxpayers are free to utilise Input Tax Credit available in their credit ledger as permissible by law to discharge their GST due for March month.

CBIC - Circular issued on 12/03/2021

seeks to clarify certain refund related issues

CBIC - Notification issued on 08/03/2021

Seeks to implement e-invoicing for the taxpayers having aggregate turnover exceeding Rs. 50 Cr from 01st April 2021.