The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has taken a proactive step by issuing Notification No. 56/2023–Central Tax on December 28, 2023. This notification aims to extend the time limit prescribed under Section 73(10) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ("the CGST Act").
The extension specifically relates to the issuance of orders under Section 73(9) of the CGST Act, which plays a crucial role in the recovery process of taxes pertaining to the financial years 2018-19 and 2019-20.
The Official Text of the Notification is as follows
S.O. 5483(E). - In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act) read with section 20 of the Integrated Goods and ServicesTax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), and section 21 of the Union territory Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (14 of 2017) andin partial modification of the notifications of the Government of India, Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 35/2020-Central Tax, dated the 3rd April, 2020 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 235(E), dated the 3rd April, 2020 and No. 14/2021-Central Tax, dated the 1st May, 2021 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 310(E), dated the 1st May, 2021 and No. 13/2022-Central Tax, dated the 5th July, 2022, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R. 516(E), dated the 5th July, 2022, and No. 09/2023-Central Tax, dated the 31st March, 2023 published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (ii), vide number G.S.R. 1564(E) dated the 31st March, 2023, the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby, extends the time limit specified under sub- section (10) of section 73 for issuance of order under sub-section (9) of section 73 of the said Act, for recovery of tax not paid or short paid or of input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized, relating to the period as specified below, namely:–
(i) for the financial year 2018-19, up to the 30th day of April, 2024;
(ii) for the financial year 2019-20, up to the 31st day of August, 2024.
[F. No. CBIC-20013/7/2021-GST]
RAGHAVENDRA PAL SINGH, Director
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