CBIC notifies extended due dates to file GST Return



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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) has issued a notification extending the due dates for filing GST returns. These amendments, effective from April 1st, 2020, update the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017. The notification details revised rates for composition levy under various sections of the GST Act.

NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 24th June, 2020
No. 50/2020 – Central Tax

G.S.R. 403(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-

1. (1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) They shall come into force with effect from the 01st day of April, 2020.

2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, in rule 7, for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:-

TABLE

Sl.

No.

Section under which composition levy is opted

Category of registered persons

Rate of tax

(1)

(1A)

(2)

(3)

1.

Sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 10

Manufacturers, other than manufacturers of such goods as may be notified by the Government

half per cent. of the turnover in the State or Union territory

2.

Sub-sections (1) and (2) of section 10

Suppliers making supplies referred to in clause (b) of paragraph 6 of Schedule II

two and a half per cent. of the turnover in the State or Union territory

3.

Sub-sections (1) and (2) of

Any other supplier eligible for composition levy under sub- sections (1) and (2) of section 10

half per cent. of the turnover of taxable supplies of goods and services in the State or Union territory

4.

Sub-section (2A) of section 10

Registered persons not eligible under the composition levy under sub-sections (1) and (2), but eligible to opt to pay tax under

sub-section (2A), of section 10

three per cent. of the turnover of taxable supplies of goods and services in the State or Union territory.’’.

[F. No. CBEC-20/06/09/2019-GST]
PRAMOD KUMAR, Director

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FAQ :

The main purpose of the notification is to extend the due dates for filing GST returns and to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.

These rules came into force with effect from the 1st of April, 2020.

Rule 7 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, has been amended, specifically the table detailing the rates for composition levy.

Yes, the notification specifies different rates of tax for manufacturers, suppliers making specific supplies, and other eligible suppliers opting for composition levy.

For manufacturers (other than those of specific notified goods), the rate is half per cent of the turnover in the State or Union territory.

Registered persons eligible to opt for tax payment under sub-section (2A) of section 10 will pay three per cent of the turnover of taxable supplies of goods and services in the State or Union territory.

Attached File : 40_18327_220146.pdf



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