Govt releases the Central Goods and Services Tax (Thirteenth Amendment) Rules, 2020



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The Central Government has issued the Central Goods and Services Tax (Thirteenth Amendment) Rules, 2020, effective from their publication date. A significant change involves the substitution of rule 59, which governs the furnishing of outward supply details. This revised rule, effective from 1 January 2021, outlines specific requirements for registered persons regarding how and when to report sales of goods or services.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 10th November 2020

No. 82/2020–Central Tax

G.S.R. 698(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 recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely: -

1. Short title and commencement. - (1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Thirteenth Amendment) Rules, 2020.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. 

2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said
rules), for rule 59, the following rule shall be substituted with effect from the 1st day of January, 2021
namely: -

"59. Form and manner of furnishing details of outward supplies.- (1) Every registered person, other than a person referred to in section 14 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), required to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37, shall furnish such details in FORM GSTR-1 for the month or the quarter, as the case may be, electronically through the common portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre as may be notified by the Commissioner.

(2) The registered persons required to furnish return for every quarter under proviso to sub-section (1) of section 39 may furnish the details of such outward supplies of goods or services or both to a registered person, as he may consider necessary, for the first and second months of a quarter, up to a cumulative value of fifty lakh rupees in each of the months,- using invoice furnishing facility (hereafter in this notification referred to as the ―IFF‖) electronically on the common portal, duly authenticated in the manner prescribed under rule 26, from the 1st day of the month succeeding such month till the 13th day of the said month.

(3) The details of outward supplies furnished using the IFF, for the first and second months of a quarter, shall not be furnished in FORM GSTR-1 for the said quarter.

(4)The details of outward supplies of goods or services or both furnished in FORM GSTR-1 shall include the–

(a) invoice wise details of all -

(i) inter-State and intra-State supplies made to the registered persons; and
(ii) inter-State supplies with invoice value more than two and a half lakh rupees made to the unregistered persons;

(b) consolidated details of all -

(i) intra-State supplies made to unregistered persons for each rate of tax; and
(ii) State wise inter-State supplies with invoice value upto two and a half lakh rupees made to unregistered persons for each rate of tax;

(c) debit and credit notes, if any, issued during the month for invoices issued previously.

(5) The details of outward supplies of goods or services or both furnished using the IFF shall include the –

(a) invoice wise details of inter-State and intra-State supplies made to the registered persons;
(b) debit and credit notes, if any, issued during the month for such invoices issued previously."

To read more in details, find the enclosed file

FAQ :

These rules further amend the existing Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, primarily focusing on changes to how registered persons furnish details of outward supplies.

The rules generally come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette, with specific provisions, such as the revised rule 59, becoming effective from 1 January 2021.

Rule 59 has been substituted to detail the form and manner of furnishing outward supply details, including the use of FORM GSTR-1 and an Invoice Furnishing Facility (IFF) for certain quarterly filers.

The IFF allows registered persons who file quarterly returns to furnish outward supply details for the first two months of a quarter, up to a cumulative value of fifty lakh rupees per month, electronically.

FORM GSTR-1 must include invoice-wise details of inter-state and intra-state supplies to registered persons, and inter-state supplies to unregistered persons with an invoice value over two and a half lakh rupees. It also requires consolidated details for intra-state supplies to unregistered persons and certain inter-state supplies to unregistered persons, along with debit and credit notes.

Attached File : 40_18716_223036.pdf



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