Central Goods and Services Tax (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023

Last updated: 30 September 2023

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The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs has issued the Central Goods and Services Tax (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023. These new rules, effective from October 1st, 2023, amend existing GST registration procedures. Specifically, sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, has been substituted to reflect these changes.

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification
No. 51/2023 – Central Tax

New Delhi, dated the 29th September, 2023

G.S.R…(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 and in supersession of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023, 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 (Third Amendment) Rules, 2023.

(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 2023.

2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 8, for sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:–

“(1) Every person who is liable to be registered under sub-section (1) of section 25 and every person seeking registration under sub-section (3) of section 25 (hereafter in this Chapter referred to as "the applicant"), except–

For full notification please refer to the attachment.

FAQ :

These are new rules that amend the existing Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, concerning GST registration.

These rules shall come into force on the 1st day of October, 2023.

Sub-rule (1) of rule 8 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, has been substituted.

The amendments affect every person liable to be registered under sub-section (1) of section 25 and every person seeking registration under sub-section (3) of section 25.