GST > 2023 Instructions / Guidelines

Instruction No. 05/2023-GST Judgment of the Honourable Supreme Court in the case of Northern Operating Systems Private Limited (NOS).

Representations have been received in the Board that, subsequent to the aforesaid judgment, many field formations have initiated proceedings for the alleged evasion of GST on the issue of secondment under section 74(1) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘CGST Act’).

Instruction No. 04/2023-GST: Serving of the summary of notice in FORM GST DRC-01 and uploading of summary of order in FORM GST DRC-07 electronically on the portal by the proper officer.

Reference is invited to the provisions of section 52, section 73, section 74, section 122, section 123, section 124, section 125, section 127, section 129 and section 130 of Central Goods and Service Tax Act, 2017 (herein after referred to as the CGST Act), as per which a notice is required to be issued by the proper officer to a person for demand and recovery of any amount of tax not paid or short paid/ amount of input tax credit wrongly availed/ amount of refund erroneously made, for recovery of interest and/ or for imposition of any penalty or fine on the said person.

Instruction No. 01/2023-GST: Guidelines for Special All-India Drive against fake registrations -regarding

During the National Coordination Meeting of the State and Central GST officers held at New Delhi on 24th April 2023, the issue of unscrupulous elements misusing the identity of other persons to obtain fake/ bogus registration under GST, with an intention to defraud the Government exchequer, was deliberated.

Instruction No. 02/2023-GST: Standard Operating Procedure for Scrutiny of Returns for FY 2019-20 onwards

Attention is invited to the Instruction No. 02/2022-GST dated 22nd March, 2022, wherein a Standard Operating Procedure (SOP) was provided for scrutiny of returns under section 61 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “the CGST Act) read with rule 99 of Central Goods and Service Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as “the CGST Rules”) for FY 2017-18 and 2018-19.