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Important Keyword: Section 20 IGST Act 2017, Section 50(1) CGST Act 2017, Section 148 CGST Act 2017, F. No. CBEC-20/06/08/2020-GST, Notification No. 01/2021 – Integrated Tax.

[F. No. CBEC-20/06/08/2020-GST]
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

New Delhi, the 1st May, 2021

Notification No. 01/2021 – Integrated Tax

GST: [To be published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i)]

G.S.R  (E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017), read with sub-section (1) of section 50 and section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 6/2017 – Integrated Tax, dated the 28^th June, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R. 698(E), dated the 28^th June, 2017, namely:–

(i)  In the said notification, in the first paragraph, in the first proviso, in the Table after S. No. 3, the following shall be inserted, namely: –

(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
“4.	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year	9 per cent for the first 15 days from the due date and 18 per cent thereafter	March, 2021, April, 2021
5.	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year who are liable to furnish the return as specified under sub-section (1) of section 39	Nil for the first 15 days from the due date, 9 per cent for the next 15 days, and 18 percent thereafter	March, 2021, April, 2021
6.	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year who are liable to furnish the return as specified under proviso to sub-section (1) of section 39	Nil for the first 15 days from the due date, 9 per cent for the next 15 days, and 18 percent thereafter	March, 2021, April, 2021
7.	Taxpayers who are liable to furnish the return as specified under sub-section (2) of section 39	Nil for the first 15 days from the due date, 9 percent for the next 15 days, and 18 percent thereafter	Quarter ending March, 2021.”.

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 18^th day of April, 2021.

(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

Note: The principal notification number 06/2017 – Integrated Tax, dated the 28^th June, 2017, was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub- section (i) vide number G.S.R. 698(E), dated the 28^th June, 2017 and was last amended vide notification number 5/2020 – Integrated Tax, dated the 24^th June, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide number G.S.R.410(E), dated the 24^th June, 2020.

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