Notification No. 31/2020 – Central Tax: Seeks to Provide R by Conditional Lowering of Interest Rate for Tax Periods of February, 2020 to April, 2020.

Important Keyword: Notification No. 31/2020 – Central Tax, F. No. CBEC-20/06/04/2020-GST, Section 148 CGST Act 2017, Section 50(1) CGST Act 2017, Notification No. 13/2017 – Central Tax.

[F. No. CBEC-20/06/04/2020-GST]
Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

New Delhi, the 3rd April, 2020

Notification No. 31/2020 – Central 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 sub-section (1) of section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), read with section 148 of the said Act, the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No.13/2017 – Central 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. 661(E), dated the 28^th June, 2017, namely:–

In the said notification, in the first paragraph, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: –

“Provided that, the rate of interest per annum shall be as specified in column (3) of the Table given below, for the class of registered persons, mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, who are required to furnish the returns in FORM GSTR-3B, but fail to furnish the said return along with payment of tax for the months mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (4) of the said Table by the due date, but furnish the said return according to the condition mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (5) of the said Table, namely:–

Table

S. No. (1)	Class of registered persons (2)	Rate of interest (3)	Tax period (4)	Condition (5)
	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year.	Nil for first 15 days from the due date, and 9 percent thereafter	February 2020, March 2020, April 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 24th day of June 2020
2	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 1.5 crores and up to rupees five crores in the preceding financial year	Nil	February, 2020, March, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 29th day of June 2020
			April, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 30th day of June 2020
3.	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 1.5 crores in the preceding financial year	Nil	February, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 30th day of June 2020
			March, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 3rd day of July 2020
			April, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 6th day of July 2020.”.

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 20^th day of March 2020.

(Pramod Kumar)
Director,
Government of India

Note: The principal notification number 13/2017 – Central 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.661(E), dated the 28^th June, 2017.

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