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Section 96 – Acts – ADVANCE RULING – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 96 – Authority for advance ruling. 96. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, for the purposes of this Act, the Authority for advance ruling constituted under the provisions of a State Goods and Services Tax Act or Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act shall be deemed to be the Authority for advance ruling in respect of that State or Union territory. – Statutory Provisions, Acts, Rules, Regulations,

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Section 97 – Acts – ADVANCE RULING – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 97 – Application for advance ruling. 97. (1) An applicant desirous of obtaining an advance ruling under this Chapter may make an application in such form and manner and accompanied by such fee as may be prescribed, stating the question on which the advance ruling is sought. (2) The question on which the advance ruling is sought under this Act, shall be in respect of,- (a) classification of any goods or servi

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Section 122 – Acts – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 122 – CHAPTER XIX OFFENCES AND PENALTIES Penalty for certain offences. 122. (1) Where a taxable person who- (i) supplies any goods or services or both without issue of any invoice or issues an incorrect or false invoice with regard to any such supply; (ii) issues any invoice or bill without supply of goods or services or both in violation of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder; (iii) collects any amount as tax but fails to pay the same to the Government beyond a period of three months from the date on which such payment becomes due; (iv) collects any tax in contravention of the provisions of this Act but fails to pay the same to the Government beyond a period of three months from the date on which such payment becomes due; (v) fails to deduct the tax in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 51, or deducts an amount which is less than the amount re

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this Act; (xi) is liable to be registered under this Act but fails to obtain registration; (xii) furnishes any false information with regard to registration particulars, either at the time of applying for registration, or subsequently; (xiii) obstructs or prevents any officer in discharge of his duties under this Act; (xiv) transports any taxable goods without the cover of documents as may be specified in this behalf; (xv) suppresses his turnover leading to evasion of tax under this Act; (xvi) fails to keep, maintain or retain books of account and other documents in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder; (xvii) fails to furnish information or documents called for by an officer in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder or furnishes false information or documents during any proceedings under this Act; (xviii) supplies, transports or stores any goods which he has reasons to believe are liable to confiscation under this Ac

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suppression of facts to evade tax, shall be liable to a penalty of ten thousand rupees or ten per cent. of the tax due from such person, whichever is higher; (b) for reason of fraud or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax, shall be liable to a penalty equal to ten thousand rupees or the tax due from such person, whichever is higher. (3) Any person who- (a) aids or abets any of the offences specified in clauses (i) to (xxi) of sub-section (1); (b) acquires possession of, or in any way concerns himself in transporting, removing, depositing, keeping, concealing, supplying, or purchasing or in any other manner deals with any goods which he knows or has reasons to believe are liable to confiscation under this Act or the rules made thereunder; (c) receives or is in any way concerned with the supply of, or in any other manner deals with any supply of services which he knows or has reasons to believe are in contravention of any provisions of this Act or the rules made

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Section 98 – Acts – ADVANCE RULING – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 98 – Procedure on receipt of application. 98. (1) On receipt of an application, the Authority shall cause a copy thereof to be forwarded to the concerned officer and, if necessary, call upon him to furnish the relevant records: Provided that where any records have been called for by the Authority in any case, such records shall, as soon as possible, be returned to the said concerned officer. (2) The Authority may, after examining the application and the records called for and after hearing the applicant or his authorised representative and the concerned officer or his authorised representative, by order, either admit or reject the application: Provided

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nt or obtained by the Authority and after providing an opportunity of being heard to the applicant or his authorised representative as well as to the concerned officer or his authorised representative, pronounce its advance ruling on the question specified in the application. (5) Where the members of the Authority differ on any question on which the advance ruling is sought, they shall state the point or points on which they differ and make a reference to the Appellate Authority for hearing and decision on such question. (6) The Authority shall pronounce its advance ruling in writing within ninety days from the date of receipt of application. (7) A copy of the advance ruling pronounced by the Authority duly signed by the members and certifi

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Section 123 – Acts – OFFENCES AND PENALTIES – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 123 – Penalty for failure to furnish information return. 123. If a person who is required to furnish an information return under section 150 fails to do so within the period specified in the notice issued under sub-section (3) thereof, the proper officer may direct that such person shall be liable to pay a penalty of one hundred rupees for each day of the period during which the failure to furnish s

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Section 99 – Acts – ADVANCE RULING – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 99 – Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling. 99. Subject to the provisions of this Chapter, for the purposes of this Act, the Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling constituted under the provisions of a State Goods and Services Tax Act or a Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act shall be deemed to be the Appellate Authority in respect of that State or Union territory. – Statutory Provisions, Acts, Rules,

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Section 119 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 119 – Sums due to be paid notwithstanding appeal, etc. 119. Notwithstanding that an appeal has been preferred to the High Court or the Supreme Court, sums due to the Government as a result of an order passed by the National or Regional Benches of the Appellate Tribunal under sub-section (1) of section 113 or an order passed by the State Bench or Area Benches of the Appellate Tribunal under sub-section

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Section 51 – Acts – PAYMENT OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 51 – Tax deduction at source. 51. (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in this Act, the Government may mandate,- (a) a department or establishment of the Central Government or State Government; or (b) local authority; or (c) Governmental agencies; or (d) such persons or category of persons as may be notified by the Government on the recommendations of the Council, (hereafter in this section referred to as the deductor ), to deduct tax at the rate of one per cent. from the payment made or credited to the supplier (hereafter in this section referred to as the deductee ) of taxable goods or services or both, where the total value of such

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deductor shall furnish to the deductee a certificate mentioning therein the contract value, rate of deduction, amount deducted, amount paid to the Government and such other particulars in such manner as may be prescribed. (4) If any deductor fails to furnish to the deductee the certificate, after deducting the tax at source, within five days of crediting the amount so deducted to the Government, the deductor shall pay, by way of a late fee, a sum of one hundred rupees per day from the day after the expiry of such five days period until the failure is rectified, subject to a maximum amount of five thousand rupees. (5) The deductee shall claim credit, in his electronic cash ledger, of the tax deducted and reflected in the return of the deduct

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Section 120 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 120 – Appeal not to be filed in certain cases. 120. (1) The Board may, on the recommendations of the Council, from time to time, issue orders or instructions or directions fixing such monetary limits, as it may deem fit, for the purposes of regulating the filing of appeal or application by the officer of the central tax under the provisions of this Chapter. (2) Where, in pursuance of the orders or instructions or directions issued under sub-section (1), the officer of the central tax has not filed an appeal or application against any decision or order passed under the provisions of this Act, it shall not preclude such officer of the central tax f

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Section 95 – Acts – ADVANCE RULING – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 95 – CHAPTER XVII ADVANCE RULING Definitions. 95. In this Chapter, unless the context otherwise requires,- (a) advance ruling means a decision provided by the Authority or the Appellate Authority to an applicant on matters or on questions specified in sub-section (2) of section 97 or sub-section (1) of section 100, in relation to the supply of goods or services or both being undertaken or proposed to be unde

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Section 121 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 121 – Non-appealable decisions and orders. 121. Notwithstanding anything to the contrary in any provisions of this Act, no appeal shall lie against any decision taken or order passed by an officer of central tax if such decision taken or order passed relates to any one or more of the following matters, namely:- (a) an order of the Commissioner or other authority empowered to direct transfer of proceed

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Section 47 – Acts – RETURNS – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 47 – Levy of late fee. 47. (1) Any registered person who fails to furnish the details of outward or inward supplies required under section 37 or section 38 or returns required under section 39 or section 45 by the due date shall pay a late fee of one hundred rupees for every day during which such failure continues subject to a maximum amount of five thousand rupees. (2) Any registered person who fails to furnish th

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Section 48 – Acts – RETURNS – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 48 – Goods and services tax practitioners. 48. (1) The manner of approval of goods and services tax practitioners, their eligibility conditions, duties and obligations, manner of removal and other conditions relevant for their functioning shall be such as may be prescribed. (2) A registered person may authorise an approved goods and services tax practitioner to furnish the details of outward supplies under section

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Section 116 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 116 – Appearance by authorised representative. 116. (1) Any person who is entitled or required to appear before an officer appointed under this Act, or the Appellate Authority or the Appellate Tribunal in connection with any proceedings under this Act, may, otherwise than when required under this Act to appear personally for examination on oath or affirmation, subject to the other provisions of this section, appear by an authorised representative. (2) For the purposes of this Act, the expression authorised representative shall mean a person authorised by the person referred to in sub-section (1) to appear on his behalf, being- (a) his relative or

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ement or resignation; or (e) any person who has been authorised to act as a goods and services tax practitioner on behalf of the concerned registered person. (3) No person,- (a) who has been dismissed or removed from Government service; or (b) who is convicted of an offence connected with any proceedings under this Act, the State Goods and Services Tax Act, the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act, or under the existing law or under any of the Acts passed by a State Legislature dealing with the imposition of taxes on sale of goods or supply of goods or services or both; or (c) who is found guilty of misconduct by the prescribed authority; (d) who has been adjudged as an insolvent, shall be

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Section 117 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 117 – Appeal to High Court. 117. (1) Any person aggrieved by any order passed by the State Bench or Area Benches of the Appellate Tribunal may file an appeal to the High Court and the High Court may admit such appeal, if it is satisfied that the case involves a substantial question of law. (2) An appeal under sub-section (1) shall be filed within a period of one hundred and eighty days from the date on which the order appealed against is received by the aggrieved person and it shall be in such form, verified in such manner as may be prescribed: Provided that the High Court may entertain an appeal after the expiry of the said period if it is satis

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judgment thereon containing the grounds on which such decision is founded and may award such cost as it deems fit. (5) The High Court may determine any issue which- (a) has not been determined by the State Bench or Area Benches; or (b) has been wrongly determined by the State Bench or Area Benches, by reason of a decision on such question of law as herein referred to in sub-section (3). (6) Where an appeal has been filed before the High Court, it shall be heard by a Bench of not less than two Judges of the High Court, and shall be decided in accordance with the opinion of such Judges or of the majority, if any, of such Judges. (7) Where there is no such majority, the Judges shall state the point of law upon which they differ and the case s

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Section 49 – Acts – PAYMENT OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 49 – CHAPTER X PAYMENT OF TAX Payment of tax, interest, penalty and other amounts. 49. (1) Every deposit made towards tax, interest, penalty, fee or any other amount by a person by internet banking or by using credit or debit cards or National Electronic Fund Transfer or Real Time Gross Settlement or by such other mode and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, shall be credited to the electronic cash ledger of such person to be maintained in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) The input tax credit as self-assessed in the return of a registered person shall be credited to his electronic credit ledger, in accordance with 1[se

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son on account of- (a) integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of central tax and State tax, or as the case may be, Union territory tax, in that order; (b) the central tax shall first be utilised towards payment of central tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of integrated tax; (c) the State tax shall first be utilised towards payment of State tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards payment of integrated tax; 2[Provided that the input tax credit on account of State tax shall be utilised towards payment of integrated tax only where the balance of the input tax credit on account of c

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fter payment of tax, interest, penalty, fee or any other amount payable under this Act or the rules made thereunder may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of section 54. (7) All liabilities of a taxable person under this Act shall be recorded and maintained in an electronic liability register in such manner as may be prescribed. (8) Every taxable person shall discharge his tax and other dues under this Act or the rules made thereunder in the following order, namely:- (a) self-assessed tax, and other dues related to returns of previous tax periods; (b) self-assessed tax, and other dues related to the return of the current tax period; (c) any other amount payable under this Act or the rules made thereunder including the demand dete

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Section 50 – Acts – PAYMENT OF TAX – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 50 – Interest on delayed payment of tax. 50. (1) Every person who is liable to pay tax in accordance with the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder, but fails to pay the tax or any part thereof to the Government within the period prescribed, shall for the period for which the tax or any part thereof remains unpaid, pay, on his own, interest at such rate, not exceeding eighteen per cent., as may

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Section 118 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 118 – Appeal to Supreme Court. 118. (1) An appeal shall lie to the Supreme Court- (a) from any order passed by the National Bench or Regional Benches of the Appellate Tribunal; or (b) from any judgment or order passed by the High Court in an appeal made under section 117 in any case which, on its own motion or on an application made by or on behalf of the party aggrieved, immediately after passing of

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Section 112 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 112 – Appeals to Appellate Tribunal 112. (1) Any person aggrieved by an order passed against him under section 107 or section 108 of this Act or the State Goods and Services Tax Act or the Union Territory Goods and Services Tax Act may appeal to the Appellate Tribunal against such order within three months from the date on which the order sought to be appealed against is communicated to the person preferring the appeal. (2) The Appellate Tribunal may, in its discretion, refuse to admit any such appeal where the tax or input tax credit involved or the difference in tax or input tax credit involved or the amount of fine, fee or penalty determined b

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ioner in his order. (4) Where in pursuance of an order under sub-section (3) the authorised officer makes an application to the Appellate Tribunal, such application shall be dealt with by the Appellate Tribunal as if it were an appeal made against the order under sub-section (11) of section 107 or under sub-section (1) of section 108 and the provisions of this Act shall apply to such application, as they apply in relation to appeals filed under sub-section (1). (5) On receipt of notice that an appeal has been preferred under this section, the party against whom the appeal has been preferred may, notwithstanding that he may not have appealed against such order or any part thereof, file, within forty-five days of the receipt of notice, a memo

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may be prescribed. (8) No appeal shall be filed under sub-section (1), unless the appellant has paid- (a) in full, such part of the amount of tax, interest, fine, fee and penalty arising from the impugned order, as is admitted by him, and (b) a sum equal to twenty per cent. of the remaining amount of tax in dispute, in addition to the amount paid under sub-section (6) of section 107, arising from the said order 1[subject to a maximum of fifty crore rupees], in relation to which the appeal has been filed. (9) Where the appellant has paid the amount as per sub-section (8), the recovery proceedings for the balance amount shall be deemed to be stayed till the disposal of the appeal. (10) Every application made before the Appellate Tribunal,- (

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Section 43 – Acts – RETURNS – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 43 – Matching, reversal and reclaim of reduction in output tax liability. 43. (1) The details of every credit note relating to outward supply furnished by a registered person (hereafter in this section referred to as the supplier ) for a tax period shall, in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed, be matched- (a) with the corresponding reduction in the claim for input tax credit by the corresponding registered person (hereafter in this section referred to as the recipient ) in his valid return for the same tax period or any subsequent tax period; and (b) for duplication of claims for reduction in output tax liability. (2) The claim for reduction

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discrepancy is communicated under sub-section (3) and which is not rectified by the recipient in his valid return for the month in which discrepancy is communicated shall be added to the output tax liability of the supplier, in such manner as may be prescribed, in his return for the month succeeding the month in which the discrepancy is communicated. (6) The amount in respect of any reduction in output tax liability that is found to be on account of duplication of claims shall be added to the output tax liability of the supplier in his return for the month in which such duplication is communicated. (7) The supplier shall be eligible to reduce, from his output tax liability, the amount added under sub-section (5) if the recipient declares t

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Section 113 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 113 – Orders of Appellate Tribunal. 113. (1) The Appellate Tribunal may, after giving the parties to the appeal an opportunity of being heard, pass such orders thereon as it thinks fit, confirming, modifying or annulling the decision or order appealed against or may refer the case back to the Appellate Authority, or the Revisional Authority or to the original adjudicating authority, with such directions as it may think fit, for a fresh adjudication or decision after taking additional evidence, if necessary. (2) The Appellate Tribunal may, if sufficient cause is shown, at any stage of hearing of an appeal, grant time to the parties or any of them

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liability of the other party, shall be made under this sub-section, unless the party has been given an opportunity of being heard. (4) The Appellate Tribunal shall, as far as possible, hear and decide every appeal within a period of one year from the date on which it is filed. (5) The Appellate Tribunal shall send a copy of every order passed under this section to the Appellate Authority or the Revisional Authority, or the original adjudicating authority, as the case may be, the appellant and the jurisdictional Commissioner or the Commissioner of State tax or the Union territory tax. (6) Save as provided in section 117 or section 118, orders passed by the Appellate Tribunal on an appeal shall be final and binding on the parties. – Statutor

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Section 44 – Acts – RETURNS – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 44 – Annual return. 44. (1) Every registered person, other than an Input Service Distributor, a person paying tax under section 51 or section 52, a casual taxable person and a non-resident taxable person, shall furnish an annual return for every financial year electronically in such form and manner as may be prescribed on or before the thirty-first day of December following the end of such financial year. (2) Every

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Final return. – Section 45 – Acts – RETURNS – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 45 – Final return. 45. Every registered person who is required to furnish a return under sub-section (1

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Section 114 – Acts – APPEALS AND REVISION – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 114 – Financial and administrative powers of President. 114. The President shall exercise such financial and administrative powers over the National Bench and Regional Benches of the Appellate Tribunal as may be prescribed: Provided that the President shall have the authority to delegate such of his financial and administrative powers as he may think fit to any other Member or any officer of the Natio

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Notice to return defaulters. – Section 46 – Acts – RETURNS – CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 – Section 46 – Notice to return defaulters. 46. Where a registered person fails to furnish a retur

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