Goods and Services Tax

Section 80 – Draft-Bills-Reports – INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 80 – 80. Inspection of goods in movement (1) The Central or a State Government may require the person in charge of a conveyance carrying any consignment of goods of value exceeding a specified amount to carry with him such documents as may be prescribed and also to carry with him such devices in such manner as may be pr

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Section 79 – Draft-Bills-Reports – INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARRES – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 79 – CHAPTER- XVIII INSPECTION, SEARCH, SEIZURE AND ARREST 79. Power of inspection, search and seizure (1) Where the CGST/SGST officer, not below the rank of Joint Commissioner, has reasons to believe that – (a) a taxable person has suppressed any transaction relating to supply of goods and/or services or the stock of goods in hand, or has claimed input tax credit in excess of his entitlement under the Act or has indulged in contravention of any of the provisions of this Act or rules made thereunder to evade tax under this Act; or (b) any person engaged in the business of transporting goods or an owner or operator of a warehouse or a godown or any other place is keeping goods which have escaped payment of tax or has kept his accounts or goods in such a manner as is likely to cause evasion of tax payable under

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with the previous permission of such officer: PROVIDED FURTHER that the documents or books or things so seized shall be retained by such officer only for so long as may be necessary for their examination and for any inquiry or proceeding under this Act. (3) The documents, books or things referred to in sub-section (2) or any other documents, books or things produced by a taxable person or any other person, which have not been relied on for the issue of notice under the Act or rules made thereunder, shall be returned to such person within a period not exceeding thirty days of the issue of the said notice. (4) The officer authorised under sub-section (2) shall have the power to seal or break open the door of any premises or to break open any almirah, box, receptacle in which any goods, accounts, registers or documents of the person are suspected to be concealed, where access to such premises, almirah, box or receptacle is denied. (5) The person from whose custody any documents are seized

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urther period not exceeding six months. (8) The Central or a State Government may, having regard to the perishable or hazardous nature of any goods, depreciation in the value of the goods with the passage of time, constraints of storage space for the goods or any other relevant considerations, by notification, specify the goods or class of goods which shall, as soon as may be after its seizure under sub-section (2), be disposed of by the proper officer in such manner as the Central or a State Government may prescribe. (9) Where any goods, being goods specified under sub-section (8), have been seized by a proper officer under sub-section (2), he shall prepare an inventory of such goods in the manner as may be prescribed in this behalf. (10) The provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (2 of 1974), relating to search and seizure, shall, so far as may be, apply to search and seizure under this section subject to the modification that sub-section (5) of section 165 of the said Co

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Section 78 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 78 – 78. Continuation and validation of certain recovery proceedings (1) Where any notice of demand in respect of any tax, penalty, interest or any other amount payable under this Act, (hereinafter in this section referred to as Government dues ), is served upon any taxable person or any other person and any appeal, revision application is filed or other proceedings is initiated in respect of such Government dues, then – (a) Where such Government dues are enhanced in such appeal, revision or other proceeding, the Commissioner shall serve upon the taxable person or any other person

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Section 77 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 77 – 77. Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases (1) Where during the pendency of any proceedings under section 60, 61, 62 , 66, 67 or 79 the Commissioner is of the opinion that for the purpose of protecting the interest of the Government revenue, it is necessary so to do, he may by order in writing attach provisional

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Section 76 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 76 – 76. Tax to be first charge on property Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any law for the time being in force, any amount payable by a taxable person or any other person on account of tax, interest or penalty which he is liable to pay to the Central or a State Government shall be a first charge on the property of

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Section 75 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 75 – 75. Transfer of property to be void in certain cases Where a person, after any amount has become due from him, creates a charge on or parts with the property belonging to him or in his possession by way of sale, mortgage, exchange, or any other mode of transfer whatsoever of any of his properties in favour of any other person with

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Section 74 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 74 – 74. Payment of tax and other amount in installments. On an application filed by a taxable person, the [Commissioner/Chief Commissioner] may, for reasons to be recorded in writing, extend the time for payment or allow payment of any amount due under the Act, other than the amount due as per the liability self-assessed in any return,

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Section 73 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 73 – 73. Bar on recovery proceedings (1) Where a person has filed an appeal under section 98 or section 101, as the case may be, against the order of demand, the proper officer may not enforce the payment of demand until the appeal is resolved. (2) Nothing in this section shall stay any proceedings by the proper officer for the recovery

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Section 72 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 72 – 72. Recovery of tax (1) Where any amount payable by a person to the credit of the Central or a State Government under any of the provisions of this Act or of the rules made thereunder is not paid, the proper officer shall proceed to recover the amount by one or more of the modes mentioned below: – (a) the proper officer may deduct or may require any other specified officer to deduct the amount so payable from any money owing to such person which may be under the control of the proper officer or such other specified officer; (b) the proper officer may recover or may require any other specified officer to recover the amount so payable by detaining and selling any goods belonging to such person which are under the control of the proper officer or such other specified officer; (c) (i) the proper officer may, by a notice in wr

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) in case the person to whom a notice under this section has been issued, fails to make the payment in pursuance thereof to the Central or a State Government, he shall be deemed to be a defaulter in respect of the amount specified in the notice and all the consequences of this Act or the rules made thereunder shall follow; (iv) the officer issuing a notice under sub-clause (i) may, at any time or from time to time, amend or revoke such notice or extend the time for making any payment in pursuance of the notice; (v) any person making any payment in compliance with a notice issued under sub-clause (i) shall be deemed to have made the payment under the authority of the person in default and such payment being credited to the appropriate Government shall be deemed to constitute a good and sufficient discharge of the liability of such person to the person in default to the extent of the amount specified in the receipt; (vi) any person discharging any liability to the person in default after

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competent authority and in accordance with the rules made in this behalf, distrain any movable or immovable property belonging to or under the control of such person, and detain the same until the amount payable is paid; and in case, any part of the said amount payable or of the cost of the distress or keeping of the property, remains unpaid for a period of thirty days next after any such distress, may cause the said property to be sold and with the proceeds of such sale, may satisfy the amount payable and the costs including cost of sale remaining unpaid and shall render the surplus amount, if any, to such person; (e) the proper officer may prepare a certificate signed by him specifying the amount due from such person and send it to the Collector of the district in which such person owns any property or resides or carries on his business and the said Collector, on receipt of such certificate, shall proceed to recover from such person the amount specified there under as if it were an

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Section 71 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 71 – 71. Initiation of recovery proceedings Any amount payable by a taxable person in pursuance of an order passed under the Act shall be paid by such person within a period of ninety days from the date of service of such order: PROVIDED that where the proper officer considers it expedient in the interest of revenue, he may, for reasons

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Section 70 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 70 – 70. Tax wrongfully collected and deposited with the Central or a State Government (1) A taxable person who has paid CGST/SGST (in SGST Act) on a transaction considered by him to be an intra-state supply, but which is subsequently held to be an inter-state supply shall be granted refund of the amount of CGST /SGST (in SGST Act) so p

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Section 69 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 69 – 69. Tax collected but not deposited with the Central or a State Government (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in any order or direction of any Appellate Authority or Tribunal or Court or in any other provision of this Act or the rules made thereunder or any other law, every person who has collected from any other person any amount as representing the tax under this Act, and has not paid the said amount to the Central or a State Government, shall forthwith deposit the said amount to the credit of the Central or a State Government, regardless of whether the s

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nt due from such person and thereupon such person shall pay the amount so determined. (4) The person referred to in sub-section (1) shall, in addition to paying the amount referred to in sub-section (1) or (3), as the case may be, also be liable to pay interest thereon at the rate specified under section 45 from the date such amount was collected by him to the date such amount is paid by him to the credit of the Central or a State Government. (5) An opportunity for personal hearing shall be granted where a request is received in writing from the person to whom the notice was issued to show cause. (6) The proper officer shall issue an order within one year from the date of issue of the notice. (7) Where the issuance of order is stayed by an

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Section 68 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 68 – 68. General provisions relating to determination of tax (1) Where the service of notice or issuance of order is stayed by an order of a Court, the period of such stay shall be excluded in computing the period specified in sub-sections (2) and (8) of section 66 or subsections (2) and (8) of section 67, as the case may be. (2) Where any Appellate Authority or Tribunal or Court concludes that the notice issued under sub-section (1) or (3) of section 67 is not sustainable for the reason that the charges of fraud or any wilful mis-statement or suppression of facts to evade tax has

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ax, grant time, from time to time, to the said person and adjourn the hearing for reasons to be recorded in writing: PROVIDED that no such adjournment shall be granted more than three times to a person during the proceeding. (6) The proper officer, in his order, shall set out the relevant facts and the basis of his decision. (7) The amount of tax, interest and penalty demanded in the order shall not be in excess of the amount specified in the notice and no demand shall be confirmed on grounds other than the grounds specified in the notice. (8) Where the Appellate Authority or Tribunal or Court modifies the amount of tax determined by the proper officer, the amount of interest and penalty shall stand modified accordingly, taking into account

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or as the case may be, the High Court is pending, the period spent between the date of the decision of the First Appellate Authority and the date of decision of the Appellate Tribunal or the date of decision of the Appellate Tribunal and the date of the decision of the High Court or as the case may be, the date of the decision of the High Court and the date of the decision of the Supreme Court shall be excluded in computing the period referred to in sub-section (8) of section 66 or sub-section (8) of section 67, as the case may be, where proceedings are initiated by way of issue of a show cause notice under this section. (12) Notwithstanding anything contained in section 66 or 67, where any amount of self-assessed tax in accordance with a

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Section 67 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 67 – 67. Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized by reason of fraud or any willful-misstatement or suppression of facts (1) Where any tax has not been paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or where input tax credit has been wrongly availed or utilized by reason of fraud, or any willful-misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax, the proper officer shall serve notice on the person chargeable with tax which has not been so paid or which has been so short paid or to whom the refund has erroneously

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hargeable with tax. The service of such statement shall be deemed to be service of notice on such person under the sub-section (1), subject to the condition that the grounds relied upon for such periods other than those covered under sub-section (1) are the same as are mentioned in the earlier notice. (4) The person chargeable with tax may, before service of notice under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, the statement under sub-section (3), pay the amount of tax along with interest payable under section 45 and a penalty equivalent to fifteen per cent of such tax on the basis of his own ascertainment of such tax or the tax as ascertained by the proper officer and inform the proper officer in writing of such payment. The proper officer,

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tax within thirty days of issue of the notice, all proceedings in respect of the said notice shall be deemed to be concluded. (7) The proper officer shall, after considering the representation, if any, made by the person chargeable with tax, determine the amount of tax, interest and penalty due from such person and issue an order. (8) The proper officer shall issue the order under sub-section (7) within a period of five years from the due date for filing of annual return for the year to which the tax not paid or short paid or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized relates or, as the case may be, within five years from the date of erroneous refund. (9) Where any person served with an order issued under sub-section (7) pays the tax alon

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Section 66 – Draft-Bills-Reports – DEMANDS AND RECOVERY – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 66 – CHAPTER – XVII DEMANDS AND RECOVERY 66. Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized for any reason other than fraud or any wilful misstatement or suppression of facts (1) Where any tax has not been paid or short paid or erroneously refunded, or where input tax credit has been wrongly availed or utilized for any reason, other than the reason of fraud or any willful-misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax, the proper officer shall serve notice on the person chargeable with tax which has not been so

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gly availed or utilized for such periods other than those covered under subsection (1), on the person chargeable with tax. The service of such statement shall be deemed to be service of notice on such person under the aforesaid sub-section (1), subject to the condition that the grounds relied upon for such tax periods other than those covered under subsection (1) are the same as are mentioned in the earlier notice. (4) The person chargeable with tax may, before service of notice under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, the statement under sub-section (3), pay the amount of tax along with interest payable thereon under section 45 on the basis of his own ascertainment of such tax or the tax as ascertained by the proper officer and inform

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ection 45 within thirty days of issue of show cause notice, no penalty shall be payable and all proceedings in respect of the said notice shall be deemed to be concluded. (7) The proper officer shall, after considering the representation, if any, made by person chargeable with tax, determine the amount of tax, interest and a penalty equivalent to ten percent of tax or ten thousand rupees, whichever is higher, due from such person and issue an order. (8) The proper officer shall issue the order under sub-section (7) within three years from the due date for filing of annual return for the year to which the tax not paid or short paid or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilized relates or, as the case may be, within three years from the dat

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Section 65 – Draft-Bills-Reports – AUDIT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 65 – 65. Power of CAG to call for information for audit The proper officer shall, upon request made in this behalf, make available to the Comptroller and Auditor General of India or an officer authorised by him, information, records and returns furnished under the Act, required for conduct of audit as required under the Comptroller and Auditor General

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Section 64 – Draft-Bills-Reports – AUDIT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 64 – 64. Special audit (1) If at any stage of scrutiny, enquiry, investigation or any other proceedings before him, any officer not below the rank of [Deputy/Assistant Commissioner] having regard to the nature and complexity of the case and interest of revenue, is of the opinion that the value has not been correctly declared or the credit availed is not within the normal limits, he may, with the prior approval of the [Commissioner], direct such taxable person by a communication in writing to get his records including books of account examined and audited by a chartered accountant or a cost accoun

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other law for the time being in force or otherwise. (4) The taxable person shall be given an opportunity of being heard in respect of any material gathered on the basis of special audit under sub-section (1) which is proposed to be used in any proceedings under this Act or rules made thereunder. (5) The expenses of, and incidental to, the examination and audit of records under sub-section (1), including the remuneration of such chartered accountant or cost accountant, shall be determined and paid by the [Commissioner] and that such determination shall be final. (6) Where the special audit conducted under sub-section (1) results in detection of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded, or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilis

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Section 63 – Draft-Bills-Reports – AUDIT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 63 – CHAPTER- XVI AUDIT 63. Audit by tax authorities (1) The [Commissioner of CGST/Commissioner of SGST] or any officer authorised by him, by way of a general or a specific order, may undertake audit of any taxable person for such period, at such frequency and in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) The tax authorities referred to in sub-section (1) may conduct audit at the place of business of the taxable person and/or in their office. (3) The taxable person shall be informed, by way of a notice, sufficiently in advance, not less than fifteen working days, prior to the conduct of audit in the m

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e of audit, the authorised officer may require the taxable person, (i) to afford him the necessary facility to verify the books of account or other documents as he may require and which may be available at such place, (ii) to furnish such information as he may require and render assistance for timely completion of the audit. (6) On conclusion of audit, the proper officer shall, within thirty days, inform the taxable person, whose records are audited, of the findings, the taxable person s rights and obligations and the reasons for the findings. (7) Where the audit conducted under sub-section (1) results in detection of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded, or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised, the proper officer may

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Section 62 – Draft-Bills-Reports – ASSESSMENT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 62 – 62. Summary assessment in certain special cases (1) The proper officer may, on any evidence showing a tax liability of a person coming to his notice, with the previous permission of [Additional/Joint Commissioner], proceed to assess the tax liability of such person to protect the interest of revenue and issue an assessment order, if he has s

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Section 61 – Draft-Bills-Reports – ASSESSMENT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 61 – 61. Assessment of unregistered persons Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in section 66 or section 67 , where a taxable person fails to obtain registration even though liable to do so, the proper officer may proceed to assess the tax liability of such taxable person to the best of his judgement for the relevant tax periods an

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Section 60 – Draft-Bills-Reports – ASSESSMENT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 60 – 60. Assessment of non-filers of returns (1) Where a registered taxable person fails to furnish the return required under section 34 or section 40, even after the service of a notice under section 41, the proper officer may proceed to assess the tax liability of the said person to the best of his judgement taking into account all the relevant

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Section 59 – Draft-Bills-Reports – ASSESSMENT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 59 – 59. Scrutiny of returns (1) The proper officer may scrutinize the return and related particulars furnished by the taxable person to verify the correctness of the return in such manner as may be prescribed. (2) The proper officer shall inform the taxable person of the discrepancies noticed, if any, after such scrutiny in such manner as may be

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Section 58 – Draft-Bills-Reports – ASSESSMENT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 58 – 58. Provisional Assessment (1) Where the taxable person is unable to determine the value of goods and/or services or determine the rate of tax applicable thereto, he may request the proper officer in writing giving reasons for payment of tax on a provisional basis and the proper officer may pass an order allowing payment of tax on provisional basis at such rate or on such value as may be specified by him. (2) The payment of tax on provisional basis may be allowed, if the taxable person executes a bond in such form as may be prescribed in this behalf, and with such surety or security as

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deem fit. (4) The taxable person shall be liable to pay interest on any tax payable on the supply under provisional assessment but not paid on the due date specified under sub-section (7) of section 34 or the rules made thereunder at the rate specified under sub-section (1) of section 45, from the first day after the due date of payment of tax in respect of the said goods and/or services till the date of actual payment, whether such amount is paid before or after the issue of order for final assessment. (5) Where the taxable person is entitled to a refund consequent to the order for final assessment under sub-section (3), subject to sub-section (8) of section 48, interest shall be paid on such refund as provided in section 50. – Statutory

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Self-Assessment – Section 57 – Draft-Bills-Reports – ASSESSMENT – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 57 – CHAPTER- XV ASSESSMENT 57.

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Section 56 – Draft-Bills-Reports – ELECTRONIC COMMERCE – MODEL GST LAW – Draft The Central / State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2016 – [November 2016] – Section 56 – CHAPTER – XIV ELECTRONIC COMMERCE 56. Collection of tax at source (1) Notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained in the Act, every electronic commerce operator (hereinafter referred to in this section as the operator ), not being an agent, shall collect an amount calculated at the rate of one percent of the net value of taxable supplies made through it where the consideration with respect to such supplies is to be collected by the operator. Explanation.- For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression "net value of taxable supplies" shall mean the aggrega

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a statement, electronically, containing the details of outward supplies of goods or services effected through it, including the supplies of goods or services returned through it, and the amount collected under sub-section (1) during a month, in such form and manner as may be prescribed, within ten days after the end of such month. (4) The supplier who has supplied the goods or services through the operator shall claim credit, in his electronic cash ledger, of the amount collected and reflected in the statement of the operator furnished under sub-section (4), in the manner prescribed. (5) The details of supplies furnished by every operator under sub-section (4), shall, in the manner and within the period prescribed, be matched with the corre

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s more than the value of outward supplies furnished by the supplier, in the manner as may be prescribed, in his return for the month succeeding the month in which the discrepancy is communicated. (8) The concerned supplier shall, in whose output tax liability any amount has been added under sub-section (8), be liable to pay the tax payable in respect of such supply along with interest, at the rate specified under sub-section (1) of section 45 on the amount so added from the date such tax was due till the date of its payment. (9) Any authority not below the rank of Joint Commissioner may serve a notice, either before or during the course of any proceeding under this Act, requiring the operator to furnish such details relating to- (a) supplie

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