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Under Budget 2022, certain relaxation, along with certain strictness were introduced by the Finance Minister for the GST Registered Taxpayers. Starting with the relaxations provided –
Now in order to undertake such amendment, section 16(4) of CGST Act would be revised and hence, it will allow the registered taxpayers to claim Input Tax Credit latest by the earlier of 30th November of the following year, or filing of annual return. Earlier, the said due date was September of the following year.
Now in order to undertake such amendment, section 32(2) of CGST Act be amended and hence the deadline to rectify the inaccuracies and record sales return, along with rectification of the deficiency in supply recorded in GSTR 1, by means of issue of Credit Notes stands extended till 30th November of the succeeding financial year.
GST Registered taxpayers would be eligible to transfer their surplus E-Cash Ledger Balance to other GSTIN being registered under same PAN. Hence, under such amendment, the taxpayers would be allowed to transfer their funds from one Distinct Person’s E-Cash Ledger to another Distinct Person’s E-Cash Ledger.
Now in order to undertake such amendment, section 37(2) of CGST Act be removed, thereby removing the requirements of Sections 42, 43, and 43A and hence eliminating the two-way communication procedure at the time of return filing.
So for this, Section 50(3) of CGST Act would be required to be amended retrospectively, and the same shall take effect from July 1, 2017. Under this, the rate of interest levied on the incorrectly claimed and utilized input tax credits stand reduced from 24% to 18% rate of interest.
The Government of India proposes to amend Section 54 of the CGST Act. Hence under this, the form and manner of Refund in respect of excess balance in the E-Cash Ledger has been provided for. Other thing to note is that 2 years be provided from the last day of the quarter in which the supply was received, in order to claim refund of tax paid on such inward supplies.
Also, with the insertion of new clause (2)(ba), further clarification has been provided for the relevant date for filing reimbursement claims, in respect of supplies made to a Special Economic Zone unit or developer.
For this, the government is proposing to introduction a new concept of Restricted Credit, and for such an introduction, addition of Section 16(2)(ba) is proposed under CGST Act. Hence, the specific amounts of outward supplies submitted by the registered taxpayers, along with the ITC available with the recipient on such supplies be provided in an auto-generated document, which has been redesigned under Section 38 of CGST Act.
Registered organizations would now be required to select their associated vendors with greater caution. In case of Non-compliance of behalf of vendor, the same will have a proportional influence on company’s ability to claim ITC, and hence, it will impact their operating capital. Now, in order to avoid such difficulties, multiple GST checks be placed by the vendor. Under this, Government attempts to impose further limitations on the process of claim and use of input tax credits.
For this, section 41 of CGST Act is proposed to be replaced to eliminate the idea of “claiming” qualifying ITC on a “Provisional” basis and thereby replace the same with availment of “Self-Assessed” ITC in accordance with terms and conditions specified in the act.
which a taxpayer can discharge with the use of credit balance. So, for this, section 49(12) would provide for an optimum percentage of output tax liability, which can be paid by a taxpayer using their E-Credit Ledger, and that too subject to certain rules and conditions.
wherein the taxpayer undertakes default in complying with GST Act, 2017. For this, sections 29(2)(b) and 29(2)(c) would be required to be amended in order to provide for termination of individual’s registration subject to –
Apart from CGST Act, Section 47 stands amended and the same will allow for the imposition of late fee, wherein the return is filed late in accordance with section 52.
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