THE
JHARKHAND GAZETTE
EXTRAORDINARY
PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY
10 Baishakh, 1942 (S)
No. 188
Ranchi, Thursday, 30th April, 2020
COMMERCIAL TAXES DEPARTMENT
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ORDER
30th April, 2020
File No- Va0 Kar/GST/16/20 Order No. 10 - State Tax
S.O. No. 19 Dated-30th April, 2020-- WHEREAS, sub-section (1) of section 44 of the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this Order referred to as the said Act) provides that 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;
AND WHEREAS, for the purpose of furnishing of the annual return electronically for every financial year as referred to in sub-section (1) of section 44 of the said Act, certain technical problems are being faced by the taxpayers as a result whereof, the said annual return for the period from the 1st July, 2017 to the 31st March, 2018 could not be furnished by the registered persons, as referred to in the said sub-section (1) and because of that, certain difficulties have arisen in giving effect to the provisions of the said section.
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 172 of the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, the Government of Jharkhand, on recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following Order, to remove the difficulties, namely:––2 Jharkhand Gazette (Extraordinary), Thursday, 30th April, 2020 1. Short title.––This Order may be called the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax (Tenth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019.
2. In section 44 of the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, in the Explanation, for the figures, letters and word "31st December, 2019", the figures, letters and word "31st January, 2020" shall be substituted.
3. This Order shall be deemed to be effective from 26th December, 2019.
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