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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 14, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-section (1) of section 50 of the

Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017), read with

section 148 of the said Act, the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the

recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendment in the

notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry issued

vide G.O. Ms. No. 12/A1/CT/2017, dated 29th June, 2017, published in the Official

Gazette of Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No.94, dated 29th June, 2017, namely:-

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In the said notification, in the first paragraph, in the first proviso,-

(i) for the words, letters and figure “required to furnish the returns in

FORM GSTR-3B, but, fail to furnish the said return along with payment of tax”, the

words “liable to pay tax, but, fail to do so” shall be substituted;

(ii) in the Table, in column 4, in the heading, for the words “Tax period”,

the words “Month/Quarter” shall be substituted;

(iii) in the Table, for serial number 4, 5, 6 and 7, the following shall be

substituted, namely:-

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

“4. Taxpayers having an aggregate

9 per cent for the first

March, 2021,

turnover of more than rupees

15 days from the due date

April, 2021

5 crores in the preceding

and 18 per cent thereafter

and May, 2021

financial year

5. Taxpayers having an aggregate

Nil for the first 15 days from

March, 2021,

turnover of up to rupees 5 crores

the due date, 9 per cent

in the preceding financial year

for the next 45 days and

who are liable to furnish the

18 per cent thereafter

r e t u r n a s s p e c i f i e d u n d e r

sub-section (1) of section 39

Nil for the first 15 days from

the due date, 9 per cent

April, 2021

for the next 30 days and

18 per cent thereafter

Nil for the first 15 days from

May, 2021

the due date, 9 per cent

for the next 15 days and

18 per cent thereafter

6. Taxpayers having an aggregate

Nil for the first 15 days from

March, 2021

turnover of up to rupees 5 crores

the due date, 9 per cent

in the preceding financial year

for the next 45 days and

who are liable to furnish the

18 per cent thereafter

return as specified under proviso

to sub-section (1) of section 39

Nil for the first 15 days from

April, 2021

the due date, 9 per cent

for the next 30 days and

18 per cent thereafter

Nil for the first 15 days from

May, 2021

the due date, 9 per cent

for the next 15 days and

18 per cent thereafter

7. Taxpayers who are liable to

Nil for the first 15 days from

Quarter ending

furnish the return as specified

the due date, 9 per cent

March, 2021”.

under sub-section (2) of

for the next 45 days and

section 39

18 per cent thereafter

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2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect

from the 18th day of May, 2021.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 15, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Puducherry Goods

and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017) [hereafter in this notification referred

to as the said Act], the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations

of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the

Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry, issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 6,

dated 14th January, 2019, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry,

Extraordinary Part-I, No. 4, dated 14th January, 2019, namely:-

In the said notification,-

(i) in the eighth proviso, with effect from the 20th day of May, 2021, for

the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:-

“TABLE

S.

Class of registered persons

Tax period

Period for which

No.

late fee waived

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

“4. Taxpayers having an aggregate

March, 2021,

Fifteen days from the due

turnover of more than rupees

April, 2021 and

date of furnishing return

5 crores in the preceding financial

May, 2021

year

2. Taxpayers having an aggregate

March, 2021

Sixty days from the due

turnover of up to rupees 5 crores

date of furnishing return

in the preceding financial year

who are liable to furnish the

April, 2021

Forty-five days from the

return as specified under

due date of furnishing

sub-section (1) of section 39

return

May, 2021

Thirty days from the due

date of furnishing return

3. Taxpayers having an aggregate

January-March,

Sixty days from the due

turnover of up to rupees 5 crores

2021

date of furnishing return.”;

in the preceding financial year

who are liable to furnish the

return as specified under proviso

to sub-section (1) of section 39

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(ii) after the eighth proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted,

namely:-

“Provided also that for the registered persons who failed to furnish the

return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months/quarter of July, 2017 to April, 2021, by

the due date but, furnish the said return between the period from the 1st day of

June, 2021 to the 31st day of August, 2021, the total amount of late fee under section 47

of the said Act, shall stand waived which is in excess of five hundred rupees:

Provided also that where the total amount of Central tax payable in the

said return is nil, the total amount of late fee under section 47 of the said Act shall

stand waived which is in excess of two hundred and fifty rupees for the registered

persons who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months/quarter

of July, 2017 to April, 2021, by the due date but, furnish the said return between

the period from the 1st day of June, 2021 to the 31st day of August, 2021:

Provided also that the total amount of late fee payable under section 47

of the said Act for the tax period June, 2021 onwards or quarter ending June, 2021

onwards, as the case may be, shall stand waived which is in excess of an amount

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

fail to furnish the returns in FORM GSTR-3B by the due date, namely:-

TABLE

S.

Class of registered persons

Amount

No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1.

Registered persons whose total amount of central

Two hundred and

tax payable in the said return is nil

fifty rupees

2.

Registered persons having an aggregate turnover

One thousand

of up to rupees 1.5 crores in the preceding financial

rupees

year, other than those covered under S. No. 1

3.

Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more

Two thousand and

than rupees 1.5 crores and up to rupees 5 crores

five hundred

in the preceding financial year, other than those

rupees”.

covered under S. No. 1

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the

1st day of June, 2021.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 16, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Puducherry Goods

and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017) [hereafter in this notification referred

to as the said Act], the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations

of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification

of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry, issued vide G.O.

Ms. No. 9, dated the 23rd January, 2018, published in the Official Gazette of

Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No. 12, dated the 23rd January, 2018, namely:-

In the said notification, after the fourth proviso, the following proviso shall

be inserted, namely:-

“Provided also that the total amount of late fee payable under section 47

of the said Act for the tax period June, 2021 onwards or quarter ending June, 2021

onward, as the case may be,shall stand waived which is in excess of an amount 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 fail to

furnish the details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 by the due date, namely:-

TABLE

S.

Class of registered persons

Amount

No.

(1)

(2)

(3)

1.

Registered persons who have nil outward supplies

Two hundred and

in the tax period

fifty rupees

2.

Registered persons having an aggregate turnover

One thousand

of up to rupees 1.5 crores in the preceding financial

rupees

year, other than those covered under S. No. 1

3.

Registered persons having an aggregate turnover

Two thousand and

of more than rupees 1.5 crores and up to rupees

five hundred rupees

5 crores in the preceding financial year, other than

those covered under S. No. 1

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the

1st day of June, 2021.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 17, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Puducherry Goods

and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017) [hereafter in this notification referred

to as the said Act], the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations

of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in the notification of the

Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of Puducherry, issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 2,

dated the 3rd January, 2018, published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry,

Extraordinary Part-I, No. 2, dated the 3rd January, 2018, namely:-

In the said notification, after the third proviso, the following proviso shall

be inserted, namely: -

“Provided also that the total amount of late fee payable under section 47

of the said Act for financial year 2021-22 onwards, by the registered persons who

fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 by the due date, shall stand waived –

(i) which is in excess of two hundred and fifty rupees where the total

amount of Central Tax payable in the said return is nil;

(ii) which is in excess of one thousand rupees for the registered persons

other than those covered under clause(i).”.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 18, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Puducherry Goods

and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017) [hereafter in this notification referred

to as the said Act], the Lieutenant-Governor, Puducherry, on the recommendations

of the Council, hereby waives the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of

the said Act by any registered person, required to deduct tax at source under the

provisions of section 51 of the said Act, for failure to furnish the return in FORM

GSTR-7 for the month of June, 2021 onwards, by the due date, which is in excess

of an amount of twenty-five rupees for every day during which such failure

continues:

Provided that the total amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the

said Act by such registered person for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-7

for the month of June, 2021 onwards, by the due date, shall stand waived which is

in excess of an amount of one thousand rupees.

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2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the

1st day of June, 2021.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 19, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-rule (4) of rule 48 of the

Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, the Lieutenant-Governor,

Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following

further amendments in the notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat,

Government of Puducherry issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 9, dated the 1st April, 2020,

published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No. 58, dated

the 1st April, 2020, namely:-

In the said notification, in the first paragraph, after the words “notifies

registered person, other than”, the words “a government department, a local

authority,” shall be inserted.

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on the

1st day of June, 2021.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 20, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 168A of the Puducherry

Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017), the Lieutenant-Governor,

Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following

amendments in the notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat, Government of

Puducherry issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 12, dated the 10th May, 2021, published in

the Official Gazette of Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No. 100, dated the 10th May,

2021, namely:-

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In the said notification, in the first paragraph,-

(i) in clause (i),-

(a) for the figures, letters and words “30th day of May, 2021”, the

figures, letters and words “29th day of June, 2021” shall be

substituted;

(b) for the figures, letters and words “31st day of May, 2021”, the

figures, letters and words “30th day of June, 2021” shall be

substituted;

(ii) in proviso to clause (i), -

(a) for the figures, letters and words “31st day of May, 2021”, the

figures, letters and words “30th day of June, 2021” shall be

substituted;

(b) for the figures, letters and words “15th day of June, 2021”, the

figures, letters and words “15th day of July, 2021” shall be

substituted;

(iii) in clause (ii),-

(a) for the figures, letters and words “30th day of May, 2021”, the

figures, letters and words “29th day of June, 2021” shall be

substituted;

(b) for the figures, letters and words “31st day of May, 2021”, the

figures, letters and words “30th day of June, 2021” shall be

substituted.

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect

from the 30th day of May, 2021.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 21, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Puducherry Goods

and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017), the Lieutenant-Governor,

Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following

further amendments in the notification of the Commercial Taxes Secretariat,

Government of Puducherry issued vide G.O. Ms. No. 34, dated the 5th August, 2019,

published in the Official Gazette of Puducherry, Extraordinary Part-I, No. 129, dated

the 5th August, 2019, namely:-

In the said notification, in the third paragraph, in the second proviso, for

the figures, letters and words “31st day of May, 2021”, the figures, letters and words

“31st day of July, 2021” shall be substituted.

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2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect

from the 31st day of May, 2021.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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GOVERNMENT OF PUDUCHERRY

COMMERCIAL TAXES SECRETARIAT

(G.O. Ms. No. 22, Puducherry, dated 18th June 2021)

NOTIFICATION

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Puducherry Goods

and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act No. 6 of 2017), the Lieutenant-Governor,

Puducherry, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following

rules further to amend the Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-

1. Short title and commencement.— (1) These rules may be called the

Puducherry Goods and Services Tax (Fifth Amendment) Rules, 2021.

(2) They shall be deemed to have come into force on the 1st day of

June, 2021.

2. In the Puducherry Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017,-

(i) in sub-rule (1) of rule 26, in the fourth proviso, with effect from the

31st day of May, 2021, for the figures, letters and words “31st day of May, 2021”,

the figures, letters and words “31st day of August, 2021” shall be substituted;

(ii) in sub-rule (4) of rule 36, for the second proviso, the following

proviso shall be substituted, namely:-

“Provided further that such condition shall apply cumulatively for the

period April, May and June, 2021 and the return in FORM GSTR-3B for

the tax period June, 2021 or quarter ending June, 2021, as the case may

be, shall be furnished with the cumulative adjustment of input tax credit

for the said months in accordance with the condition above.”;

(iii) in sub-rule (2) of rule 59, after the first proviso, the following

proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

“Provided further that a registered person may furnish such details,

for the month of May, 2021, using IFF from the 1st day of June, 2021 till

the 28th day of June, 2021.”.

(By order of the Lieutenant-Governor)

SHURBIR SINGH, I.A.S.,

Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government (Finance).

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