SERIES II No. 45

PUBLISHED BY AUTHORITY

RNI No. GOAENG/2002/6410

Reg. No. RNP/GOA/32/2024-20263

GOVERNMENT OF GOA

Department of Finance

Office of the Commissioner of Commercial Taxes

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Trade Circular

No. CCT/26-2/2023-24/3909

(GVAT No. 4 of 2023-24)

Ref.:

Trade Circular (GVAT No. 3 of 2023-24) No.

CCT/26-2/2023-24/2316 dated 12-10-2023

published in Official Gazette, Extraordinary,

Series II No. 28 dated 12-10-2023.

The Goa (Recovery of Arrears of Tax, Interest,

Penalty, Other Dues through Settlement) Act, 2023

(Goa Act 34 of 2023) (hereinafter referred to as the

“GRATIPOS Act”) has been notified vide

Notification No. 7/30/2023-LA dated 08-09-2023

published in Official Gazette, Extraordinary

No. 3, Series I dated 08-09-2023.

This Department had issued above referred Trade

Circular and undertaken public outreach regarding

GRATIPOS Act and all the applicants/dealers were

requested to take the benefit under the GRATIPOS

Act by timely filing online application for

settlement. There has been a good response from

Panaji, 14th February, 2024 (Magha 25, 1945)

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Trade & Industry and several online applications

are filed which are being processed.

The Department had also organized awareness

camps in collaboration with other stakeholders, for

creating public outreach in various talukas in the

month of October, 2023. Further, for promoting the

ease of filing online applications for settlement in

Form I, the Department have constituted one

helpdesk at each of the 8 Ward offices in Goa. The

helpdesks will be functional from 2.30 p.m. to 5.45 p.m.

of each working day till 07-03-2024 to assist small

dealers/others in filing of online settlement

application.

It is again urged with the Trade & Industry and

all other stakeholders to avail the benefits of

settlement by timely filing the application. All are

requested to take note that the last date for filing/

/completing online application for settlement in Form I

under Section 5 of the GRATIPOS Act is 7th March,

2024.

This Trade Circular is intended only for

facilitation of the stakeholders and not meant for

interpreting any legal provisions.

Given under the seal of this office.

S. S. Gill, IAS, Commissioner of State Tax, Goa.

Panaji, 14th February, 2024.