GST CT 38 2023
GST CT 38 2023
GST CT 38 2023
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Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs
Notification
No. 38/2023 – Central Tax
G.S.R…(E).- In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and
Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the
Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services
Tax Rules, 2017, namely: —
1. Short title and commencement. -(1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and
Services Tax (Second Amendment) Rules, 2023.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their
publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said
rules), in rule 9, in sub-rule (1), in the proviso, in the longline, the words “in the presence of
the said person” shall be omitted.
3. In the said rules, in rule 10A, for the portion beginning with the words and figure “as soon
as may be, but not later than forty-five days” and ending with the words “in order to comply
with any other provision” the following shall be substituted, namely:-
“within a period of thirty days from the date of grant of registration, or before furnishing the
details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1
or using invoice furnishing facility, whichever is earlier, furnish information with respect to
details of bank account on the common portal”.
(i) for sub-rule (2A), the following sub-rule shall be substituted, namely:–
“(2A) Where,-
the registration of such person shall be suspended and the said person shall be
intimated in FORM GST REG-31, electronically, on the common portal, or by
sending a communication to his e-mail address provided at the time of registration
or as amended from time to time, highlighting the said differences, anomalies or
non-compliances and asking him to explain, within a period of thirty days, as to
why his registration shall not be cancelled.”;
(ii) in sub-rule (4), after second proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted,
namely: –
“Provided also that where the registration has been suspended under sub-rule (2A)
for contravention of provisions of rule 10A and the registration has not already
been cancelled by the proper officer under rule 22, the suspension of registration
shall be deemed to be revoked upon compliance with the provisions of rule 10A.”.
5. In the said rules, in rule 23, in sub-rule (1), with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023,–
(a) for the part beginning with the words “within a period of thirty days” and ending
with the words and figures “section 30”, the words “within a period of ninety days
from the date of the service of the order of cancellation of registration” shall be
substituted;
(b) in the first proviso, for the words “Provided that”, the following shall be
substituted, namely: –
“Provided that such period may, on sufficient cause being shown, and for
reasons to be recorded in writing, be extended by the Commissioner or an
officer authorised by him in this behalf, not below the rank of Additional
Commissioner or Joint Commissioner, as the case may be, for a further period
not exceeding one hundred and eighty days:
(c) in the second proviso, for the words “Provided further”, the words “ Provided
also” shall be substituted.
6. In the said rules, for rule 25, the following rule shall be substituted, namely: –
(1) Where the proper officer is satisfied that the physical verification of the place of
business of a person is required after the grant of registration, he may get such
verification of the place of business done and the verification report along with the
other documents, including photographs, shall be uploaded in FORM GST REG-
30 on the common portal within a period of fifteen working days following the date of
such verification.
(2) Where the physical verification of the place of business of a person is required
before the grant of registration in the circumstances specified in the proviso to sub-
rule (1) of rule 9, the proper officer shall get such verification of the place of business
done and the verification report along with the other documents, including
photographs, shall be uploaded in FORM GST REG-30 on the common portal at
least five working days prior to the completion of the time period specified in the said
proviso.”.
(b) after Explanation 2, with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023, the following
Explanation shall be inserted, namely: -
“Explanation 3:- For the purpose of rule 42 and this rule, the value of activities or
transactions mentioned in sub-paragraph (a) of paragraph 8 of Schedule III of the Act
which is required to be included in the value of exempt supplies under clause (b) of
the Explanation to sub-section (3) of section 17 of the Act shall be the value of supply
of goods from Duty Free Shops at arrival terminal in international airports to the
incoming passengers.”.
8. In the said rules, in rule 46, in clause (f), in the proviso, for the words “name and
address of the recipient along with its PIN code and the name of the State and the said
address shall be deemed to be the address on record of the recipient”, the following words
“name of the state of the recipient and the same shall be deemed to be the address on
record of the recipient” shall be substituted;
9. In the said rules, in rule 59, in sub-rule (6), after clause (d), the following clauses shall be
inserted, namely:-
“(e) a registered person, to whom an intimation has been issued on the common
portal under the provisions of sub-rule (1) of rule 88D in respect of a tax period or
periods, shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or
services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1 or using the invoice furnishing
facility for a subsequent tax period, unless he has either paid the amount equal to the
excess input tax credit as specified in the said intimation or has furnished a reply
explaining the reasons in respect of the amount of excess input tax credit that still
remains to be paid, as required under the provisions of sub-rule (2) of rule 88D;
(f) a registered person shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies
of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1 or using the invoice
furnishing facility, if he has not furnished the details of the bank account as per the
provisions of rule 10A.”.
10. In the said rules, in rule 64, with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023, for the words
“person in India other than”, the words “non-taxable online recipient referred to in section 14
of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (13 of 2017) or to” shall be substituted.
11. In the said rules, in rule 67, in sub-rule (2), with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023,
for the portion beginning with the words “The details” and ending with the words “suppliers”,
the words “The details of tax collected at source under sub-section (1) of section 52 furnished
by the operator under sub-rule (1) shall be made available electronically to each of the
registered suppliers” shall be substituted.
12. In the said rules, after rule 88C, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“88D. Manner of dealing with difference in input tax credit available in auto-
generated statement containing the details of input tax credit and that availed in
return.-
(1) Where the amount of input tax credit availed by a registered person in the return
for a tax period or periods furnished by him in FORM GSTR-3B exceeds the input tax
credit available to such person in accordance with the auto-generated statement
containing the details of input tax credit in FORM GSTR-2B in respect of the said tax
period or periods, as the case may be, by such amount and such percentage, as may be
recommended by the Council, the said registered person shall be intimated of such
difference in Part A of FORM GST DRC-01C, electronically on the common portal,
and a copy of such intimation shall also be sent to his e-mail address provided at the
time of registration or as amended from time to time, highlighting the said difference
and directing him to—
(a) pay an amount equal to the excess input tax credit availed in the said
FORM GSTR-3B, along with interest payable under section 50, through
FORM GST DRC-03, or
(b) explain the reasons for the aforesaid difference in input tax credit on the
common portal,
(2) The registered person referred to sub-rule (1) shall, upon receipt of the intimation
referred to in the said sub-rule, either,
(a) pay an amount equal to the excess input tax credit, as specified in Part A
of FORM GST DRC-01C, fully or partially, along with interest payable
under section 50, through FORM GST DRC-03 and furnish the details
thereof in Part B of FORM GST DRC-01C, electronically on the common
portal, or
(3) Where any amount specified in the intimation referred to in sub-rule (1) remains
to be paid within the period specified in the said sub-rule and where no explanation or
reason is furnished by the registered person in default or where the explanation or
reason furnished by such person is not found to be acceptable by the proper officer,
the said amount shall be liable to be demanded in accordance with the provisions of
section 73 or section 74, as the case may be.”.
14. In the said rules, rule 94 shall, with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023, be
renumbered as sub-rule (1) and after the sub-rule as so renumbered, the following sub-rule
shall be inserted, namely:-
“(2) The following periods shall not be included in the period of delay under sub-
rule (1), namely:-
(a) any period of time beyond fifteen days of receipt of notice in FORM GST RFD-
08 under sub-rule (3) of rule 92, that the applicant takes to-
(i) furnish a reply in FORM GST RFD-09, or
(ii) submit additional documents or reply;
and
(b) any period of time taken either by the applicant for furnishing the correct details
of the bank account to which the refund is to be credited or for validating the details
of the bank account so furnished, where the amount of refund sanctioned could not
be credited to the bank account furnished by the applicant.”.
15. In the said rules, in rule 96, in sub-rule (2), both the provisos shall be omitted.
(a) for the words “either electronically or otherwise as may be notified by the
Commissioner”, the word “electronically” shall be substituted;
(b) the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-
“Provided that an appeal to the Appellate Authority may be filed manually
in FORM GST APL-03, along with the relevant documents, only if-
18. In the said rules, after rule 138E, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
(1) Where-
(b) the consignment value of such goods exceeds such amount, not below
rupees two lakhs, as may be notified by the Commissioner of State tax or
Union territory tax, in consultation with the jurisdictional Principal Chief
Commissioner or Chief Commissioner of Central Tax, or any Commissioner
of Central Tax authorised by him,
notwithstanding anything contained in Rule 138, every registered person who causes
intra-State movement of such goods, -
shall, before the commencement of such movement within that State or Union
territory, furnish information relating to such goods electronically, as specified in Part
A of FORM GST EWB-01, against which a unique number shall be generated:
Provided that where the goods to be transported are supplied through an e-commerce
operator or a courier agency, the information in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01 may
be furnished by such e-commerce operator or courier agency.
(2) The information as specified in PART B of FORM GST EWB-01 shall not be
required to be furnished in respect of movement of goods referred to in the sub-rule
(1) and after furnishing information in Part-A of FORM GST EWB-01 as specified in
sub-rule (1), the e-way bill shall be generated in FORM GST EWB-01, electronically
on the common portal.
(3) The information furnished in Part A of FORM GST EWB-01 shall be made
available to the registered supplier on the common portal who may utilize the same
for furnishing the details in FORM GSTR-1.
(4) Where an e-way bill has been generated under this rule, but goods are either not
transported or are not transported as per the details furnished in the e-waybill, the e-
way bill may be cancelled, electronically on the common portal, within twenty-four
hours of generation of the e-way bill:
Provided that an e-way bill cannot be cancelled if it has been verified in transit in
accordance with the provisions of rule 138B.
(6) The provisions of sub-rule (10), sub-rule (11) and sub-rule (12) of rule 138, rule
138A, rule 138B, rule 138C, rule 138D and rule 138E shall, mutatis mutandis, apply
to an e-way bill generated under this rule.
Explanation.- For the purposes of this rule, the consignment value of goods shall be
the value, determined in accordance with the provisions of section 15, declared in an
invoice, a bill of supply or a delivery challan, as the case may be, issued in respect of
the said consignment and also includes the central tax, State tax or Union territory tax
charged in the document and shall exclude the value of exempt supply of goods where
the invoice is issued in respect of both exempt and taxable supply of goods.”.
19. in the said rules, after rule 142A, the following rule shall be inserted, namely:-
(2) The intimation referred to in sub-rule (1) shall be treated as the notice for
recovery.
(3) Where any amount of tax or interest specified in the intimation referred to in sub-
rule (1) remains unpaid on the expiry of the period specified in the said intimation, the
proper officer shall proceed to recover the amount that remains unpaid in accordance
with the provisions of rule 143 or rule 144 or rule 145 or rule 146 or rule 147 or rule
155 or rule 156 or rule 157 or rule 160.”.
20. In the said rules, in rule 162, with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023, –
(a) in sub-rule (3), the words “has cooperated in the proceedings before him and” shall
be omitted;
(b) after sub-rule (3), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely:-
“(3A) The Commissioner shall determine the compounding amount under sub-rule (3) as per
the Table below:-
TABLE
S.No. Offence Compounding amount if Compounding amount if
offence is punishable offence is punishable
under clause (i) of sub- under clause (ii) of sub-
section (1) of section 132 section (1) of section 132
1 Offence specified in clause (a) Up to seventy-five per cent Up to sixty per cent of the
of sub-section (1) of section of the amount of tax evaded amount of tax evaded or the
132 of the Act or the amount of input tax amount of input tax credit
credit wrongly availed or wrongly availed or utilised
2 Offence specified in clause (c) utilised or the amount of or the amount of refund
of sub-section (1) of section refund wrongly taken, wrongly taken, subject to
132 of the Act subject to minimum of fifty minimum of forty per cent
per cent of such amount of of such amount of tax
3 Offence specified in clause (d)
tax evaded or the amount of evaded or the amount of
of sub-section (1) of section
input tax credit wrongly input tax credit wrongly
132 of the Act
availed or utilised or the availed or utilised or the
4 Offence specified in clause (e) amount of refund wrongly amount of refund wrongly
of sub-section (1) of section taken. taken.
132 of the Act
Provided that where the offence committed by the person falls under more than one category
specified in the Table above, the compounding amount, in such case, shall be the amount
determined for the offence for which higher compounding amount has been prescribed.”.
21. In the said Rules, after rule 162, with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023, the
following rule, shall be inserted, namely:-
“163. Consent based sharing of information.- (1) Where a registered person opts
to share the information furnished in—
(a) FORM GST REG-01 as amended from time to time;
(b) return in FORM GSTR-3B for certain tax periods;
(c) FORM GSTR-1 for certain tax periods, pertaining to invoices, debit
notes and credit notes issued by him, as amended from time to time,
with a system referred to in sub-section (1) of section 158A (hereinafter referred to as
“requesting system”), the requesting system shall obtain the consent of the said
registered person for sharing of such information and shall communicate the consent
along with the details of the tax periods, where applicable, to the common portal.
(2) The registered person shall give his consent for sharing of information under
clause (c) of sub-rule (1) only after he has obtained the consent of all the recipients, to
whom he has issued the invoice, credit notes and debit notes during the said tax
periods, for sharing such information with the requesting system and where he
provides his consent, the consent of such recipients shall be deemed to have been
obtained.
(3) The common portal shall communicate the information referred to in sub-rule (1)
with the requesting system on receipt from the said system-
(a) the consent of the said registered person, and
(b) the details of the tax periods or the recipients, as the case may be, in
respect of which the information is required.”.
22. In the said rules, in FORM GSTR-3A, the following shall be inserted at the end, namely:-
“ Or
2. You are, therefore, requested to furnish the said return within 15 days failing which
appropriate action including imposition of penalty as per law will be taken.
3. This notice shall be deemed to have been withdrawn in case the return referred
above, is filed by you before issue of the show cause notice of penalty proceeding.
23. In the said rules, in FORM GSTR-5A, with effect from 1st day of October, 2023;–
(i) in the heading, for the words “persons in India”, the words, brackets and figure
“online recipient (as defined in Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017)
and to registered persons in India” shall be substituted;
(ii) for serial number 4 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number
and entries shall be substituted, namely:-
“4. Period: Month - ______ Year –
4(a) ARN:
4(b) Date of ARN:”;
(iii) in serial number 5, for the word “consumers”, the words “non-taxable online
recipient” shall be substituted;
(iv) in serial number 5A, for the word “persons”, the words “online recipient” shall be
substituted;
(v) after serial number 5A and the entries relating thereto, the following serial
numbers and entries shall be inserted, namely:
“5B. Taxable outward supplies made to registered persons in India, other than
non-taxable online recipient, on which tax is to be paid by the said registered
persons on reverse charge basis
(Amount in Rupees)
1 2
5C. Amendments to the taxable outward supplies made to registered persons
in India, other than non-taxable online recipient, on which tax is to be paid by
the said registered persons on reverse charge basis
(Amount in Rupees)
GSTIN
1 2 3 4
”;
24. In the said rules, in FORM GSTR-8, with effect from the 1st day of October, 2023,-
(a) after serial number 3 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number
and entries, shall be inserted, namely;-
1 2 3 4
”;
(b) after serial number 4 and the entries relating thereto, the following serial number
and entries , shall be inserted, namely;-
”.
25. In the said rules, in FORM GSTR-9, under the heading ‘Instructions’, -
(a) in paragraph 4, -
(A) after the word, letters and figures “or FY 2021-22”, the word, letters and
figures “or FY 2022-23” shall be inserted;
(B) in the Table, in second column, -
(I) against serial numbers 5D, 5E and 5F, the following entries shall
be inserted at the end, namely: –
‘For FY 2022-23, the registered person shall report Non-GST
supply (5F) separately and shall have an option to either
separately report his supplies as exempted and nil rated supply or
report consolidated information for these two heads in the
“exempted” row only.’;
(II) against serial numbers 5H, 5-I and 5J & 5K, for the figures and
word “2020-21 and 2021-22”, the figures and word “2020-21, 2021-
22 and 2022-23” shall respectively be substituted;
(b) in paragraph 5, in the Table, in second column, -
(A) against serial numbers 6B, 6C, 6D and 6E, for the letters and figures “FY
2019-20, 2020-21 and 2021-22”, the letters, figures and word “FY 2019-
20, 2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23” shall respectively be substituted;
(B) against serial numbers 7A, 7B, 7C, 7D, 7E, 7F, 7G and 7H, for the figures
and word “2020-21 and 2021-22”, the figures and word “2020-21, 2021-
22 and 2022-23” shall be substituted;
(c) in paragraph 7, -
(A) after the words and figures “filed upto 30th November, 2022.”, the following
words, figures and letters shall be inserted, namely: -
“For FY 2022-23, Part V consists of particulars of transactions for the
previous financial year but paid in the FORM GSTR-3B of April, 2023 to
October, 2023 filed upto 30th November, 2023.”;
(B) in the Table, in second column, -
(I) against serial numbers 10 & 11, the following shall be inserted at the
end, namely: -
“For FY 2022-23, details of additions or amendments to any of the
supplies already declared in the returns of the previous financial
year but such amendments were furnished in Table 9A, Table 9B
and Table 9C of FORM GSTR-1 of April, 2023 to October, 2023
filed upto 30th November, 2023 shall be declared here.”;
(II) against serial number 12, -
(i) after the words, figures and brackets “upto 30th November, 2022
shall be declared here. Table 4(B) of FORM GSTR-3B may be used
for filling up these details.”, the following shall be inserted, namely: -
“For FY 2022-23, aggregate value of reversal of ITC which
was availed in the previous financial year but reversed in
returns filed for the months of April, 2023 to October, 2023
filed upto 30th November, 2023 shall be declared here. Table
4(B) of FORM GSTR-3B may be used for filling up these
details.”;
(ii) for the figures and word “2020-21 and 2021-22”, the figures and
word “2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23” shall be substituted;
(III) against serial number 13, -
(i) after the words, letters and figures “reclaimed in FY 2022-23, the
details of such ITC reclaimed shall be furnished in the annual return
for FY 2022-23,”, the following shall be inserted, namely: -
“For FY 2022-23, details of ITC for goods or services received
in the previous financial year but ITC for the same was availed
in returns filed for the months of April, 2023 to October, 2023
filed upto 30th November, 2023 shall be declared here. Table
4(A) of FORM GSTR-3B may be used for filling up these
details. However, any ITC which was reversed in the FY 2022-
23 as per second proviso to sub-section (2) of section 16 but
was reclaimed in FY 2023-24, the details of such ITC
reclaimed shall be furnished in the annual return for FY 2023-
24.”;
(ii) for the figures and word “2020-21 and 2021-22”, the figures and
word “2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23” shall be substituted;
(d) in paragraph 8, in the Table, in second column, -
(A) against serial numbers, -
(I) 15A, 15B, 15C and 15D; and
(II)15E, 15F and 15G,
for the figures and word “2020-21 and 2021-22”, the letters, figures and word
“2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23” shall respectively be substituted.”;
(B) against serial numbers 16A, 16B and 16C, for the figures and word “2020-21
and 2021-22”, the figures and word “2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23” shall
respectively be substituted.”;
(C) against serial number 17 & 18, for the word, letter and figures “For FY 2021-
22”, the words, letter and figures “For FY 2021-22 and 2022-23” shall be
substituted.”.
“B-1 6% .”;
(b) in Sl no. 11, after description “5%”, the following shall be inserted,
namely: -
“6% .”;
(c) in Pt. V, after description “5%”, the following shall be inserted, namely: -
“6% .”;
(a) in paragraph 4, in the Table, in second column, against serial no. 5B, for
the figures and word “2020-21 and 2021-22”, the figures and word “2020-21,
2021-22 and 2022-23” shall be substituted;
(b) in paragraph 6, in the Table, in second column, against serial number 14,
for the figures and word “2020-21 and 2021-22”, the figures and word
“2020-21, 2021-22 and 2022-23” shall be substituted.
27. In the said rules, in FORM GST RFD-01, in Annexure-1, under Statement-7, for the
Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely:-
“
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 1 15 16
4
”;
28. In the said rules, after FORM GST DRC-01B, the following forms shall be inserted,
namely: -
GSTIN:
Legal Name:
1. It is noticed that the input tax credit availed by you in the return furnished in FORM
GSTR-3Bexceeds the amount of input tax credit available to you in accordance with the auto-
generated statement containing the details of input tax credit made available to you in FORM
GSTR-2Bfor the period<from><to> by an amount of Rs. …………… The details thereof are
as follows:
FORM GSTR-2B
FORM GSTR-3B
2. In accordance with sub-rule (1) of rule 88D, you are hereby requested to either pay an
amount equal to the said excess input tax credit, along with interest payable under section 50,
through FORM GST DRC-03 and furnish the details thereof in Part-B of FORM GST
DRC-01C, and/or furnish the reply in Part-B of FORM GST DRC-01C incorporating
reasons in respect of that part of the excess input tax credit that has remained to be paid,
within a period of seven days.
3. It may be noted that where any amount of the excess input tax credit remains to be
paid after completion of a period of seven days and where no explanation or reason for the
same is furnished by you or where the explanation or reason furnished by you is not found to
be acceptable by the proper officer, the said amount shall be liable to be demanded in
accordance with the provisions of section 73 or section 74, as the case may be, of the Act.
PART-B
ARN of Paid Under Tax Period IGST CGST SGST/UTGST CESS Interest
FORM GST Head
DRC-03
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
AND/OR
B. The reasons in respect of that part of the excess input tax credit that has remained to
be paid are as under:
Name:
Designation/Status:
Place:
Date:
Reference No. -
Date-
1. Details of intimation:
2. Section(s) of the Act or rule (s) under which intimation is issued: < Drop down or
check box for section 75 (12) r/w 79 may be provided>
Tax Period Act POS Tax Interest Penalty Fee Others Total
From To (Place
of
Supply)
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Total
You are hereby directed to make the payment within seven days failing which
proceedings shall be initiated against you to recover the outstanding dues as per the
provisions of section 79 of the Act.
Signature:
Name:
Designation:
Jurisdiction:
Address:
To,
GSTIN/ID
Name
Address
Note -
(Alok Kumar)
Director
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II,
Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification No. 3/2017-Central Tax, dated the 19th June, 2017,
published vide number G.S.R. 610(E), dated the 19th June, 2017 and were last amended vide
notification No. 04/2023 - Central Tax, dated the 31st March, 2023 vide number G.S.R.
247(E), dated the 31st March, 2023.