Exemption from filing GST annual return for FY 2020-21 to taxpayers with AATO upto Rs. 2 crores

Exemption from filing GST annual return for FY 2020-21 to taxpayers having AATO upto Rs. 2 crores

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
(Department of Revenue)
Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs

Notification No. 31/2021–Central Tax

New Delhi, the 30th July, 2021

G.S.R……(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by the first proviso to section 44of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Commissioner, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby exempts the registered person whose aggregate turnover in the financial year 2020-21 is upto two crore rupees, from filing annual return for the said financial year.

2. This notification shall come into force from the 1st day of August, 2021.

[F. No. CBEC-20001/5/2021-GST]

(Rajeev Ranjan)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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