Filing of GST annual return made optional for F.Y. 2017-18 & 2018-19 for small taxpayers – Notification

Filing of GST annual return optional for F.Y. 2017-18 and 2018-19 for small taxpayers whose aggregate turnover is less than Rs 2 crores and who have not filed the said return before the due date

Filing of GST annual return made optional for small taxpayers

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

Notification No. 47/2019 – Central Tax

New Delhi, the 9th October, 2019

G.S.R……(E).— In exercise of the powers conferred by section 148 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby notifies those registered persons whose aggregate turnover in a financial year does not exceed two crore rupees and who have not furnished the annual return under sub-section (1) of section 44 of the said Act read with sub-rule (1) of rule 80 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules) before the due date, as the class of registered persons who shall, in respect of financial years 2017-18 and 2018-19, follow the special procedure such that the said persons shall have the option to furnish the annual return under sub-section (1) of section 44 of the said Act read with sub-rule (1) of rule 80 of the said rules:

Provided that the said return shall be deemed to be furnished on the due date if it has not been furnished before the due date.

[F. No. 20/06/07/2019-GST]

(Ruchi Bisht)
Under Secretary to the Government of India

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• Order u/s 69 of the CGST Act has to be communicated before arrest of person concerned– SC
• Refund can not be denied on the ground that it was claimed in a return filed u/s 148 – ITAT
• Distinction between religious & charitable purposes is determined by institution’s primary or dominant object
• Fit case to issue notice u/s 148 – Relevancy of material & application of mind to objections important
• AO is under an obligation to assign reasons for rejecting explanation of the assessee