Rate of interest under CGST Act 2017. 18% interest for delay in tax payment, 24% for making undue/excess claim of input tax credit

Rate of interest under CGST Act 2017 under various sections. 18% interest for delay in tax payment, 24% for making undue or excess claim of input tax credit

[TO BE PUBLISHED IN THE GAZETTE OF INDIA, EXTRAORDINARY, PART II, SECTION 3, SUB-SECTION (i)]

Government of India
Ministry of Finance
Department of Revenue
Central Board of Excise and Customs

Notification No. 13/2017 – Central Tax

New Delhi, the 28th June, 2017
7 Ashadha, 1939 Saka

G.S.R. …..(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 50, sub-section (12) of section 54 and section 56 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby fixes the rate of interest per annum, for the purposes of the sections as specified in column (2) of the Table below, as mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (3) of the said Table.

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2. This notification shall come into force from the 1st day of July, 2017.

[F. No.349/72/2017-GST]
(Dr. Sreeparvathy S.L.)