{"id":8633,"date":"2023-02-01T07:47:10","date_gmt":"2023-02-01T07:47:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/?p=8633"},"modified":"2023-02-01T09:30:04","modified_gmt":"2023-02-01T09:30:04","slug":"the-finance-bill-2023","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/the-finance-bill-2023\/","title":{"rendered":"Finance Bill 2023 &#8211; Central Goods and Service Tax and Integrated Goods and Service Tax Provisions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p align=\"justify\"><strong>The Union  Minister of Finance and Corporate Affairs Smt. Nirmala Sitharaman presented the  Union Budget 2023-24 in Parliament on February 01, 2023.<\/strong>&nbsp;The provisions related to amendments in CGST and  IGST are as follows:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>THE  FINANCE BILL, 2023<\/strong><br \/>\n    <strong>A  BILL<\/strong><br \/>\n  to give effect to the financial proposals of  the Central<br \/>\n  Government for the financial year 2023-2024.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\">BE  it enacted by Parliament in the Seventy-fourth Year of the Republic of India as  follows:<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>CHAPTER  I<\/strong><br \/>\n    <strong>PRELIMINARY<\/strong> <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>1. Short  title and commencement.<\/strong> (1) This Act may be called  the Finance Act, 2023.<br \/>\n  (2)  Save as otherwise provided in this Act, sections 2 to 122 shall come into force  on the 1st day of April, 2023.<\/p>\n<p align=\"center\"><strong>Excerpt of the Finance Bill,  2023 (<strong>No. 6  OF 2022<\/strong>) &#8211; Section 128 to Section 144<\/strong><br \/>\n    <strong>Central Goods and Service  Tax<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>128.  Amendment of section 10<\/strong> &#8211; In the Central Goods and  Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the Central Goods and  Services Tax Act), in section 10,<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>  (a)  in sub-section (2), in clause (d), the words &#8220;goods or&#8221; shall be omitted; <\/li>\n<li>    (b)  in sub-section (2A), in clause (c), the words &#8220;goods or&#8221; shall be omitted.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>129.  Amendment of section 16.<\/strong> &#8211; In section 16 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, in sub-section (2),\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>(i)  in the second proviso, for the words &#8220;added to his output tax liability, along  with interest thereon&#8221;, the words and figures &#8220;paid by him along with interest  payable under section 50&#8221; shall be substituted; <\/li>\n<li>    (ii)  in the third proviso, after the words &#8220;made by him&#8221;, the words &#8220;to the  supplier&#8221; shall be inserted.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>130.  Amendment of section 17.<\/strong> In section 17 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act,\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>(a)  in sub-section (3), in the Explanation, for the words and figure &#8220;except those  specified in paragraph 5 of the said Schedule&#8221;, the following shall be  substituted, namely:<br \/>\n      &#8220;except,<br \/>\n      (i)  the value of activities or transactions specified in paragraph 5 of the said  Schedule; and <br \/>\n    (ii)  the value of such activities or transactions as may be prescribed in respect of  clause (a) of paragraph 8 of the said Schedule&#8221;;<\/li>\n<li>    (b)  in sub-section (5), after clause (f), the following clause shall be inserted,  namely:<br \/>\n      &#8220;(fa)  goods or services or both received by a taxable person, which are used or  intended to be used for activities relating to his obligations under corporate  social responsibility referred to in section 135 of the Companies Act, 2013;&#8221;.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>131.  Substitution of new section for section 23.<\/strong> For  section 23 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, the following section  shall be substituted and shall be deemed to have been substituted with effect  from the 1st day of July, 2017, namely:\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>(a)  the following persons shall not be liable to registration, namely:<br \/>\n      (i)  any person engaged exclusively in the business of supplying goods or services  or both that are not liable to tax or wholly exempt from tax under this Act or  under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017;<br \/>\n      (ii)  an agriculturist, to the extent of supply of produce out of cultivation of land; <\/li>\n<li>    (b)  the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification,  subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified therein,  specify the category of persons who may be exempted from obtaining registration  under this Act.&#8221;.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>132.  Amendment of section 37.<\/strong> In section 37 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, after sub-section (4), the following  sub-section shall be inserted, namely:<br \/>\n    &#8220;(5)  A registered person shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward  supplies under sub-section (1) for a tax period after the expiry of a period of  three years from the due date of furnishing the said details: <br \/>\n    Provided  that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by  notification, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified  therein, allow a registered person or a class of registered persons to furnish  the details of outward supplies for a tax period under sub-section (1), even  after the expiry of the said period of three years from the due date of  furnishing the said details.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>133.  Amendment of section 39.<\/strong> In section 39 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, after sub-section (10), the following  sub-section shall be inserted, namely:<br \/>\n    &#8220;(11)  A registered person shall not be allowed to furnish a return for a tax period  after the expiry of a period of three years from the due date of furnishing the  said return: <br \/>\n    Provided  that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by notification,  subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified therein, allow  a registered person or a class of registered persons to furnish the return for  a tax period, even after the expiry of the said period of three years from the  due date of furnishing the said return.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>134.  Amendment of section 44.<\/strong> Section 44 of the Central  Goods and Services Tax Act shall be re-numbered as sub-section (1) thereof, and  after subsection (1) as so re-numbered, the following sub-section shall be  inserted, namely:<br \/>\n    &#8220;(2)  A registered person shall not be allowed to furnish an annual return under  sub-section (1) for a financial year after the expiry of a period of three  years from the due date of furnishing the said annual return: <br \/>\n    Provided  that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by  notification, and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be  specified therein, allow a registered person or a class of registered persons  to furnish an annual return for a financial year under sub-section (1), even  after the expiry of the said period of three years from the due date of  furnishing the said annual return.&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>135.  Amendment of section 52.<\/strong> In section 52 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, after sub-section (14), the following  sub-section shall be inserted, namely:<br \/>\n    &#8220;(15)  The operator shall not be allowed to furnish a statement under sub-section (4)  after the expiry of a period of three years from the due date of furnishing the  said statement: <br \/>\n    Provided  that the Government may, on the recommendations of the Council, by  notification, subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be specified  therein, allow an operator or a class of operators to furnish a statement under  sub-section (4), even after the expiry of the said period of three years from  the due date of furnishing the said statement.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>136.  Amendment of section 54.<\/strong> In section 54 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, in sub-section (6), the words &#8220;excluding  the amount of input tax credit provisionally accepted,&#8221; shall be omitted.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>137.  Amendment of section 56.<\/strong> In section 56 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, for the words &#8220;from the date immediately  after the expiry of sixty days from the date of receipt of application under  the said subsection till the date of refund of such tax&#8221;, the words &#8220;for the period  of delay beyond sixty days from the date of receipt of such application till  the date of refund of such tax, to be computed in such manner and subject to  such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed&#8221; shall be substituted.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>138.  Amendment of section 122.<\/strong> In section 122 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, after sub-section (1A), the following  sub-section shall be inserted, namely:<br \/>\n    &#8220;(1B)  Any electronic commerce operator who<br \/>\n    (i)  allows a supply of goods or services or both through it by an unregistered  person other than a person exempted from registration by a notification issued  under this Act to make such supply; <br \/>\n    (ii)  allows an inter-State supply of goods or services or both through it by a  person who is not eligible to make such inter-State supply; or <br \/>\n    (iii)  fails to furnish the correct details in the statement to be furnished under  sub-section (4) of section 52 of any outward supply of goods effected through  it by a person exempted from obtaining registration under this Act, <br \/>\n    shall  be liable to pay a penalty of ten thousand rupees, or an amount equivalent to  the amount of tax involved had such supply been made by a registered person  other than a person paying tax under section 10, whichever is higher.&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>139.  Amendment of section 132.<\/strong> In section 132 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act, in sub-section (1),\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>(a)  clauses (g), (j) and (k) shall be omitted; <\/li>\n<li>    (b)  in clause (l), for the words, brackets and letters &#8220;clauses (a) to (k)&#8221;, the  words, brackets and letters &#8220;clauses (a) to (f) and clauses (h) and (i)&#8221; shall  be substituted; <\/li>\n<li>    (c)  in clause (iii), for the words &#8220;any other offence&#8221;, the words, brackets and  letter &#8220;an offence specified in clause (b),&#8221; shall be substituted; <\/li>\n<li>    (d)  in clause (iv), the words, brackets and letters &#8220;or clause (g) or clause (j)&#8221;  shall be omitted.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>140.  Amendment of section 138.<\/strong> In section 138 of the  Central Goods and Services Tax Act,\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>(a)  in sub-section (1), in the first proviso,<br \/>\n      (i)  for clause (a), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:<br \/>\n      &#8220;(a)  a person who has been allowed to compound once in respect of any of the  offences specified in clauses (a) to (f), (h), (i) and (l) of sub-section (1)  of section 132;&#8221;;<br \/>\n      (ii)  clause (b) shall be omitted; <br \/>\n      (iii)  for clause (c), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:<br \/>\n      &#8220;(c)  a person who has been accused of committing an offence under clause (b) of  sub-section (1) of section 132;&#8221;; <br \/>\n      (iv)  clause (e) shall be omitted;<\/li>\n<li>    (b)  in sub-section (2), for the words &#8220;ten thousand rupees or fifty per cent. of the  tax involved, whichever is higher, and the maximum amount not being less than  thirty thousand rupees or one hundred and fifty per cent. of the tax, whichever  is higher&#8221;, the words &#8220;twenty-five per cent. of the tax involved and the  maximum amount not being more than one hundred per cent. of the tax involved&#8221;  shall be substituted.\n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>141.  Insertion of new section 158A.<\/strong> After section 158 of  the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, the following section shall be  inserted, namely:<br \/>\n    &#8220;<strong>158A.  Consent based sharing of information furnished by taxable person.<\/strong> (1)  Notwithstanding anything contained in sections 133, 152 and 158, the following  details furnished by a registered person may, subject to the provisions of  subsection (2), and on the recommendations of the Council, be shared by the  common portal with such other systems as may be notified by the Government, in  such manner and subject to such conditions as may be prescribed, namely:\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>(a)  particulars furnished in the application for registration under section 25 or  in the return filed under section 39 or under section 44; <\/li>\n<li>    (b)  the particulars uploaded on the common portal for preparation of invoice, the  details of outward supplies furnished under section 37 and the particulars  uploaded on the common portal for generation of documents under section 68;<\/li>\n<li>    (c)  such other details as may be prescribed.<br \/>\n      (2)  For the purposes of sharing details under sub-section (1), the consent shall be  obtained, of <br \/>\n      (a)  the supplier, in respect of details furnished under clauses (a), (b) and (c) of  sub-section (1); and <br \/>\n      (b)  the recipient, in respect of details furnished under clause (b) of sub-section  (1), and under clause (c) of sub-section (1) only where such details include  identity information of the recipient, <br \/>\n      in  such form and manner as may be prescribed.<br \/>\n      (3)  Notwithstanding anything contained in any law for the time being in force, no  action shall lie against the Government or the common portal with respect to  any liability arising consequent to information shared under this section and  there shall be no impact on the liability to pay tax on the relevant supply or  as per the relevant return.&#8221;.<br \/> \n    <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>142.  Retrospective exemption to certain activities and transactions in Schedule III  to the Central Goods and Services Tax Act.<\/strong> (1)  In Schedule III to the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, paragraphs 7 and 8  and the Explanation 2 thereof (as inserted vide section 32 of Act 31 of 2018)  shall be deemed to have been inserted therein with effect from the 1st day of  July, 2017.<br \/>\n  (2)  No refund shall be made of all the tax which has been collected, but which  would not have been so collected, had subsection (1) been in force at all  material times.<br \/>\n  <strong>Integrated  Goods and Services Tax<\/strong>\n<\/p>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>143.  Amendment of section 2.<\/strong> In the Integrated Goods and  Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the Integrated Goods and  Services Tax Act), in section 2,\n<\/p>\n<div align=\"justify\">\n<ul>\n<li>(a)  for clause (16), the following clause shall be substituted, namely:<br \/>\n          &#8216;(16)  &#8220;non-taxable online recipient&#8221; means any unregistered person receiving online  information and database access or retrieval services located in taxable  territory. <br \/>\n          Explanation.-For  the purposes of this clause, the expression &#8220;unregistered person&#8221; includes a  person registered solely in terms of clause (vi) of section 24 of the Central  Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017&#8242;; 12 of 2017. <\/li>\n<li>        (b)  in clause (17), the words &#8220;essentially automated and involving minimal human  intervention and&#8221; shall be omitted.\n        <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p align=\"justify\"><strong>144.  Amendment of section 12.<\/strong> In section 12 of the  Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, in sub-section (8), the proviso shall be  omitted.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p align=\"center\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/02\/Finance_Bill.pdf\">Click  here for the Copy of Finance Bill<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2023\/02\/Finance-Bill-2021-2022.jpg<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8638,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8633"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8633"}],"version-history":[{"count":8,"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8633\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8646,"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8633\/revisions\/8646"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8638"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8633"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8633"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.klickongstworld.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8633"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}