Central Tax Notifications

CGST Notification 04/2018

Title Reduction of late fee in case of delayed filing of FORM GSTR-1
Number 04/2018
Date 23-01-2018
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In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby waives the amount of late fee payable by any registered person for failure to furnish the details of outward supplies for any month/quarter in FORM GSTR-1 by the due date under section 47 of the said Act, which is in excess of an amount of twenty-five rupees for every day during which such failure continues:

Provided that where there are no outward supplies in any month/quarter, the amount of late fee payable by such registered person for failure to furnish the said details by the due date under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived to the extent which is in excess of an amount of ten rupees for every day during which such failure continues.

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Provided also that the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived for the registered persons who fail to furnish the details of outward supplies for the months or quarter mentioned in column (2) of the Table below in FORM GSTR-1 by the due date, but furnishes the said details on or before the dates mentioned in column (3) of the said Table:-

Table

Sl. No. Month/ Quarter Dates
(1) (2) (3)
1. March, 2020 10th day of July, 2020
2. April, 2020 24th day of July, 2020
3. May, 2020 28th day of July, 2020
4. June, 2020 05th day of August, 2020
5. January to March, 2020 17th day of July, 2020
6. April to June, 2020 03rd day of August, 2020.”

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The following proviso shall be inserted, namely: —

“Provided also that the total amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act for the tax period June, 2021 onwards or quarter ending June, 2021 onward, as the case may be, shall stand waived which is in excess of an amount as specified in column (3) of the Table given below, for the class of registered persons mentioned in the corresponding entry in column (2) of the said Table, who fail to furnish the details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR-1 by the due date, namely: —

S. No. Class of registered persons Amount
1 Registered persons who have nil outward supplies in the tax period Two hundred and fifty rupees
2 Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 1.5 crores in the preceding financial year, other than those covered under S. No. 1 One thousand rupees
2 Registered persons having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 1.5 crores and up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year, other than those covered under S. No. 1 Two thousand and five hundred rupees

  1. Substituted in Central Goods and Services Tax (Seventh Amendment) Rules, 2020, vide Notification No. 53/2020 Central Tax (dated 24th June 2020). 
  2. Inserted vide Notification No. 20/2021 (Dated 1 June 2021)