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The Central Government waives the late fee payable under section 47 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017, for any registered person who fails to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 by the due date. The waiver applies to the amount in excess of twenty five rupees for every day during which the failure continues. The waiver applies to the amount in excess of ten rupees for every day during which the failure continues when the total amount payable in lieu of central tax in the return is nil.
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[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. 73/2017 – Central Tax
New Delhi, the 29th December, 2017
G.S.R……(E):- 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 under section 47 of the said Act, by any registered person for failure to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 by the due date, which is in excess of an amount of twenty five rupees for every day during which such failure continues:
Provided that where the total amount payable in lieu of central tax in the said return is nil, the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act, by any registered person for failure to furnish the said return by the due date shall stand waived to the extent which is in excess of an amount of ten rupees for every day during which such failure continues.
[F. No. 349/58/2017-GST(Pt.)]
(Ruchi Bisht) Under Secretary to the Government of India
