Central Goods and Services Tax

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OFFICIAL GAZETTE THE CENTRAL GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 (No. 12 of 2017) --- View
Section 1 Short Title, Extent and Commencement --- View
Section 2 Definitions --- View
Section 3 Officers under this Act --- View
Section 4 Appointment of Officers --- View
Section 5 Powers of Officers --- View
Section 6 Authorisation of Officers of State tax or Union territory tax as proper officer in certain circumstances --- View
Section 7 Scope of Supply --- View
Section 8 Tax Liability on composite and mixed supplies --- View
Section 9 Levy and Collection --- View
Section 10 Composition Levy --- View
Section 11 Power to grant exemption from Tax --- View
Setion 11A Power not to recover Goods and Services Tax not levied or short -levied as a result of general Practice --- View
Section 12 Time of Supply of Goods --- View
Section 13 Time of Supply of Services --- View
Section 14 Change in rate of tax in respect of supply of goods or services --- View
Section 15 Value of taxable supply --- View
Section 16 Eligibility and Conditions for taking input tax credit --- View
Section 17 Apportionment of credit and blocked credits --- View
Section 18 Availability of credit in Special Circumstances --- View
Section 19 Taking input tax credit in respect of inputs and capital goods sent for job work --- View
Section 20 Manner of distribution of credit by Input Service Distributor --- View
Section 21 Manner of Recovery of credit distributed in excess --- View
Section 22 Persons Liable for Registration --- View
Section 23 Persons not Liable for Registration --- View
Section 24 Compulsory Registration in certain cases --- View
Section 25 Procedure for Registration --- View
Section 26 Deemed Registration --- View
Section 27 Special Provisions relating to Casual taxable person and non-resident taxable --- View
Section 28 Amendment of Registration --- View
Section 29 Cancellation or Suspension of Registration --- View
Section 30 Revocation of Cancellation of Registarion --- View
Section 31 Tax Invoice --- View
Section 31A Facility of digital payment to recipient --- View
Section 32 Prohibition of unauthorized collection of Tax --- View
Section 33 Amount of tax to be indicated in tax invoice and other documents --- View
Section 34 Credit and Debit notes --- View
Section 35 Accounts and other records --- View
Section 36 Period of retention of accounts --- View
Section 37 Furnishing details of outward supplies --- View
Section 38 Communication of details of inward supplies and input tax credit --- View
Section 39 Furnishing of details --- View
Section 40 First return --- View
Section 41 Availment of input tax credit --- View
Section 42 Omitted --- View
Section 43 Omitted --- View
Section 43A Omitted --- View
Section 44 Annual Return --- View
Section 45 Final Return --- View
Section 46 Notice to return defaulters --- View
Section 47 Levy of late fee --- View
Section 48 Goods and Service tax practitioners --- View
Section 49 Payment of tax, interest, penalty and other amounts --- View
Section 49A Utilisation of input tax credit subject to certain conditions --- View
Section 49B Order of Utilisation of input tax credit --- View
Section 50 Interest on delayed Payment of Tax --- View
Section 51 Tax deduction at source --- View
Section 52 Collection of tax at source --- View
Section 53 Transfer of input tax credit --- View
Section 53A Transfer of certain amounts --- View
Section 54 Refund of tax --- View
Section 55 Refund in certain cases --- View
Section 56 Interest on delayed refunds --- View
Section 57 Consumer welfare fund --- View
Section 58 Utilisation of fund --- View
Section 59 Self -assessment --- View
Section 60 Provisional assessment --- View
Section 61 Scrutiny of returns --- View
Section 62 Assessment of non filers of returns --- View
Section 63 Assessment of unregistered Persons --- View
Section 64 Summary assessment in certain special cases --- View
Section 65 Audit by tax authorities --- View
Section 66 Special audit --- View
Section 67 Power of Inspection, Search, Seizure and Arrest --- View
Section 68 Inspection of goods in movement --- View
Section 69 Power to arrest --- View
Section 70 Power to Summon persons to give evidence and procedure documents --- View
Section 71 Access to business Premises --- View
Section 72 Officers to assist proper officers --- View
Section 73 Determination of tax pertaining to the period up to financial Year 2023-24 not paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any willful-misstatement or suppression of facts --- View
Section 74 Determination of tax pertaining to the period up to financial Year 2023-24 not paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason of fraud or any willful-misstatement or supression of facts --- View
Section 74A Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason pertaining to Financial Year 2024-25 onward --- View
Section 75 General provisions relating to determination of tax --- View
Section 76 Tax collected but not paid to Government --- View
Section 77 Tax wrongfully collected and paid to Central government or State Government --- View
Section 78 Initiation of recovery proceedings --- View
Section 79 Recovery of Tax --- View
Section 80 Payment of Tax and other amount in installments --- View
Section 81 Transfer of Property to be void in certain cases --- View
Section 82 Tax to be first charge on property --- View
Section 83 Provisional attachment to protect revenue in certain cases --- View
Section 84 Continuation & validation of certain recovery proceedings --- View
Section 85 Liability in case of transfer of business --- View
Section 86 Liability of agent and principal --- View
Section 87 Liability in case of amalgamation or merger of companies --- View
Section 88 Liability in case of company in Liquidation --- View
Section 89 Liability of directors of Private Company --- View
Section 90 Liability of partners of firm to Pay tax --- View
Section 91 Liability of Guardians, trustees, etc --- View
Section 92 Liability of Court of Wards, etc --- View
Section 93 Special provisions regarding liability to pay tax, interest or penalty in certain cases --- View
Section 94 Liability in other cases --- View
Section 95 Definitions --- View
Section 96 Authority for advance ruling --- View
Section 97 Application for advance ruling --- View
Section 98 Procedure on receipt of Application --- View
Section 99 Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling --- View
Section 100 Appeal to Appellate Authority --- View
Section 101 Orders of Appellate Authority --- View
Section 101 A Constitution of National Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling --- View
Section 101 B Appeal to National Appellate Authority --- View
Section 101 C Order of National Appellate Authority --- View
Section 102 Rectification of advance ruling --- View
Section 103 Applicability of advance ruling --- View
Section 104 Advance ruling to be void in certain circumstances --- View
Section 105 1[Powers of Authority, Appellate Authority and National Appellate Authority] --- View
Section 106 1[Procedure of Authority, Appellate Authority and National Appellate Authority] --- View
Section 107 Appeals to Appellate Authority --- View
Section 108 Powers of Revisional Authority --- View
Section 109 Constitution of Appellate Tribunal and Benches thereof --- View
Section 110 President and Members of Appellate Tribunal, their qualification, appointment, conditions of service, etc --- View
Section 111 Procedure before Appellate Tribunal --- View
Section 112 Appeals to Appellate Tribunal --- View
Section 113 Orders of Appellate Tribunal --- View
Section 114 Financial and administrative powers of President --- View
Section 115 Interest on refund of amount paid for admission of appeal --- View
Section 116 Appearance by authorized representative --- View
Section 117 Appeal to High Court --- View
Section 118 Appeal to Supreme Court --- View
Section 119 Sums due to be paid notwithstanding appeal, etc. --- View
Section 120 Appeal not to be filed in certain cases --- View
Section 121 Non-appealable decisions and orders --- View
Section 122 Penalty for certain offences --- View
Section 122A Penalty for failure to register certain machines used in manufacture of goods as per special procedure --- View
Section 122B Penalty for failure to comply with track and trace mechanism --- View
Section 123 Penalty for failure to furnish information return --- View
Section 124 Fine for failure to furnish statistics --- View
Section 125 General penalty --- View
Section 126 General disciplines related to penalty --- View
Section 127 Power to impose penalty in certain cases --- View
Section 128 Power to waive penalty or fee or both --- View
Section 128A Waiver of interest or penalty or both relating to demands raised under section 73, for certain tax periods --- View
Section 129 Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit --- View
Section 130 Confiscation of goods or conveyances and levy of penalty --- View
Section 131 Confiscation or penalty not to interfere with other punishments --- View
Section 132 Punishment for certain offences --- View
Section 133 Liability of officers and certain other persons --- View
Section 134 Cognizance of offences --- View
Section 135 Presumption of culpable mental state --- View
Section 136 Relevancy of statements under certain circumstances --- View
Section 137 Offences by companies --- View
Section 138 Compounding of offences --- View
Section 139 Migration of existing taxpayers --- View
Section 140 Transitional arrangements for input tax credit --- View
Section 141 Transitional provisions relating to job work --- View
Section 142 Miscellaneous transitional provisions --- View
Section 143 Job work procedure --- View
Section 144 Presumption as to documents in certain cases --- View
Section 145 Admissibility of micro films, facsimile copies of documents and computer printouts as documents and as evidence --- View
Section 146 Common Portal --- View
section-147 Deemed Export --- View
Section 148 Special procedure for certain processes --- View
Section 148A Track and trace mechanism for certain goods --- View
Section 149 Goods and services tax compliance rating --- View
Section 150 Obligation to furnish information return --- View
Section 151 Power to call for information --- View
Section 152 Bar on disclosure of information --- View
Section 153 Taking assistance from an expert --- View
Section 154 Power to take samples --- View
Section 155 Burden of proof --- View
Section 156 Persons deemed to be public servants --- View
Section 157 Protection of action taken under this Act --- View
Section 158 Disclosure of information by a public servant --- View
Section 158A Consent based sharing of information furnished by taxable person --- View
Section 159 Publication of information in respect of persons in certain cases --- View
Section 160 Assessment proceedings, etc., not to be invalid on certain grounds --- View
Section 161 Rectification of errors apparent on the face of record --- View
Section 162 Bar on jurisdiction of civil courts --- View
Section 163 Levy of fee --- View
Section 164 Power of Government to make rules --- View
Section 165 Power to make regulations --- View
Section 166 Laying of rules, regulations and notifications --- View
Section 167 Delegation of powers --- View
Section 168 Power to issue instructions or directions --- View
Section 168A Power of Government to extend time limit in special circumstances --- View
Section 169 Service of notice in certain circumstances --- View
Section 170 Rounding off of tax, etc --- View
Section 171 Anti-profiteering measure --- View
Section 172 Removal of difficulties --- View
Section 173 Amendment of Act 32 of 1994 --- View
Section 174 Repeal and Saving --- View
Schedule I ACTIVITIES TO BE TREATED AS SUPPLY EVEN IF MADE WITHOUT CONSIDERATION --- View
Schedule II ACTIVITIES OR TRANSACTIONS TO BE TREATED AS SUPPLY OF GOODS OR SUPPLY OF SERVICES --- View
Schedule III ACTIVITIES OR TRANSACTIONS WHICH SHALL BE TREATED NEITHER AS A SUPPLY OF GOODS NOR A SUPPLY OF SERVICES --- View