In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Tamil Nadu Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Tamil Nadu Act 19 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), the Governor of Tamil Nadu, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments to the Commercial Taxes and Registration Department Notification No.ll(2)/CTR/1041(d-2)/2017, published at page 2 in Part Il-Section 2 of the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette, Extraordinary, dated 29th December, 2017, namely:-

AMENDMENT.

In the said notification, after the third proviso, 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 financial year 2021-22 onwards, by the registered persons who fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 by the due date, shall stand waived -

(i) which is in excess of two hundred and fifty rupees where the total amount of state tax payable in the said return is nil:

(ii) which is in excess of one thousand rupees for the registered persons other than those covered under clause (i).".

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 1st day of June, 2021.

M.A.SIDDIQUE

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT (FAC)