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) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Governor of Tamil Nadu, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment to the Commercial Taxes and Registration Department Notification No.II(2)/CTR/l041(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 sixth proviso, the following proviso shall be inserted, namely:-

"Provided also that the amount of late fee payable under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived which is in excess of two hundred and fifty rupees and shall stand fully waived where the total amount of State tax payable in the said return is nil, for the registered persons who fail to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-4 for the quarters from July, 2017 to March 2019 or for the Financial years from 2019-20 to 2021-22 by the due date but furnish the said return between the period from the 1st day of April, 2023 to the 30,h day of June, 2023.".

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force on 31st day of March, 2023.

B. JOTHI NIRMALASAMY

SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT