In exercise of the powers, conferred under sub-section (1) of Section 78 of the Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax Act, 2005 (Act No.5 of 2005), the Governor of Andhra Pradesh hereby makes the following amendments to the Andhra Pradesh Value Added Tax Rules, 2005, issued in G.O.Ms.No.394, Revenue (CT-II) Department, Dt.31-03-2005 and published in the Rules Supplementary to Part-I, Extra-ordinary Issue of A.P.Gazette No.29, Dated:20-04-2005, and as subsequently amended from time to time:

2. These amendments shall come into force on and with effect from 02-06-2014:

AMENDMENTS

In the said Rules;

1) In rule-6, after sub-rule (1), the following sub-rule shall be inserted, namely,-

"(1-A) For the registrations issued or re-issued in the month of June, 2014, the Effective Date of Registration (EDR) shall be 02-06-2014"

2) In rule-23,

(i) after sub-rule (1), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely,-

"Provided that for the return in Form VAT 200 to be filed by VAT dealers for the tax period of May, 2014, the period from 01-05-2014 to 01-06-2014 shall be treated as "Tax Period" and including all the transactions during the said period such return shall be filed on or before 20-06-2014.

Provided further that the tax period, succeeding the tax period, referred to above, shall be the period from 02-06-2014 to 30-06-2014 and the return for this tax period shall be filed on or before 20th of the succeeding the month"

(ii) after sub-rule (2), the following provisos shall be inserted, namely,-

"Provided that for the return in Form TOT 007 to be filed by GRN/TOT dealers for the Calendar Quarter June, 2014, the period from 01-04-2014 to 01-06-2014 shall be treated as "Calendar Quarter" and including all the transactions during the said period such return shall be filed on or before 31-07-2014.

Provided further that all the transactions for the period from 02-06-2014 to 30-09-2014 shall be treated as "Calendar Quarter" and return for this tax period shall be filed on or before 31-10-2014"

S.P.SINGH,

PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

(Commercial Taxes & Excise)