In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Kerala State Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (20 of 2017) (hereinafter referred to as the said Act), the Government of Kerala, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendments in the notification issued under G.O. (P) No.24/2018/TAXES dated 9th March, 2018 and published as S.R.O. No.141/2018 in the Kerala Gazette Extraordinary No. 617 dated 9th March, 2018, namely: -

In the said notification, after the fifth 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 30th day of June, 2023.".

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

By order of the Governor,

Dr. RATHAN U. KELKAR,

Secretary to Government.

Explanatory Note

(This does not form part of the notification, but is intended to indicate its general purport.)

On the recommendation of the Goods and Services Tax Council, the Government have decided to grant waiver / reduction in late fee for not furnishing 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 30th day of June, 2023.

The notification is intended to achieve the above object.