Integrated Goods and Services Tax
Amendment of notification issued under section 20 of Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 read with subsections (1) and (3) of section 50, sub-section (12) of section 54 and section 56 of Central Goods and Services Tax Act, retrospectively.
118. (1) The notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue) number G.S.R. 698 (E), dated the 28th June, 2017, issued by the Central Government on the recommendations of the Council, under section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [13 of 2017] read with sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 50, sub-section (12) of section 54 and section 56 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [12 of 2017], shall stand amended and shall be deemed to have been amended retrospectively, in the manner specified in column (2) of the Seventh Schedule, on and from the date specified in column (3) of that Schedule.
(2) For the purposes of sub-section (1), the Central Government shall have and shall be deemed to have the power to amend the notification referred to in the said sub-section with retrospective effect as if the Central Government had the power to amend the said notification under section 20 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [13 of 2017] read with sub-sections (1) and (3) of section 50, sub-section (12) of section 54 and section 56 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 [12 of 2017], retrospectively, at all material times.
Notes on Clauses:
Clause 118 seeks to amend notification number G.S.R. 698(E), dated the 28th June, 2017, so as to notify rate of interest under sub-section (3) of section 50 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act as 18%, retrospectively, with effect from the 1st day of July, 2017.
