In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Himachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (10 of 2017), the Governor of Himachal Pradesh is pleased to make the following rules further to amend the Himachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely:-
1. (1) These rules may be called the Himachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2020.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette.
2. In the Himachal Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the said rules), in rule 117,-
(a) in sub-rule (1A), with effect from the 31st December 2019, for the figures, letters and word "31st December, 2019", the figures, letters and word "31st March, 2020" shall be substituted;
(b) in sub-rule (4), in clause (b), in sub-clause (iii), in the proviso, for the figures, letters and word "31st January, 2020", the figures, letters and word "30th April, 2020" shall be substituted.
3. In the said rules, in FORM REG-01, in Part-B, for serial numbers 12 and 13 and the entries relating thereto, the following shall be substituted, namely:-
4. In the said rules, in FORM GSTR-3A,-
(a) in serial number 2 under the heading "Notice to Return Defaulter u/s 46 for not filing Return", for the words "tax liability will" , the words "tax liability may" shall be substituted;
(b) after serial number 4 under the heading "Notice to Return Defaulter u/s 46 for not filing Return" , the following serial numbers shall be inserted, namely:-
"5. This is a system generated notice and does not require signature.";
(c) in serial number 3 under the heading "Notice To Return Defaulter U/S 46 For Not Filing Final Return Upon Cancellation Of Registration", for the words "tax period will", the words "tax period may" shall be substituted;
(d) after serial number 4 under the heading "Notice To Return Defaulter U/S 46 For Not Filing Final Return Upon Cancellation Of Registration" , the following serial number shall be inserted, namely:-
"5. This is a system generated notice and does not require signature.".
5. In the said rules, for FORM INV-01, the following form shall be substituted, namely:-
"Note: Cardinality Means occurance of field in the schema. Below are the the meaning of various symbol used in this column:
0..1 : It means this item is optional and even if mentioned can not be repeated
1.. 1: It means that this item is mandatory and can be mentioned only once.
1.. n: It means this item is mandatory and can be repeated more than once
0..n: It means this item is optional but can be repated many times. For example: Previous invoice reference is optional but if required one can mention many previous invoice reference.
(See rules 48)
By Order
Sanjay Kundu
Principal Secretary (E&T) to the
Government of Himachal Pradesh
Note: The principal rules were published in the Gazette of Himachal Pradesh vide EXN-F(10)-13/2017, dated the 27th June, 2017, vide number EXN-F(10)-13/2017, dated the 29th June, 2017 and last amended vide notification No. 75/2019 - State Tax, dated 15th January, 2020 published in Rajpatra, Himachal Pradesh vide number EXN-F(10)-25/2019 on 17th January, 2020.