THE GUJARAT GOODS AND SERVICES TAX ACT, 2017 Notification
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Body Notification No. 52/2020-State Tax, No.(GHN-56)GST-2020/S.128(21)TH, Dated, 29th June, 2020.

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Guj.25 of 2017) (hereafter in this notification referred to as the said Act), read with section 148 of the said Act, the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following further amendment in the notification of the Government of Gujarat, Finance Department No. (GHN-134)GST-2018/S.128(13)TH dated the 31st December, 2018, Notification No. 76/2018-State Tax, namely:-

In the said notification,-

(i) in the third proviso, for the Table, the following Table shall be substituted, namely: -

"TABLE

S. No.	Class of registered persons	Tax period	Condition
(1)	(2)	(3)	(4)
1.	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of more than rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year	February, 2020, March, 2020 and April, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 24th day of June, 2020
2.	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year, whose principal place of business is in the States of Chhattisgarh, Madhya Pradesh, Gujarat, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Goa, Kerala, Tamil Nadu, Telangana or Andhra Pradesh or the Union territories of Daman and Diu and Dadra and Nagar Haveli, Puducherry, Andaman and Nicobar Islands and Lakshadweep	February, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 30th day of June, 2020
		March, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 3 rd day of July, 2020
		April, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 6th day of July, 2020
		May, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 12th day of September, 2020
		June, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 23rd day of September, 2020
		July, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 27th day of September, 2020
3	Taxpayers having an aggregate turnover of up to rupees 5 crores in the preceding financial year, whose principal place of business is in the States of Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, Uttarakhand, Haryana, Rajasthan, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Nagaland, Manipur, Mizoram, Tripura, Meghalaya, Assam, West Bengal, Jharkhand or Odisha or the Union territories of Jammu and Kashmir, Ladakh, Chandigarh and Delhi	February, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 30th day of June, 2020
		March, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 5th day of July, 2020
		April, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 9th day of July, 2020
		May, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 15th day of September, 2020
		June, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 25th day of September, 2020
		July, 2020	If return in FORM GSTR-3B is furnished on or before the 29th day of September, 2020

(ii) after the third proviso, the following provisos shall be inserted, namely: -

"Provided also that the total amount of late fee payable for a tax period, under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived which is in excess of an amount of two hundred and fifty rupees for the registered person who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of July, 2017 to January, 2020, by the due date but furnishes the said return between the period from 01st day of July, 2020 to 30th day of September, 2020:

Provided also that where the total amount of State tax payable in the said return is nil, the total amount of late fee payable for a tax period, under section 47 of the said Act shall stand waived for the registered person who failed to furnish the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the months of July, 2017 to January, 2020, by the due date but furnishes the said return between the period from 01st day of July, 2020 to 30th day of September, 2020.".

2. This notification shall be deemed to have come into force with effect from the 24th day of June, 2020.

By order and in the name of Governor of Gujarat,

Samir Joshi

Under Secretary to Government