(1) Any person, being-
a taxable person; or
a local authority or other public body or association; or
any authority of the State Government responsible for the collection of value
added tax or sales tax or State excise duty or an authority of the Central
Government responsible for the collection of excise duty or customs duty; or
an income tax authority appointed under the provisions of the Income-tax Act,
1961; or
a banking company within the meaning of clause (a) of section 45A of the Reserve
Bank of India Act, 1934; or
a State Electricity Board or an electricity distribution or transmission
licensee under the Electricity Act, 2003, or any other entity entrusted with
such functions by the Central Government or the State Government; or
the Registrar or Sub-Registrar appointed under section 6 of the Registration
Act, 1908; or
a Registrar within the meaning of the Companies Act, 2013; or
the registering authority empowered to register motor vehicles under the Motor
Vehicles Act, 1988; or
the Collector referred to in clause (c) of section 3 of the Right to Fair
Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition, Rehabilitation and
Resettlement Act, 2013; or
the recognised stock exchange referred to in clause (f) of section 2 of the
Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act, 1956; or
a depository referred to in clause (e) of sub-section (1) of section 2 of the
Depositories Act, 1996; or
an officer of the Reserve Bank of India as constituted under section 3 of the
Reserve Bank of India Act, 1934; or
the Goods and Services Tax Network, a company registered under the Companies
Act, 2013; or
a person to whom a Unique Identity Number has been granted under sub-section (9)
of section 25; or
any other person as may be specified, on the recommendations of the Council, by
the Government,
who is responsible for maintaining record of registration or statement of
accounts or any periodic return or document containing details of payment of tax
and other details of transaction of goods or services or both or transactions
related to a bank account or consumption of electricity or transaction of
purchase, sale or exchange of goods or property or right or interest in a
property under any law for the time being in force, shall furnish an information
return of the same in respect of such periods, within such time, in such form
and manner and to such authority or agency as may be prescribed.
(2) Where the Commissioner, or an officer authorised by him in this behalf,
considers that the information furnished in the information return is defective,
he may intimate the defect to the person who has furnished such information
return and give him an opportunity of rectifying the defect within a period of
thirty days from the date of such intimation or within such further period
which, on an application made in this behalf, the said authority may allow and
if the defect is not rectified within the said period of thirty days or, the
further period so allowed, then, notwithstanding anything contained in any other
provisions of this Act, such information return shall be treated as not
furnished and the provisions of this Act shall apply.
(3) Where a person who is required to furnish information return has not
furnished the same within the time specified in sub-section (1) or sub-section
(2), the said authority may serve upon him a notice requiring furnishing of such
information return within a period not exceeding ninety days from the date of
service of the notice and such person shall furnish the information return.
Chapter XIX Offences and Penalties
Section 122 : Penalty for certain offences
Section 123 : Penalty for failure to furnish information returns
Section 124: Fine for failure to furnish statistics
Section 126 : General disciplines related to penalty
Section 127 : Power to impose penalty in certain cases
Section 128 : Power to wave penalty or fee or both
Section 129 : Detention, seizure and release of goods and conveyances in transit
Section 130 : Confiscation of goods or conveyances and levy of penalty
Section 131 : Confiscation or penalty not to interfere with other punishments
Section 132 : Punishment for certain offences
Section 133 : Liability of officers and certain other persons
Section 134 : Cognizance of offences
Section 135 : Presumption of culpable mental state
Section 136 : Relevancy of statement under certain circumstances
Section 137 : Offences by Companies
Section 138 : Compounding of offences
Chapter XX Transitional Provisions
Section 139 : Migration of existing tax payers
Section 140 : Transitional arrangements for input tax credit
Section 141 : Transitional Provision relating to job work
Section 142 : Miscellaneous transitional provisions
Chapter XXI Miscellaneous
Section 143 : Job Work Procedure
Section 144 : Presumption as to documents in certain cases
Section 148 : Special Procedure for certain processes
Section 149 : Goods and Services tax compliance rating
Section 150 : Obligation to furnish information return
Section 151 : Power to collect statistics
Section 152 : Bar on disclosure of information
Section 153 : Taking assistance from an expert
Section 154 : Power to take samples
Section 156 : Persons deemed to be public servants
Section 157 : Protection of action taken under this act
Section 158 : Disclosure of Information by a pubic servant
Section 159 : Publication for information in respect of persons in certain cases
Section 160 : Assessment Proceedings etc not to be invalid on certain grounds
Section 161 : Rectification of errors apparent on the face of record
Section 162 : Bar on Jurisdiction of Civil Court
Section 164 : Power of Government to make rules
Section 165 : Power to make regulations
Section 166 : Laying of Rules regulations and notifications
Section 167 : Delegation of Powers
Section 168 : Power to issue instructions or directions
Section 169 : Service of notice in certain circumstances
Section 170 : Rounding off of tax etc
Section 171 : Anti Profiteering Measure
Section 172 : Removal of difficulties
Section 173 : Amendment of Act 32 of 1994
Section 174 : Repeal and Saving
Schedule I
Activities to be treated as supply made even if made without consideration
Schedule II
Activities to be treated as supply of goods or supply of service
Schedule III
3%, 5%, 18% GST items 26.7.2018
18% GST notification 10.11.2017
0%, 5%, 12% reduced on 10.11.17
IGST Rates reduced on 10.11.2017
3% & 0.25% GST Goods (Original)
18% GST Materials (Original List)
Compensation Cess Rates (Original)