Appointment of AAR member: Smt. Kumud Singh designated as Haryana Authority for Advance Rulings member via notification amendment.
The notification dated 22 June 2022 amends notification No.112/ST-2 (18 October 2017) under the Haryana Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 by substituting serial 1 to name Smt. Kumud Singh, Additional Excise and Taxation Commissioner, Haryana, as a member of the Haryana Authority for Advance Rulings, effected under the State's statutory appointment powers and issued by the Excise and Taxation Department.

Late fee waiver for delayed GSTR-4 filings: penalty charges waived for a specified filing window for FY twenty twenty-one-twenty-two.
The Haryana notification amends Notification No. 03/ST-2 to add a proviso waiving the late fee payable for delay in furnishing FORM GSTR-4 for the Financial Year 2021-22 under the Act for the period from 1st May, 2022 to 30th June, 2022, thereby providing a time bound waiver applicable solely to GSTR-4 filings for that fiscal year.

Late fee waiver for GSTR-4 filings under section forty seven confirmed, applying to the specified filing window.
A proviso is added to the state tax notification waiving the late fee payable for delay in furnishing FORM GSTR-4 for the financial year 2021-22 for the specified filing window, thereby relieving taxpayers from the late fee liability for that period; the notification is made effective retrospectively from the notified effective date.

Virtual digital asset transfers require specified persons to deduct TDS and deposit it electronically within 30 days, with Form 26QE filing.
Specified persons responsible for tax deduction on transfer of virtual digital assets must deduct tax and remit it electronically within thirty days from the end of the month of deduction accompanied by a challan-cum-statement in Form No.26QE, and must furnish Form No.16E to the payee within fifteen days from the due date for filing Form No.26QE; electronic filing, prescribed formats and challan details are mandated for deposit, reporting and crediting to the deductee.

Import Policy Amendment: Watermelon seed imports temporarily treated as free, subject to filing and designated port clearance.
Amendment reclassifies watermelon seed imports to be treated as Free for a limited period, conditional on filing a Bill of Entry and presenting goods for customs examination within the prescribed clearance window; imports under this regime are permitted only through designated seaports.

Interest waiver for electronic commerce operators: Nil interest where tax was deposited despite portal filing glitch.
Nil interest is notified for specified electronic commerce operators who failed to file FORM GSTR-8 by the due date due to a portal technical glitch, where those operators had deposited the tax collected in the electronic cash ledger; the waiver covers listed GSTINs for specified months and applies from the date of deposit in the electronic cash ledger until the date of filing the required statement.

Notification title amendment removes an erroneous word, clarifying the official state tax notification designation.
Corrigendum to Notification No.7/2022-State Tax (Rate) removes the word "Rate" from the notification title as an editorial correction, without altering substantive tax provisions.

Notification Title Correction: omission of the word 'Rate' from the State Tax notification altering its official designation.
The Corrigendum directs removal of the parenthetical word "Rate" from the title line "No.4/2022-State Tax (Rate)" of the earlier notification, limiting the amendment to the notification's official designation and leaving substantive content unchanged.

Interest waiver for e commerce operators who deposited collected tax but couldn't file GSTR 8 due to portal glitch.
Notification sets the rate of interest at Nil for specified electronic commerce operators who, due to a portal technical glitch, could not file FORM GSTR-8 by the due date but had deposited the tax collected in the electronic cash ledger; the Nil interest period runs from the date of deposit in the electronic cash ledger until the date of filing the required statement.

Nil interest for e-commerce operators unable to file GSTR-8 on time due to portal glitch, subject to tax deposit.
Interest under the Uttar Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act was notified as Nil for specified electronic commerce operators who could not file FORM GSTR-8 for December 2020 by the due date because of a technical glitch on the portal, provided the tax collected was deposited in the electronic cash ledger. The Nil rate applies from the date of deposit until filing of the statement.

Nil interest for specified e commerce operators where tax was deposited but statement filing was delayed due to a portal glitch.
Notification prescribes the rate of interest as Nil for specified registered persons who failed to furnish the statement in FORM GSTR-8 for the identified month due to a portal glitch but had deposited the tax collected in the electronic cash ledger; the Nil interest period runs from the date of deposit of the tax collected until the date of filing the required statement.

Waiver of Interest for electronic commerce operators where required e commerce statements failed due to portal glitch; interest set to nil.
Interest is notified as Nil for specified electronic commerce operators who, owing to a technical portal glitch, could not file the required e commerce statement by the due date but had deposited the tax collected in the electronic cash ledger; the waiver applies from the date of deposit until the date of filing of the statement.

Special Courts designation expands jurisdiction to address securities, contracts and depository offences under relevant statutes.
Central Government notification designates the Courts of Sessions Judge in Leh and Kargil as Special Courts to exercise jurisdiction under the Securities and Exchange Board Act, the Securities Contracts (Regulation) Act and the Depositories Act, enabling those courts to hear matters arising under those statutes within their respective districts, issued with the concurrence of the Chief Justice and by Ministry of Finance notification dated 17 June 2022.

Designation of Special Courts: Additional Special Judge Anti-Corruption courts in Jammu and Srinagar designated as Special Courts for respective divisions.
The central government, exercising powers under the relevant securities and depository statutes and with the concurrence of the Chief Justice of the High Court of Jammu & Kashmir and Ladakh, substitutes the earlier notification entry to designate the Courts of Additional Special Judge, Anti Corruption at Jammu and Srinagar as the Special Courts for the Jammu division and the Kashmir division respectively.

Penalty for non-compliance under NFRA Rules amended to prescribe fines for contraventions and daily continuing breaches.
The Central Government substitutes rule 13 of the National Financial Reporting Authority Rules, 2018 to prescribe a monetary fine for contraventions and an additional daily fine for each day a continuing contravention persists, establishing a two-tier penalty structure for breaches of the NFRA Rules.

Safe harbour rule extended to an additional assessment year, applying retrospectively from the start of the fiscal year.
Amendment to rule 10TD substitutes sub rule wording to add an additional assessment year to the list covered by the safe harbour provision, extending the period in which eligible taxpayers may rely on prescribed transfer pricing benchmarks. The change is effective from the first day of the fiscal year and the explanatory memorandum certifies no person is adversely affected by its retrospective operation.

Waiver of interest for electronic commerce operators unable to file required e commerce statements due to portal technical glitches, interest nil.
Notification prescribes a nil interest rate for specified electronic commerce operators who could not file the mandated e commerce statement due to portal technical glitches; the waiver covers the period from deposit of tax into the electronic cash ledger until filing of the statement and applies only to the listed GSTINs and months specified in the Table.

Protected-system designation governs access to critical banking and payment infrastructure through specified authorised personnel categories.
HDFC Bank computer resources relating to Core Banking Solution, Real Time Gross Settlement and National Electronic Fund Transfer, comprising the Structured Financial Messaging Server, are declared protected systems and treated as Critical Information Infrastructure. The designation extends to associated dependency computer resources. Access is authorised for designated employees, authorised contractual managed service provider or third-party vendor team members requiring need-based access, and specified consultants, regulators, government officials, auditors and stakeholders on a case-by-case basis.

GST exemption revisions narrow service exemptions and set proportional, capped treatment for tour-operator services supplied to foreign tourists.
The State GST notification is amended to narrow and remove specified exemptions in the services table, omit recurring qualifying phrases for several entries, and insert targeted entries and provisos. Key changes include an exception to residential dwelling exemption when rented to a registered person; a limited warehousing exemption for cereals, pulses, fruits and vegetables; a new entry for low-weight Department of Posts services; a proviso excluding certain high-room-charge non-ICU hospital rooms; and a provision limiting exemption for tour operator services to the proportion of the tour performed outside India, capped at fifty percent, with day-counting rules and a definition of "foreign tourist."

No TDS on IFSC aircraft lease rent where lessor furnishes required declaration and lessee reports payments.
No deduction of tax shall be made under section 194-I on lease rent or supplemental lease rent paid to a Unit in an International Financial Services Centre for aircraft leasing, provided the lessor furnishes a verified statement-cum-declaration in Form No. 1 for the declared consecutive assessment years and the lessee, upon receipt, refrains from deducting tax and reports particulars of such payments in the statutory statement; the exemption applies only for the years declared and technical procedures for secure data transmission are to be prescribed by Income-tax Systems authorities.