Special Economic Zone notified at Nava Raipur for IT/ITES; Approval Committee constituted and ICD status assigned.
Central Government notifies 2.70 hectares at Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar as a Special Economic Zone for an IT/ITES project by M/s. Rackbank Datacenters Private Limited, confirming grant of a letter of approval for development, operation and maintenance under the Special Economic Zones Act, 2005. The Government constitutes an Approval Committee with specified ex officio members and a developer representative as special invitee, and declares the SEZ to be deemed an Inland Container Depot under the Customs Act, 1962 from the notified commencement date.

Refund availability limited where tax already discharged; appeals may be partially relinquished to restrict period under dispute.
The Rules amend refund and appellate procedures so that payments and refunds are confined to the period specified in the provision; refunds are barred for tax, interest, and penalty already discharged in full for that specified period where a demand covers both the specified period and other periods; appellants may intimate they will not pursue the appeal for the specified period, prompting the appellate authority to decide only on the remaining period and deeming the appeal withdrawn to that extent.

Long-term specified asset designation: IREDA redeemable bonds qualify under section 54EC when redeemable after five years and used for revenue servicing renewable projects.
The Central Government notifies redeemable bonds issued by the Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency as long-term specified asset for section 54EC where bonds are redeemable after five years and issued on or after the notification date, provided IREDA uses proceeds only for renewable projects that can service debt from project revenues without dependence on State Governments.

Exclusion for metal scrap suppliers: amendment exempts metal scrap suppliers from application of a state GST notification, effective October.
Insertion of a proviso excluding persons engaged in the supply of metal scrap, as classified under the Customs Tariff chapters for metal products, from the application of the stated GST notification; the amendment is effective from 10 October 2024.

Waiver of late fee for delayed GST TDS returns: fees above daily threshold and nil TDS months waived.
Waiver of late fee for registered persons required to deduct tax at source who failed to furnish FORM GSTR-7 for months from June 2021 onwards: the portion of late fee under the Act in excess of a specified daily amount is waived subject to an overall cap on the waived excess; where state tax deducted at source in a month is nil, the entire late fee for that month is waived.

Waiver eligibility for interest and penalty clarified; specified registered persons given a limited window to pay tax for waiver.
Notification under the Jharkhand GST Act designates cutoff dates for payment to obtain waiver of interest and/or penalty: registered persons with a notice, statement or order have a cutoff of 31.03.2025; registered persons subject to a redetermination order pursuant to appellate direction have a cutoff of six months from the date of that redetermination. The notification is effective from 1 November 2024.

Sunset date for Section 171 authority bars new requests to examine pass-through of input tax credits from the appointed cut-off.
The notification appoints a sunset date under the proviso to sub section (2) of section 171, by which the designated authority shall not accept any request to examine whether input tax credits availed or reductions in tax rates have led to a commensurate reduction in the price of goods or services; the appointed cut off is specified and the notification is made effective retrospectively from an earlier effective date.

Anti-profiteering review empowers tribunal bench to assess if tax credits or rate cuts produced commensurate price reductions.
The notification empowers the Principal Bench of the Appellate Tribunal to determine whether input tax credits availed by registered persons or reductions in tax rates have resulted in a commensurate reduction in the price of goods or services, authorizing the tribunal to assess the causal link between tax benefits and supplier pricing and making this verification mechanism operative from the specified commencement date.

Coming into force: specified sections of the Jharkhand GST Amendment Act set on two distinct dates to commence provisions.
The Government appointed commencement dates under the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2025, deeming a specified subset of sections effective from 27th September, 2024, and a broader set of provisions effective from 1st November, 2024, thereby implementing a staged commencement of the Act by State Tax notification.

Commencement of Jharkhand GST Amendment: provisions appointed to be effective on specified retrospective and later dates.
The Government, exercising the power under sub-section (iii) of section 1, issued a notification appointing specific dates on which designated sections of the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Act, 2025 shall be deemed effective, thereby commencing discrete provisions of the Amendment Act by formal administrative designation.

Tax rate amendment substitutes the previously notified state GST rate with a lower rate, effective retrospectively under section 52(1).
The notification amends the principal State Tax notification by substituting the words "half per cent." with the figure and word "0.25 per cent." for the relevant entry; the amendment is made under sub section (1) of section 52 of the Jharkhand GST Act and is deemed effective from 10th July, 2024 as published by the Commercial Taxes Department.

Annual return exemption for small taxpayers removes filing obligation for the specified financial year under state GST notification.
Exempts registered persons whose aggregate turnover in the specified financial year does not exceed the prescribed turnover ceiling from the obligation to file the annual return for that financial year, issued under the proviso to section 44 of the Jharkhand Goods and Services Tax Act; declares the exemption effective from the tenth day of July preceding the notification date and confines the relief to the stated year and turnover-based eligibility.

Extension of GSTR1 filing deadline: outward supplies for March 2024 may be filed by April 12, 2024.
The Commissioner, under the second proviso to section 37(1) read with section 168 of the Jharkhand GST Act, 2017, amended Notification No. 83/2020 to extend the time for furnishing details of outward supplies in FORM GSTR1 for registered persons required to file returns under section 39(1) (excluding those under the proviso) for the tax period March 2024 until 12 April 2024; the amendment is effective from 11 April 2024.

Specified premises definition updated to reference existing notification clause, changing how state GST rate provisions apply.
The notification substitutes item (c) of the Explanation to define specified premises as having the same meaning assigned in clause (xxxvi) of paragraph 4 of notification number 11/2017- State Tax (Rate), thereby incorporating that prior definition by reference; the substitution takes effect from the stated commencement date, binding application of State GST rate provisions to the referenced meaning.

Late fee waiver for delayed GSTR-9C reconciliations permitted if reconciliation statements are filed by the extended deadline.
The Government waives the amount of late fee in excess of the fee payable up to the date of furnishing FORM GSTR-9 for specified financial years for registered persons who failed to file FORM GSTR-9C with the annual return but subsequently furnish FORM GSTR-9C by the extended deadline; no refund is available for late fees already paid, and the notification is effective retrospectively from the operative date.

Exclusion of certain taxpayers: notification narrows rate applicability by excluding body corporates and composition taxpayers.
The notification amends the Table of the State GST rate notification by inserting exclusions: at serial 4, the words "other than a body corporate" are inserted after "Any person" to exclude bodies corporate; and at serial 5AB, the words "other than a person who has opted to pay tax under composition levy" are inserted after "Any registered person" to exclude composition-scheme taxpayers. These are textual qualifications to the specified rate entries under the State GST rate notification.

Temporary identification number for non registrants required to make payment, triggering administrative recording and registration requirement.
Rule 16A authorises the proper officer to grant a temporary identification number and issue an order in Part B of FORM GST REG-12 where a person is not liable to registration but is required to make payment under the Act. The substituted FORM GST REG-12 creates separate Part A and Part B orders: Part A for temporary or suo moto registration with business particulars and a direction to apply for registration within ninety days; Part B for issuance of a temporary identification number with personal particulars, effective date and optional bank account details. Amendments also align rule 19(1) and rule 87(4) with these provisions.

GST scope amended to exempt Motor Vehicle Accident Fund insurance services and to clarify insurer definition.
The notification amends the State GST rate schedule by substituting "transmission and distribution" with "transmission or distribution" at serial 25A, inserting a nil-rated entry for Motor Vehicle Accident Fund insurance services under the specified headings, adding a training partner approved by the National Skill Development Corporation to serial 69, omitting item (w) in paragraph 2 with a stated effective date, and inserting a definition adopting "insurer" from the Insurance Act.

Extension of filing deadline for FORM GSTR-8: January filing window provided for December tax-period compliance.
The Commissioner, on Council recommendations and under the GST statutory and rule framework, extends the time for furnishing the statement of outward supplies effected through an e-commerce operator in FORM GSTR-8 for December 2024 until the specified extended date in January 2025; the notification further declares the extension effective from an earlier specified date in January 2025 and records the administrative file reference.

Specified premises designation requires opt in/opt out declarations and annual applicability under state GST rules.
Effective 1 April 2025, the notification redefines specified premises for each financial year as: (a) premises that supplied hotel accommodation above a specified per unit per day value in the preceding financial year; (b) premises declared as specified premises by a registered supplier between 1 January and 31 March of the preceding financial year; or (c) premises declared by an applicant within fifteen days of registration acknowledgement. The amendment inserts Annexures VII-IX prescribing opt in and opt out declaration formats and timelines to be filed separately for each premises with the jurisdictional GST authority.