Guidelines for recovery of outstanding dues, in cases wherein first appeal has been disposed of, till Appellate Tribunal comes into operation.
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....ting authority, fully or partially, and where appeal against such order of appellate authority could not be filed under section 112 of the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as 'the GGST Act') due to non-constitution of Appellate Tribunal (hereinafter referred to as 'Tribunal'), as yet. Doubts have also been raised as to whether the amount that was originally intended to be paid towards the demand created but has inadvertently been paid and intimated by the taxpayer through FORM GST DRC-03 either under the 'voluntary' category or under the 'others' category, can be adjusted against the pre-deposit that is required to be paid by the taxpayer for filing appeal before the appellate....
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.... appeal as per sub-section (9) of section 112 of the GGST Act. However, as the taxpayers are not able to file appeal under section 112 in Appellate Tribunal against the orders of appellate authority and therefore, are not able to make the pre-deposit under sub-section (8) of section 112 of GGST Act, in some cases, the tax officers are taking a view that there is no stay against recovery as per sub-section (9) of section 112 of GGST Act. In some cases, taxpayers have either paid or are willing to pay the requisite amount of pre-deposit as per sub-section (8) of section 112 of GGST Act either by crediting in their electronic liability register against the demand so created, or by depositing the said amount through FORM DRC-03. However, tax of....
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.... before the Appellate Tribunal, as and when it comes into operation, within the timelines mentioned in section 112 of the GGST Act read with Gujarat Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Removal of Difficulties) Order, 2019 dated 05.12.2019. On providing the said undertaking and on payment of an amount equal to the amount of pre-deposit as per the procedure mentioned in Para 4 above, the recovery of the remaining amount of confirmed demand as per the order of the appellate authority will stand stayed as per provisions of sub-section (9) of section 112 of GGST Act. 6. In case, the taxpayer does not make the payment of the amount equal to amount of pre-deposit or does not provide the undertaking/declaration to the proper officer, then it will be p....
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....ted as if the said payment was made towards the said demand on the date of such intimation through FORM GST DRC-03. 7.2 Accordingly, in cases where the concerned taxpayer has paid an amount that was intended to have been paid towards a particular demand through FORM GST DRC-03, has submitted an application in FORM on the common portal, the amount so paid and intimated through the FORM GST DRC-03 will be considered as if the payment was made towards the said demand on the date of such intimation through FORM GST DRC-03. The amount so paid shall also be liable to be adjusted towards the amount required to be paid as pre-deposit under Section 107 and Section 112 of the GGST Act, if and when the taxpayer files an appeal against the sai....
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