Central Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2021- NOTIFICATION No. 37/2021–Central Tax
G.S.R. 842(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Central Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely: —
- Short title and commencement. –
(1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Ninth Amendment) Rules, 2021.
(2) Save as otherwise provided in these rules, they shall come into force on the date of their publication in the Official Gazette. - In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, —
(i) in rule 137, with effect from the 30th day of November 2021, for the words “four years”, the words “five years” shall be substituted.
(ii) in FORM GST DRC-03, —
(a) in the heading, after the words “or statement”, the words, letters and figures “or intimation of tax ascertained through FORM GST DRC-01A” shall be inserted;
(b) against item 3, in column (3), for the word and letters “Audit, investigation, voluntary, SCN, annual return, reconciliation statement, others (specify)”, the words, letters, figures and brackets “Audit, inspection or investigation, voluntary, SCN, annual return, reconciliation statement, scrutiny, intimation of tax ascertained through FORM GST DRC01A, Mismatch (Form GSTR-1 and Form GSTR-3B), Mismatch (Form GSTR-2B and Form GSTR-3B), others (specify)” shall be substituted;
(c) against item 5, in column (1), after the word and figures “within 30 days of its issue”, the words, letters, figures and brackets “, scrutiny, intimation of tax ascertained through Form GST DRC-01A, audit, inspection or investigation, others (specify)” shall be inserted;
(d) for the table, under serial number 7, for the table, the following table shall be substituted, namely:-
| “Sr. No. | Tax Period | Act | Place of supply (POS) | Tax/ Cess | Interest | Penalty, if applicable | Fee | Others | Total | Ledger utilised (Cash / Credit) | Debit entry no. | Date of debit entry |
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| .”. |
Note : The principal rules were published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification No. 3/2017-Central Tax, dated the 19th June, 2017, published vide number G.S.R. 610(E), dated the 19th June, 2017 and were last amended vide notification No. 35/2021-Central Tax, dated the 24th September, 2021 vide number G.S.R. 659(E), dated the 24th September, 2021.
