The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs vide its notification dated 1st January 2020 has published the Central Goods and Services Tax (Amendment) Rules, 2021 to further amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017.
The Amendment is brought under rule 59 which deals with form and manner of furnishing details of outward supplies in which after sub-rule 5 the following has been inserted.
A registered person shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1, if he has not furnished the return in FORM GSTR-3B for preceding two months and the registered person, required to furnish return for every quarter under the proviso to sub-section (1) of section 39, shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1 or using the invoice furnishing facility, if he has not furnished the return in FORM GSTR-3B for preceding tax period.
Further the registered person, who is restricted from using the amount available in electronic credit ledger to discharge his liability towards tax in excess of ninety-nine per cent of such tax liability under rule 86B, shall not be allowed to furnish the details of outward supplies of goods or services or both under section 37 in FORM GSTR-1 or using the invoice furnishing facility, if he has not furnished the return in FORM GSTR-3B for preceding tax period.
