B2C QR code compliance exemption extended till 30th June 2021

The CBIC vide Notification No. 06/2021 – Central Tax dated March 30, 2021 amended Notification No. 89/2020 – Central Tax dated November 29, 2020 to extend the waiver of penalty leviable under Section 125 of the CGST Act, 2017 (i.e. general penalty) for non-compliance of provisions of Notification No. 14/2020–Central Tax dated March 21, 2020 (Provisions of Capturing of Dynamic QR Code in GST Invoices) between the period from December 1, 2020 to June 30, 2021, subject to the condition that the said person complies with the provisions of the said notification from July 1, 2021.

MINISTRY OF FINANCE
Department of Revenue
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
New Delhi
Notification No. 06/2021–Central Tax Dated: 30th March, 2021

G.S.R. 223(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 128 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following amendments in notification of the Government of India in the Ministry of Finance (Department of Revenue), No. 89/2020 – Central Tax dated November 29, 2020, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Subsection (i), vide number G.S.R. 745(E), dated the 29th November, 2020, namely:

In the said notification, –

(i) in the first paragraph, for the figures, letters and words, “31st day of March”, the figures, letters and words “30th day of June”, shall be substituted;
(ii) in the first paragraph, for the figures, letters and words, “1st day of April”, the figures, letters and words “1st day of July”, shall be substituted.

[F. No. CBEC-20/16/38/2020-GST]

Note : The principal notification was published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i) vide notification No. 89/2020-Central Tax, dated the 29th November, 2020, published vide number G.S.R. 745(E), dated the 29th November, 2020.