Amended and updated notes on section 73 of CGST Act, 2017. Detail discussion on provisions and rules related to Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any willful-misstatement or suppression of facts.
Chapter XV (Sections 73–84) of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 deals with the provisions related to demands and recovery. Section 73 of CGST 2017 provides for Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any willful-misstatement or suppression of facts.
Recently, we have discussed in detail section 72 (Officers to assist proper officers) of CGST Act 2017. Today, we learn the provisions of section 73 of Central GST Act 2017.
Section 73 of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 has been notified by the Ministry of Finance vide Notification No. 9/2017-Central Tax, G.S.R. 658(E), dated 28.06.2017. This notification was come into force from 1st July, 2017 i.e. the commencement date of section 73 is 1-7-2017.
| Name of Act | The Central Goods and Services Tax Act 2017 |
|---|---|
| Enacted by | Parliament of India |
| Administered by | Central Board of Indirect Taxes & Customs |
| Governing body | GST Council |
| Number of Chapters | 21 |
| Number of Sections | 174 |
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| Chapter No. | XV |
| Chapter Name | Demands and Recovery |
| Section No. | 73 |
| Section Name | Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any willful misstatement or suppression of facts |
| Updated 2024 Edition | GST Law Book PDF |
Relevant Rules and Forms for GST Sections 73, 74 and 76:
- Rule 121: Recovery of credit wrongly availed
- Rule 142: Notice and order for demand of amounts payable under the Act
- FORM GST DRC – 01: Summary of Show Cause Notice
- FORM GST DRC – 01A: Intimation of tax ascertained as being payable under section 73(5)/74(5)
- FORM GST DRC – 02: Summary of Statement
- FORM GST DRC – 03: Intimation of payment made voluntarily or made against the show cause notice (SCN) or statement or intimation of tax ascertained through
- FORM GST DRC-01A.
- FORM GST DRC – 04: Acknowledgement of acceptance of payment made voluntarily
- FORM GST DRC – 05: Intimation of conclusion of proceedings
- FORM GST DRC – 06: Reply to the Show Cause Notice
- FORM GST DRC – 07: Summary of the order
- FORM GST DRC – 08: Summary of Rectification /Withdrawal Order
- Rule 142A: Procedure for recovery of dues under existing laws
- FORM GST DRC – 07A: Summary of the order creating demand under existing laws
- FORM GST DRC – 08A: Amendment/Modification of summary of the order creating demand under existing laws
Section 73 of Central GST – Determination of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for any reason other than fraud or any willful-misstatement or suppression of facts1
Section 73 of CGST Act 2017 shall come into force on 01.07.2017 vide Notification No. 9/2017-Central Tax, G.S.R. 658(E), dated 28.06.2017.
Section 73(1) of CGST Act
Section 73(1): Where it appears to the proper officer that any tax has not been paid or short paid or erroneously refunded, or where input tax credit has been wrongly availed or utilised for any reason, other than the reason of fraud or any wilful-misstatement or suppression of facts to evade tax, he shall serve notice on the person chargeable with tax which has not been so paid or which has been so short paid or to whom the refund has erroneously been made, or who has wrongly availed or utilised input tax credit, requiring him to show cause as to why he should not pay the amount specified in the notice along with interest payable thereon under section 50 and a penalty leviable under the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder.
Section 73(2) of CGST Act
Section 73(2): The proper officer shall issue the notice under sub-section (1) at least three months prior to the time limit specified in sub-section (10) for issuance of order.
Section 73(3) of CGST Act
Section 73(3): Where a notice has been issued for any period under sub-section (1), the proper officer may serve a statement, containing the details of tax not paid or short paid or erroneously refunded or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised for such periods other than those covered under sub-section (1), on the person chargeable with tax.
Section 73(4) of CGST Act
Section 73(4): The service of such statement shall be deemed to be service of notice on such person under sub-section (1), subject to the condition that the grounds relied upon for such tax periods other than those covered under sub-section (1) are the same as are mentioned in the earlier notice.
Section 73(5) of CGST Act
Section 73(5): The person chargeable with tax may, before service of notice under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, the statement under sub-section (3), pay the amount of tax along with interest payable thereon under section 50 on the basis of his own ascertainment of such tax or the tax as ascertained by the proper officer and inform the proper officer in writing of such payment.
Section 73(6) of CGST Act
Section 73(6): The proper officer, on receipt of such information, shall not serve any notice under sub-section (1) or, as the case may be, the statement under sub-section (3), in respect of the tax so paid or any penalty payable under the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder.
Section 73(7) of CGST Act
Section 73(7): Where the proper officer is of the opinion that the amount paid under sub-section (5) falls short of the amount actually payable, he shall proceed to issue the notice as provided for in sub-section (1) in respect of such amount which falls short of the amount actually payable.
Section 73(8) of CGST Act
Section 73(8): Where any person chargeable with tax under sub-section (1) or sub-section (3) pays the said tax along with interest payable under section 50 within thirty days of issue of show cause notice, no penalty shall be payable and all proceedings in respect of the said notice shall be deemed to be concluded.
Section 73(9) of CGST Act
Section 73(9): The proper officer shall, after considering the representation, if any, made by person chargeable with tax, determine the amount of tax, interest and a penalty equivalent to ten per cent. of tax or ten thousand rupees, whichever is higher, due from such person and issue an order.
Section 73(10) of CGST Act
Section 73(10): The proper officer shall issue the order under sub-section (9) within three years from the due date for furnishing of annual return for the financial year to which the tax not paid or short paid or input tax credit wrongly availed or utilised relates to or within three years from the date of erroneous refund.
Section 73(11) of CGST Act
Section 73(11): Notwithstanding anything contained in sub-section (6) or sub-section (8), penalty under sub-section (9) shall be payable where any amount of self-assessed tax or any amount collected as tax has not been paid within a period of thirty days from the due date of payment of such tax.
- Section 73 of CGST Act 2017 shall come into force on 01.07.2017 vide Notification No. 9/2017-Central Tax, G.S.R. 658(E), dated 28.06.2017. ↩︎