MINISTRY OF FINANCE
(Department of Revenue)
(CENTRAL BOARD OF INDIRECT TAXES AND CUSTOMS)
NOTIFICATION
New Delhi, the 29th August, 2021
No. 32/2021 – Central Tax
G.S.R. 598(E).—In exercise of the powers conferred by section 164 of the Central Goods and Services Tax
Act, 2017 (12 of 2017), the Government, on the recommendations of the Council, hereby makes the following rules
further to amend the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, namely: —
1. Short title and commencement. – (1) These rules may be called the Central Goods and Services Tax (Seventh
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.
2. In the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, —
(i) in sub-rule (1) of rule 26, –
(a) in the fourth proviso, for the figures, letters and words “31st day of August, 2021”, the figures, letters and
words “31st day of October, 2021” shall be substituted;
(b) with effect from the 1
st day of November, 2021, all the provisos shall be omitted;
(ii) with effect from the 1st day of May, 2021, in rule 138E, after the fourth proviso, the following proviso shall be
inserted, namely: –
“Provided also that the said restriction shall not apply during the period from the 1
st day of May, 2021 till the 18th day
of August, 2021, in case where the return in FORM GSTR-3B or the statement of outward supplies in FORM
GSTR-1 or the statement in FORM GST CMP-08, as the case may be, has not been furnished for the period March,
2021 to May, 2021.”;
(iii) in FORM GST ASMT-14, –
(a) after the words, “with effect from ——”, the words, “vide Order Reference No. ——-, dated ——” shall
be inserted;
(b) the words, “for conducting business without registration despite being liable for registration” shall be
omitted;
(c) at the end after “Designation”, the word “Address” shall be inserted.
[F. No. CBIC-20006/24/2021-GST]
RAJEEV RANJAN, Under Secy.
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. 30/2021 – Central Tax, dated the 30th July, 2021 vide number
G.S.R. 517 (E), dated the 30th July, 2021.