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Govt. Planning to Provide GST Relief to Companies Under IBC Process

Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code

As per the recent update, the government is planning a beneficial step for companies undergoing resolution process under the IBC. IBC is an acronym for Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code.

There is some talk going on between the Ministry of Corporate Affairs and Department of Revenue (DoR) and a framework is expected to be revealed soon. A senior officer said that “The issue is under discussion… a procedure will be worked out,” The other person said that to finalise the contours, a meeting between officials is gonna organized this week.

As per updates, They are planning to allow companies undergoing resolution process to pay current levies of GST without the mandatory payment of past dues. This step will eliminate the obstacle in the bankruptcy resolution process.

At present, a firm is not allowed to file current tax dues if it has some past dues under the GST framework. Penal action has also been initiated for noncompliance in such cases where the GST registration has been cancelled Get to know easy steps for cancellation of GST registration online on GST portal of migrated taxpayers. We included original screenshots for easy understanding. Read more or insolvency resolution process has been initiated.

Thus it comes in the way of efforts to revive a company under the IBC process and also delaying the resolution process. Many Industry organisations have lobbied the government and this step, asking it to accept current GST without the mandatory payment of past dues.

Many experts also stated that GST and IBC need to be aligned which is now initiated indirect taxes These types of taxes paid on Consumption by the consumer but they do not pay directly to the government (unlike income tax). For example, GST, Sales Tax, VAT, Custom Duty and Octroi Tax. Read more leader, PwC. Pratik Jain also said that “It is important that the period during which the corporate insolvency resolution process (CIRP) takes place is insulated from the past GST compliance of the company.”

MS Mani, partner, Deloitte India said on the same issue that “There is a need to recognise the fact that there could be several cases of default in GST filings/payments due to genuine reasons, Such defaults should be condoned, possibly with a small penalty and the focus should be to avoid business disruptions.”

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