Other Provisions & Procedure

Rounding off of tax, etc

Section 170, CGST Act

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Section 170 provides for ROUNDING OFF of tax, interest, penalty etc. to the nearest rupee.

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* Section 170. Rounding off of tax, etc.- The amount of tax, interest, penalty, fine or any other sum payable, and the amount of refund or any other sum due, under the provisions of this Act shall be rounded off to the nearest rupee and, for this purpose, where such amount contains a part of a rupee consisting of paise, then, if such part is fifty paise or more, it shall be increased to one rupee and if such part is less than fifty paise it shall be ignored.

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2017-07-01 · Commenced

Provision as originally enacted in the CGST Act, 2017 (Act 12 of 2017) and brought into force w.e.f. 01-07-2017.

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