MAHARASHTRA ORDINANCE No V OF 2013.
AN ORDINANCE
further to amend the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002.
WHEREAS both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session;
AND WHEREAS the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002, for the purposes hereinafter appearing ;
NOW, THEREFORE, in exercise of the powers conferred by clause (1) of article 213 of the Constitution of India, the Governor of Maharashtra is hereby pleased to promulgate the following Ordinance, namely :”
1. (i) This Ordinance may be called the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Short title and (Amendment) Ordinance, 2013.
(2) It shall come into force at once.
Amendment in Section 23 of MVAT IX of 2005
2. In section 23 of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002,”
(a) in sub-section (2), after the second proviso, the following proviso 2005 shall be added, namely :”
” Provided also that, in respect of the period commencing on or after the 1st April 2008 and ending on or before the 31st March 2009, an order of assessment under this sub-section may be made on or before the 30th June 2013.” ;
(b) in sub-section (3A), the following proviso shall be added, namely :”
” Provided that, in respect of the period commencing on or after the 1st April 2005 and ending on or before the 31st March 2006, an order of assessment under the respective provisions may be made on or before the 30th June 2013.”.
STATEMENT
In pursuit to the policy of the e-governance of the Government, the Sales Tax Department has introduced e-governance. Under the provisions of the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005) the dealers have uploaded information of their business transactions online. On analising the huge data, the Sales Tax Department has noticed that substantial revenue is at risk in the period of 2005-06 and 2008-09. The period of limitation for assessments provided under sub-sections (2) and (3A) of section 23 of the said Act is expiring on the 31st March 2013. In order to quantify and to avoid loss to the State exchequer it has become imperative to extend the said period of limitation for assessments for the period of 2005-06 and 2008-09 upto the 30th June 2013 by amending the said sub-sections (2) and (3A), suitably.
2. As both Houses of the State Legislature are not in session and the Governor of Maharashtra is satisfied that circumstances exist which render it necessary for him to take immediate action further to amend the Maharashtra Value Added Tax Act, 2002 (Mah. IX of 2005), for the purposes aforesaid, this Ordinance is promulgated.
K. SANKARANARAYANAN,
Governor of Maharashtra,
Dated the 1st March 2013.
