CGST Rule 20: Application for Cancellation of Registration

Provisions under Rule 20 of CGST Rules, 2017 relating to “Application for Cancellation of Registration”:

CGST Rule 20: Application for Cancellation of Registration (Chapter III: Registration Rules) [*1]

A registered person, other than a person to whom a registration has been granted under rule 12 or a person to whom a Unique Identity Number has been granted under rule 17, seeking cancellation of his registration under sub-section (1) of section 29 shall electronically submit an application in FORM GST REG 16, including therein the details of inputs held in stock or inputs contained in semi-finished or finished goods held in stock and of capital goods held in stock on the date from which the cancellation of registration is sought, liability thereon, the details of the payment, if any, made against such liability and may furnish, along with the application, relevant documents in support thereof, at the common portal within a period of thirty days of the occurrence of the event warranting the cancellation, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Commissioner.

Proviso omitted [*2]

Notes (History of Amendments in Bare Text):

1. CGST Rule 20 introduced vide Notification 3/2017, effective 22/06/2017.

2. Proviso omitted from 23/01/2018 vide Notification 3/2018. Please refer Notification 3/2017 for text thereof before omission.

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