Lawgist13Recovery of tax
(1) Where any amount of tax, interest or penalty is payable by a person to the Government under any of the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder and which remains unpaid, the proper officer of central tax, during the course of recovery of said tax arrears, may recover the amount from the said person as if it were an arrear of central tax and credit the amount so recovered to the account of the Government under the appropriate head of Union terrirtory tax.
(2) Where the amount recovered under sub-section (1) is less than the amount due to the Government under this Act and the Central Goods and Services Tax Act, the amount to be credited to the account of the Government shall be in proportion to the amount due as Union territory tax and central tax.
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- 1 Short title, extent and commencement
- 2 Definitions
- 3 Officers under this Act
- 4 Authorisation of officers
- 5 Powers of officers
- 6 Authorisation of officers of central tax as proper officer in certain circumstances
- 7 Levy and collection
- 8 Power to grant exemption from tax
- 9 Payment of tax
- 9A Utilisation of input tax credit
- 9B Order of utilisation of input tax credit
- 10 Transfer of input tax credit
- 11 Officers required to assist proper officers
- 12 Tax wrongfully collected and paid to Central Government or Union territory Government
- 13 Recovery of tax
- 14 Definitions
- 15 Constitution of Authority for Advance Ruling
- 16 Constitution of Appellate Authority for Advance Ruling
- 17 Migration of existing tax payers
- 18 Transitional arrangements for input tax credit
- 19 Transitional provisions relating to job work
- 20 Miscellaneous transitional provisions
- 21 Application of provisions of Central Goods and Services Tax Act
- 22 Power to make rules
- 23 General power to make regulations
- 24 Laying of rules, regulations and notifications
- 25 Power to issue instructions or directions
- 26 Removal of difficulties
