Amnesty Scheme will be called as, ‘Maharashtra Settlement of Arrears of Tax, Interest, Penalty or Late Fee Act, 2023’. This Scheme is applicable on various taxes levied by GST Department before introduction of GST Act and duration of this Amnesty Scheme will be from May 1, 2023 to October 31, 2023.
Complete waiver of the arrears in cases where arrears are Rs. 2,00,000/- or less per year. As a result small dealers will be benefited in around one lakh cases.
Dealers having arrears up to Rs. 50 lakhs or less per statutory order will pay only 20% amount and balance 80% will be waived. As a result medium dealers will be benefited in around eighty thousand cases.