{"id":29862,"date":"2020-03-26T10:13:57","date_gmt":"2020-03-26T04:43:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/?p=29862"},"modified":"2020-03-26T11:29:37","modified_gmt":"2020-03-26T05:59:37","slug":"fm-announced-relief-measures-related-to-covid-19-outbreak-statutory-and-regulatory-compliance-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/fm-announced-relief-measures-related-to-covid-19-outbreak-statutory-and-regulatory-compliance-matters\/","title":{"rendered":"FM Announced Relief Measures Related to Covid-19 Outbreak: Statutory and Regulatory Compliance Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"has-drop-cap\">The outbreak of coronavirus or commonly known as <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.mygov.in\/covid-19\/\">Covid-19<\/a><\/strong> has impacted the lives of both, general citizens as well as the trade and businesses. In this situation where lockdown has been declared the business persons were expecting some relief in deadlines for payment of taxes and interests. The Honourable Supreme Court recently ruled on the <strong>Force Majeure Clause <\/strong>to save businesses from delay in execution of their contracts and also its financial implications. Looking at the ongoing issue the Union Finance and Corporate Affairs Minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced several Relief Measures Related to Covid-19 Outbreak to measures which were decided by the Government of India amidst the Covid-19 outbreak. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The\nmeasures are mainly focused on statutory and regulatory compliance matters\nwhich are related to several sectors such as Income Tax, GST, Customs and\nCentral Excise, Corporate Affairs, IBC or Insolvency or Bankruptcy Code,\nFisheries, Banking Sector and Commerce. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There\nwere many persons of different ministries present along with the Finance\nMinister like Shri Anurag Singh Thakur-Minister of State and Corporate Affairs,\nShri A.B. Pandey- Finance Secretary, Shri Atanu\nChakraborty- Secretary, Department of Economic Affairs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"shadow1\"><i>The relief measures related to covid-19 outbreak regarding statutory and compliance matters in various sectors are discussed below in this article:<\/i><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Income Tax<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Income Tax Returns<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Due\n  date of filing Income Tax Returns&nbsp; \n  <\/td><td>\n  Financial\n  Year\n  <\/td><td>\n  Original\n  Date\n  <\/td><td>\n  Revised\n  Date\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Extended\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  2018-2019\n  <\/td><td>\n  31<sup>st\n  <\/sup>March 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  30<sup>th<\/sup>\n  June 2020 \n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Aadhar PAN Linking Date<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Due\n  Date for Linking Aadhar card an PAN Card\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  Original\n  Date\n  <\/td><td>\n  Revised\n  Date\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Extended\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  31<sup>st<\/sup>\n  March, 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  30<sup>th<\/sup>\n  June, 2020\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Vivad se Vishwas&nbsp;scheme (Direct Tax)<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Due\n  Date\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  Waiver\n  Amount\n  <\/td><td>\n  Revised\n  date\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Extended\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  No\n  additional 10% amount\n  <\/td><td>\n  30<sup>th<\/sup>\n  <sup>&nbsp;<\/sup>June , 2020\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Others<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<table class=\"wp-block-table\"><tbody><tr><td>\n  Due\n  Date\n  <\/td><td>\n  Sector\n  <\/td><td>\n  Particulars\n  <\/td><td>\n  By\n  whom\n  <\/td><td>\n  Original\n  Date\n  <\/td><td>\n  Revised\n  Date\n  <\/td><\/tr><tr><td>\n  Extended\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  Investment\n  in the saving instruments or investments for roll over benefit of capital\n  gains under Income Tax Act,\n  Wealth\n  Act,\n  Prohibition\n  of Benami <a class=\"glossaryLink\"  aria-describedby=\"tt\"  data-cmtooltip=\"&lt;div class=glossaryItemTitle&gt;Property&lt;\/div&gt;&lt;div class=glossaryItemBody&gt;Property refers to the legal designation of ownership over valuable items or assets held by an individual or a business. This ownership grants the holder certain legal rights to use, consume,(...)&lt;\/div&gt;\"  href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/terms\/property\/\"  data-gt-translate-attributes='[{\"attribute\":\"data-cmtooltip\", \"format\":\"html\"}]'>Property<\/a> Transaction Act,\n  Black\n  Money Act,\n  STT\n  Law,\n  CTT\n  Law,\n  Equalisation\n  Levy Law,\n  ,\n  Vivad Se Vishwas&nbsp; law\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  Notice,\n  \n  Intimation,\n  Approval Order, or Sanction Order or\n  Filing\n  of Appeal or Furnishing of Return, Statements, Applications\n  Reports,\n  Any\n  other Documents, and \n  Time\n  limit of Completing the Proceedings\n  &nbsp;\n  <\/td><td>\n  By\n  the authority, or any taxpayer\n  <\/td><td>\n  20th\n  March 2020&nbsp; to 29th June 2020\n  <\/td><td>\n  30th\n  June 2020\n  <\/td><\/tr><\/tbody><\/table>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>No\npenalty will be charged for delayed payments of advance tax, regular tax,\nself-assessment tax, TDS, TCS, Equalisation Levy, STT, CTT that is made between\n20<sup>th<\/sup> March, 2020 to 30<sup>th<\/sup> June, 2020.<\/li><li>The\nrate of interest has also been reduced at 9% instead of 12% or 18% per annum\ni.e. 0.75% per month instead of 1 or 1.5 % per month will be charged for this\nperiod. No late fee or penalty will be charged for delay made in this period.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>GST or Indirect Tax<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The due dates have been\nextended as relief measures related to Covid-19 Outbreak for GST.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">GSTR-3B<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Business with annual turnover of less than five crores can file <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/govt-allows-taxpayers-to-file-gstr-3b-returns-in-a-staggered-manner\/\">GSTR-3B<\/a><\/strong>, which is due in March, April and May 2020 by last week of June, 2020.<\/li><li>No interest or late fee and penalty will be charged.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">For Other types of GSTR<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>For\nother types of GSTR having a due date in March, April and May 2020 can file by\nlast week of June 2020.<\/li><li>It\nwill attract a reduced rate of interest @9 % per annum from 15 days after due\ndate .The current interest rate is &nbsp;fixed\nat 18%. <\/li><li>No\nlate fees or penalty is to be charged, if complied before till 30th June 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Composition Scheme<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Composition scheme&rsquo;s date is extended until the last week of&nbsp;&nbsp; June 2020.&nbsp;&nbsp; <\/li><li>The last date for payments for the quarter ending 31<sup>st <\/sup>March 2020 and also filing of return for 2019-20 by the composition dealers will be extended till last week of June 2020.<\/li><li>Date for <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/gst-return-filing\">filing GST annual returns<\/a><\/strong> of for the year 2018-2019, the due date on 31<sup>st<\/sup> &nbsp;March, 2020 is extended till the last week of&nbsp; June 2020.<\/li><li>Due date for issue of notice or notification or approval order or sanction order or filing of appeal or furnishing of return or statements or applications or reports or any other documents or time limit for any compliance under the GST laws where the time span will expire between 20<sup>th<\/sup> March to 29<sup>th<\/sup> June 2020 it shall be extended to 30th June 2020.&nbsp; <\/li><li>The Payment date under the scheme Sabka Vishwas shall be extended to 30th June 2020. No interest will becharged for this period&nbsp; it is paid by 30th June, 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><b>More on Covid-19 Outbreak:<\/b> <mark><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/spurt-in-demand-for-food-products-amid-covid-19-outbreak\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spurt in Demand for Food Products amid Covid-19 Outbreak\n<\/a><\/mark>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Customs<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>As relief measures related to Covid-19 Outbreak specific changes have been made in customs:&nbsp; <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The Custom clearance will be made till<strong> 30th June 2020<\/strong>.<\/li><li>The due date for issue of notice or notification or approval order or sanction order or filing of appeal or furnishing of return or statements or applications or reports or any other documents or time limit for any compliance under Customs Act and other allied Laws where the time span will expire is between 20th March 2020&nbsp; to 29th June 2020 shall be extended to 30th June 2020.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Financial Services<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp; Relaxation provided for 3 months\non:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Withdrawal\nof cash for free from ATMs of any other bank for debit card holders for 3\nmonths.<\/li><li>Minimum\nbalance fee waived.<\/li><li>Bank\ncharges of digital trade transactions reduced for all trade finance consumers.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Corporate Affairs<\/strong><strong><\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">MCA-21<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>During\nthe suspension period from 1<sup>st<\/sup> April to 30<sup>th<\/sup> September\n2020 no additional fees shall be charged with respect to any document, return\netc. which is required to be filed in the registration of MCA-21, irrespective\nof its due date which will not only reduce the compliance burden, including\nfinancial burden of companies or LLPs but also enable long-standing\nnon-compliant companies or LLPs to make a &lsquo;fresh start&rsquo;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Holding of General Meeting<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The Board meeting of\nthe companies as prescribed in the Companies Act, 2013 of 120 days shall be\nextended by a period of 60 days till next two quarters that is 30<sup>th<\/sup>\nSeptember.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Companies (Auditor&rsquo;s Report) Order, 2020<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>To ease the burden of the companies and their auditors the Companies (<strong><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/caro-2020-new-audit-rules-to-enhance-due-diligence\/\">Auditor&rsquo;s Report<\/a><\/strong>) Order, 2020 shall apply from the financial year 2020-21.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Meeting of Directors as per Companies Act, 2013<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>According\nto Schedule 4 of the Companies Act, 2013-The Independent Directors must hold at\nleast one meeting without the attendance of Non-Independent directors and also\nthe members of the management.<\/li><li>In\ncase, the Independent Directors could not hold the meeting for the financial\nyear 2019-2020 it will not be considered as violation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Other Compliances<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Creating\nof deposit reserve of 20% deposits during the financial year 2020-2021 before\n30<sup>th<\/sup> April 2020 shall be allowed to comply until 30<sup>th<\/sup>\nJune 2020.<\/li><li>Investing\n15% debentures during the year in specified instruments may be done before 30<sup>th<\/sup>\nJune, 2020.<\/li><li>Non-compliance\nof the minimum residency period in India by at least one director of the\ncompany for a period of at least 182 days as prescribed under Section 149 of\nthe Companies Act, 2013 shall not be treated as a violation.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Filing of Declaration of Newly Incorporated Companies<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>The newly incorporated\ncompanies which are required to file declaration for commencement of business\nwithin six months of its incorporation have been given an additional time of 6\nmonths to file declaration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code (IBC)<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>In\ncase the current situation prevails beyond 30<sup>th<\/sup> of April, 2020,\nsection 7, 9 and 10 of the IBC 2016 might get suspended for a period of 6\nmonths to stop companies at large from being forced into insolvency proceedings\nin such force majeure causes of default.<\/li><li>Due\nto the rising financial crisis faced by most companies on account of the\nlarge-scale economic distress because of COVID 19, the threshold &nbsp;limit of defaulters has been increased under\nsection 4 of the IBC 2016 to Rs 1 crore (from the existing limit of Rs 1 lakh).\nThis will curtail the insolvency proceedings against MSMEs.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Department of Fisheries<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>As part of relief\nmeasures related to Covid-19 Outbreak for the department of fisheries, the following\nannouncements are made: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>The\nsanitary permits or SIPs for the import of SPF Shrimp Broodstock and other\nAgriculture inputs which will expire between 1<sup>st<\/sup> March 2020 to 15<sup>th<\/sup>\nApril 2020, has been extended by three months. <\/li><li>Delay\nin arrival of consignments up to one month to be condoned. <\/li><li>Without\nadditional booking charges the quarantine cubicles for cancelled consignments\nin Aquatic Quarantine Facility (AQF) to be rebooked.<\/li><li>Relaxation\nwould be provided from 7 days to 3 days in case of verification of documents\nand grant of NOC for Quarantine.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Department of Commerce<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ministry of\nCommerce will provide detailed notifications relating to the extension of\ntimelines for various compliances and procedures with regard to relief measures\non Covid-19 Outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Takeaway<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Government is taking active steps considering the 21\ndays lockdown starting from today, i.e. 25<sup>th<\/sup> March 2020. The\nbusinesses will get a sigh of relief through these announcements. More\nannouncements are expected in the near future if lockdown continues beyond 21\ndays period. The Government is trying its best to provide relief measures related\nto Covid-19 Outbreak.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Also, Read:<\/b> <mark><a href=\"https:\/\/enterslice.com\/learning\/finance-bill-2020-passed-by-lok-sabha-checklist-of-key-amendments\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Finance Bill 2020 Passed by Lok Sabha<\/a><\/mark>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The outbreak of coronavirus or commonly known as Covid-19 has impacted the lives of both, general citizens as well as the trade and businesses. In this situation where lockdown has been declared the business persons were expecting some relief in deadlines for payment of taxes and interests. 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