{"act":{"id":"andhra-pradesh-goods-services-tax-act-2017","short_title":"The Andhra Pradesh Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017","long_title":null,"act_number":"16","act_year":2017,"enact_date":null,"enforcement_date":null,"ministry":null,"department":null,"jurisdiction":"Andhra Pradesh","unit":"section","section_count":174,"in_force":true,"spent":false,"spent_note":null,"duplicate_of":null,"text_source":"ocr","scan_url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/scan/ae09e997-f14e-41bb-9751-c02969df93a4.pdf","url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/andhra-pradesh-goods-services-tax-act-2017/"},"unit":"section","section":{"number":"36","heading":null,"text":"Period of retention of accounts- Every registered person required to keep and maintain books of account or other records in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section 35 shall retain them until the expiry of seventy two months from the due date of furnishing of annual return for the year pertaining to such accounts and records: Collins Provided that a registered person, who is a party to an appeal or revision or any other proceedings before any Appellate Authority or Revisional Authority or Appellate Tribunal or Court, whether filed by him or by the Chief Commissioner, or is under investigation for an offence under Chapter XIX, shall retain the books of account and other records pertaining to the subject matter of such appeal or revision or proceedings or investigation for a period of one year after final disposal of such appeal or revision or proceedings or investigation, or for the period specified above, whichever is later. CHAPTER -IX RETURNS","html":"<p>Period of retention of accounts- Every registered person required to keep and maintain books of account or other records in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (1) of section <a href=\"/andhra-pradesh-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/35/\">35</a> shall retain them until the expiry of seventy two months from the due date of furnishing of annual return for the year pertaining to such accounts and records: Collins Provided that a registered person, who is a party to an appeal or revision or any other proceedings before any Appellate Authority or Revisional Authority or Appellate Tribunal or Court, whether filed by him or by the Chief Commissioner, or is under investigation for an offence under Chapter XIX, shall retain the books of account and other records pertaining to the subject matter of such appeal or revision or proceedings or investigation for a period of one year after final disposal of such appeal or revision or proceedings or investigation, or for the period specified above, whichever is later. CHAPTER -IX RETURNS</p>","words":161,"text_source":"ocr"},"classification":[],"instruments":[],"judgments":[],"corresponds_to":[],"url":"https://indiacode.ecourtsindia.com/andhra-pradesh-goods-services-tax-act-2017/section/36/","note":null,"source_note":"Read from the Government's own scanned gazette with Azure Document Intelligence, then split into sections by their numbering. India Code publishes no text for this Act. The scan itself is mirrored into our own storage and served at /scan/ae09e997-f14e-41bb-9751-c02969df93a4.pdf, so the reading here can be checked against the page it came from without depending on India Code's own copy staying where it is (it was at https://indiacode.gov.in/server/api/core/bitstreams/7b15f2d9-be9b-4564-bc6d-caa873553605/content).","judgments_note":"Judgment holdings are the ratio decidendi as extracted from the order by eCourts India, reproduced unaltered. Reported judgments only.","licence":"Published with commentary and other original matter under s.52(1)(q)(ii), Copyright Act 1957."}