Section 49

In force Act 3 of 2017 As on 11 Oct 2026

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Section 49 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017. Every deposit made towards tax, interest, penalty, fee or any other amount by a person by internet banking or by using credit or debit cards or National Electronic Fund Transfer or Real Time Gross Settlement or by such other mode and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed,

(1) Every deposit made towards tax, interest, penalty, fee or any other amount by a person by internet banking or by using credit or debit cards or National Electronic Fund Transfer or Real Time Gross Settlement or by such other mode and subject to such conditions and restrictions as may be prescribed, shall be credited to the electronic cash ledger of such person to be maintained in such manner as may be prescribed.
(2) The input tax credit as self-assessed in the return of a registered person shall be credited to his electronic credit ledger, in accordance with section 41, to be maintained in such manner as may be prescribed.
(3) The amount available in the electronic cash ledger may be used for making any payment towards tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount payable under the provisions of this Act or the rules made thereunder in such manner and subject to such conditions and within such time as may be prescribed.
(4) The amount available in the electronic credit ledger may be used for making any Notice to return defaulters. Levy of late fee. Goods and services tax practitioners. Payment of tax, interest, penalty and other amounts. payment towards output tax under this Act or under the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act in such manner and subject to such conditions and within such time as may be prescribed.
(5) The amount of input tax credit available in the electronic credit ledger of the registered person on account of - (a) integrated tax shall first be utilised towards payment of integrated tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of central tax and State tax, or as the case may be, Union territory tax, in that order;
(b) the central tax shall first be utilised towards payment of central tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of integrated tax;
(c) the State tax shall first be utilised towards payment of State tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of integrated tax;
(d) the Union territory tax shall first be utilised towards payment of Union territory tax and the amount remaining, if any, may be utilised towards the payment of integrated tax;
(e) the central tax shall not be utilised towards payment of State tax or Union territory tax; and (f) the State tax or Union territory tax shall not be utilised towards payment of central tax.
(6) The balance in the electronic cash ledger or electronic credit ledger after payment of tax, interest, penalty, fee or any other amount payable under this Act or the rules made thereunder may be refunded in accordance with the provisions of section 54.
(7) All liabilities of a taxable person under this Act shall be recorded and maintained in an electronic liability register in such manner as may be prescribed.
(8) Every taxable person shall discharge his tax and other dues under this Act or the rules made thereunder in the following order, namely :- (a) self-assessed tax, and other dues related to returns of previous tax periods;
(b) self-assessed tax, and other dues related to the return of the current tax period;
(c) any other amount payable under this Act or the rules made thereunder including the demand determined under section 73 or section 74.
(9) Every person who has paid the tax on goods or services or both under this Act shall, unless the contrary is proved by him, be deemed to have passed on the full incidence of such tax to the recipient of such goods or services or both.
Explanation .- For the purposes of this section, (a) the date of credit to the account of the Government in the authorised bank shall be deemed to be the date of deposit in the electronic cash ledger;
(b) the expression,- (i) "tax dues" means the tax payable under this Act and does not include interest, fee and penalty; and (ii) "other dues" means interest, penalty, fee or any other amount payable under this Act or the rules made thereunder.
Section 49, The Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (Act 3 of 2017).

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Questions about Section 49

How do I find court cases under Section 49 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act?

In judgments and charge sheets this section is written several ways, and each form finds a different set of orders. These search the full text of every order eCourtsIndia holds, best matches first: Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act 49, section 49 Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, section 49 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act. Each opens the full list of orders on eCourtsIndia, where it can be narrowed by court, year and outcome.

What should I read with Section 49 of the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act, and has it changed?

Its own text turns on section 41, section 54, section 73, section 74, so none of them can safely be read on its own. 5 other provisions in this corpus refer back to it. 21 instruments name it without being made under it, most recently Seeks to make amendments (Second Amendment, 2022) to the CGST Rules, 2017(Notification no 19/2022-State tax) (2023), then Notification No. 29/2020-State Tax (2022).

When was the Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act enacted?

Delhi Goods and Services Tax Act was enacted in 2017 as Act 3 of 2017. India Code records no commencement date for it. It is in force as at the date shown on this page.

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