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by tax authorities | Section 65 of CGST Act

The Central Goods and Services


Act, 2017 (CGST Act)
⟵ Section 64 Section 66 ⟶

CHAPTER XIII
AUDIT
Section 65 – Audit by
tax authorities
CGST ACT 2017

(1) The Commissioner or any officer authorised by him, by way of a


general or a
specific order, may undertake audit of any registered
person for such period, at such frequency
and in such manner as may
be prescribed.

(2) The officers referred to in sub-section (1) may conduct audit at the
place of business
of the registered person or in their office.

(3) The registered person shall be informed by way of a notice not less
than fifteen
working days prior to the conduct of audit in such manner
as may be prescribed.

(4) The audit under sub-section (1) shall be completed within a period
of three months
from the date of commencement of the audit:

Provided that where the Commissioner is satisfied that audit in respect


of such
registered person cannot be completed within three months, he
may, for the reasons to be
recorded in writing, extend the period by a
further period not exceeding six months.

Explanation.––For the purposes of this sub-section, the expression


“commencement
of audit” shall mean the date on which the records
and other documents, called for by the tax
authorities, are made
available by the registered person or the actual institution of audit at
the
place of business, whichever is later.

(5) During the course of audit, the authorised officer may require the
registered
person,—

(i) to afford him the necessary facility to verify the books of account or
other
documents as he may require;

(ii) to furnish such information as he may require and render assistance


for
timely completion of the audit.

(6) On conclusion of audit, the proper officer shall, within thirty days,
inform the
registered person, whose records are audited, about the
findings, his rights and obligations
and the reasons for such findings.

(7) Where the audit conducted under sub-section (1) results in detection
of tax not
paid or short paid or erroneously refunded, or input tax credit
wrongly availed or utilised, the
proper officer may initiate action under
section 73 or section 74.

⟵ Section 64 Section 66 ⟶
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