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Rule 71 of the CGST Rules, 2017

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At a glance

Entitlement and conditions

  • Former rule 71(4) and ExplanationUncorrected discrepancies increased the recipient’s output liability in the following month’s FORM GSTR-3. Supplier correction meant adding or correcting outward details; recipient correction meant deleting or correcting inward details to match the other party.

Procedure, powers and definitions

  • Rule 71, omissionNotification 19/2022-Central Tax omitted rule 71 from 1 October 2022.
  • Former rule 71(1)–(3)Discrepancies and potential additions were communicated through FORM GST MIS-1 to the recipient and FORM GST MIS-2 to the supplier by the matching month’s end. Each party could correct its relevant supply statement for the communication month.

Rule 71 was omitted from 1 October 2022. Its former procedure communicated credit mismatches to both parties and allowed correction in their supply statements. An unresolved discrepancy then increased the recipient’s output tax liability in the specified subsequent return. This explanation describes the removed matching framework; earlier-period use requires the applicable historical law and savings to be established.[1]

Text

The text below is the rule as served by the CBIC tax information portal on 24 September 2026, with the portal's own amendment footnote markers (shown as small numerals before a bracket) and its footnotes.[1] The Rules as published in the Gazette of India is the legal source.

Rule 71, verbatim (show)

Rule 71. 1[****]

1. Omitted (w.e.f. 01.10.2022) vide Notification No. 19/2022 - CT dated 28.09.2022 for "Rule 71.Communication and rectification of discrepancy in claim of input tax credit and reversal of claim of input tax credit .-

(1) Any discrepancy in the claim of input tax credit in respect of any tax period, specified in sub-section (3) of section 42 and the details of output tax liable to be added under sub-section (5) of the said section on account of continuation of such discrepancy, shall be made available to the recipient making such claim electronically in FORM GST MIS-1 and to the supplier electronically in FORM GST MIS-2 through the common portal on or before the last date of the month in which the matching has been carried out.

(2) A supplier to whom any discrepancy is made available under sub-rule (1) may make suitable rectifications in the statement of outward supplies to be furnished for the month in which the discrepancy is made available.

(3) A recipient to whom any discrepancy is made available under sub-rule (1) may make suitable rectifications in the statement of inward supplies to be furnished for the month in which the discrepancy is made available.

(4) Where the discrepancy is not rectified under sub-rule (2) or sub-rule (3), an amount to the extent of discrepancy shall be added to the output tax liability of the recipient in his return to be furnished in FORM GSTR-3 for the month succeeding the month in which the discrepancy is made available.

Explanation. - For the purposes of this rule, it is hereby declared that -

(i) Rectification by a supplier means adding or correcting the details of an outward supply in his valid return so as to match the details of corresponding inward supply declared by the recipient;

(ii) Rectification by the recipient means deleting or correcting the details of an inward supply so as to match the details of corresponding outward supply declared by the supplier."

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Omission-date boundary 71 footnote1

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Amendment history

The CBIC text carries 1 footnote. The table gives each in the source's own terms. Effective dates are as the footnotes state them.[1]

Amendments to Rule 71 as footnoted in the CBIC text
NoteChange
1Omitted (w.e.f. 01.10.2022) vide Notification No. 19/2022 - CT dated 28.09.2022 for "Rule 71.Communication and rectification of discrepancy in claim of input tax credit and reversal of claim of input tax credit.-[2]

Circulars and notifications

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Notifications (1)

NumberDateSubject
Notification No. 19/2022-Central Tax28 September 2022Seeks to make amendments (Second Amendment, 2022) to the CGST Rules, 2017.

See also

References

  1. Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs. "Rule 71. [Omitted]****". Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017, CBIC tax information portal, with amendment footnotes 1 to 1. Retrieved 24 September 2026.
  2. Notification No. 19/2022-Central Tax, dated 28 September 2022: Seeks to make amendments (Second Amendment, 2022) to the CGST Rules, 2017. Cited in CBIC footnote 1.

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