Nidhi | Jun 30, 2025 |
Kerala GST Amnesty Scheme 2025 Ending on June 30
The Kerala government, in its 2025-2026 Budget, announced the Amnesty Scheme 2025 to help individuals and businesses clear their old dues by offering relief such as reduced penalties or interest. There are four types of amnesty schemes under this initiative: the General Amnesty Scheme 2025 for settling various tax dues, the Flood Cess Amnesty 2025 for unpaid flood cess, the Amnesty for Bar Hotels 2025 to help bar hotels clear pending taxes, and the Distillery Arrears Settlement Scheme 2025 for distilleries to settle their outstanding amounts. The Amnesty Scheme is ending on June 30, 2025, i.e., today.
As the due date kicks in today, the State GST Commissioner has encouraged all taxpayers to take full advantage of the amnesty scheme to clear their pending dues. He also issued a warning that strict recovery measures will be taken against anyone who fails to settle their tax arrears after this final opportunity ends. Let us understand these Amnesty Schemes one by one.
The General Amnesty Scheme 2025 is a broad settlement scheme introduced to help clear unpaid taxes from before the GST system was established (pre-GST era). As part of this scheme, taxpayers can get a discount on the tax dues and will not have to pay any penalties or interest on those old dues.
To take advantage of the scheme, taxpayers must first pay the required tax amount through the e-Treasury portal (www.etreasury.kerala.gov.in). After that, they need to submit an online application with the payment details and challans on the official State GST Department website (www.keralataxes.gov.in) before June 30, 2025.
Under the Amnesty for Bar Hotels 2025, bar hotel owners can clear their pending turnover tax dues for the years 2005-2006 to 2020-21. To do this, they must pay the full turnover tax, cess, and 50% of the interest through the e-Treasury portal (www.etreasury.kerala.gov.in). After making the payment, they need to submit the e-challan and a physical application to the concerned assessing authority by June 30, 2025. Once this is completed, the remaining interest and penalties will be completely waived.
If you have unpaid Flood Cess for the period between August 2019 and July 2021, you can settle it under the Flood Cess Amnesty 2025. To do this, simply pay the amount through the e-Treasury portal (www.etreasury.kerala.gov.in) before June 30, 2025, and inform your Assessing Authority after making the payment. You can get a full waiver of penalty and interest under this scheme.
The Distillery Arrears Settlement Scheme 2025 was announced to help distilleries settle the turnover tax dues between June 2022 and December 2022. Under this scheme, if distilleries pay the full turnover tax for that period, all fines and interest will be completely waived.
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