Section 87 of CGST Act 2017: Liability in Case of Amalgamation or Merger of Companies

Provisions under Section 87 of the Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Act, 2017 relating to “Liability in Case of Amalgamation or Merger of Companies”:

Section 87 of CGST Act 2017: Liability in Case of Amalgamation or Merger of Companies (CHAPTER XVI – LIABILITY TO PAY IN CERTAIN CASES)

(1) When two or more companies are amalgamated or merged in pursuance of an order of court or of Tribunal or otherwise and the order is to take effect from a date earlier to the date of the order and any two or more of such companies have supplied or received any goods or services or both to or from each other during the period commencing on the date from which the order takes effect till the date of the order, then such transactions of supply and receipt shall be included in the turnover of supply or receipt of the respective companies and they shall be liable to pay tax accordingly.

(2) Notwithstanding anything contained in the said order, for the purposes of this Act, the said two or more companies shall be treated as distinct companies for the period up to the date of the said order and the registration certificates of the said companies shall be cancelled with effect from the date of the said order.

Note: CBEC notifies 01/07/2017 as the Commencement date for Sections 6 to 9, 11 to 21, 31 to 41, 42 [except proviso to sub-section (9)], 43 [except proviso to sub-section (9)], 44 to 50, 53 to 138, 140 to 145, 147 to 163 and 165 to 174 of the CGST Act 2017, vide Notification 9/2017.

Amendments History:

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Note: The CGST Act 2017 has been notified vide GOI Notification dt. 12/04/2017, which has subsequently been amended through CGST (Extension to J&K) Act 2017, Finance Act 2018, CGST Amendment Act 2018, Finance Act 2019, Finance Act 2020, Taxation and Other Laws (Relaxation of Certain Provisions) Ordinance 2020, Finance Act 2021, Finance Act 2022 including various Notifications issued by the Govt./ CBIC from time to time, relating to the commencement dates of various Sections/ Provisions in the respective CGST/ Amendment Acts, wherever required. Information on this page is a Section-wise compilation of the Amendments made by various Notifications issued by CBIC from time to time, with best possible efforts for accuracy. In any case, E&OE. For official/ updated information, please visit CBIC website.

CBIC Updates (GST)
Index of GST Circulars, Notifications, Press Releases, Orders, etc. issued by CBIC from 2017 and onwards along with Section-wise/ Rule-wise Text of GST Acts/ Rules:
CGST: CGST Act/ Definitions, CGST Rules, GST Forms
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UTGST: UTGST Act/ Definitions, UTGST Rules
GST Circulars (CGST/ IGST/ UTGST): 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
GST Instructions: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
CGST Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
CGST Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
IGST Notifications: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
IGST Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
UT Tax/ UTGST Notifications: 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
UT Tax/ UTGST Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Compensation Cess Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Compensation Cess Rate Notifications: 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
CBIC Orders (CGST/ IGST/ UTGST): 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
CBIC Press Releases: 2020, 2019, 2018, 2017
Note: For Official/ updated copy, please visit the CBIC website.

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