Section 65 - Audit by tax authorities of CGST ACT, 2017

               65. (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.