First Return :

(1) Every registered taxable person paying tax under the provisions of section 7 shall furnish the first return containing the details of:

(a) outward supplies under section 25 from the date on which he became liable to registration till the end of the month in which the registration has been granted;

(b) inward supplies under section 26 from the effective date of registration till the end of the month in which the registration has been granted:

Provided that a registered taxable person paying tax under the provisions of section 8 shall furnish the first return for the period starting from the date on which he becomes a registered taxable person till the end of the quarter in which the registration has been granted.

(2) Provisions of section 25, 26 and 27, other than the provision pertaining to tax period, shall apply mutatis mutandis to the said person furnishing return under subsection (1).