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GST Refunds: Types, Application Process & Documents Required

Goods and Services Tax : The article explains that GST refunds depend on correct statutory classification, documentation, and timelines. It highlights that...

July 4, 2026 354 Views 0 comment Print

Refunds Under GST Regime: A Legal Analysis of CGST Act, 2017

Goods and Services Tax : Learn the statutory framework governing GST refunds under Section 54 of the CGST Act, including eligibility, filing procedures, do...

June 24, 2026 885 Views 0 comment Print

GST Refund Limitation Amendment Cannot Apply Retrospectively to Curtail Vested Rights: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : The Delhi High Court held that the amended limitation provision under Section 54 cannot be applied retrospectively to deny refund ...

June 20, 2026 384 Views 0 comment Print

GST Refunds Section 54(3): Export under LUT & Inverted Duty Structure

Goods and Services Tax : Section 54(3) permits refund of unutilised ITC for zero-rated supplies and inverted duty structures. The key takeaway is that refu...

June 5, 2026 852 Views 0 comment Print

GST Refund Filing: Annexure-B Offline Utility Mandatory from May 18, 2026

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has permanently removed PDF-based Annexure-B filing for ITC refund claims and made the Excel-based Offline Utility compulsory...

May 26, 2026 5052 Views 0 comment Print


Latest News


Representation on Cancellation of GST Registration & Refund Processing

Goods and Services Tax : The representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...

April 23, 2026 3783 Views 0 comment Print

CBI Arrests Superintendent for Accepting Rs. 15,000 Bribe in GST Refund Case

Goods and Services Tax : CBI arrests Superintendent of Central GST & Central Excise in Berhampur for accepting Rs. 15,000 bribe from complainant regarding ...

July 13, 2024 1272 Views 1 comment Print

Option in Form RFD-01 to get refund arising out of excess payment in GSTR 4

Goods and Services Tax : While filing Annual Return GSTR-4, if composition taxpayers have deposited excess tax, they will now be able to file for GST refu...

August 10, 2022 4695 Views 0 comment Print

Instructions for enabling Internal Control Mechanism for Refunds in GST

Goods and Services Tax : Processing of Refund application of tax amount of more than Rs 2 Crore:- All the refund applications where the applicant has cl...

February 15, 2022 6018 Views 0 comment Print

IFSC code Changes – Update Bank details on GSTN Portal & GST Refund Application

Goods and Services Tax : Important GST Update IFSC of below 8 banks are changed due to merger. Taxpayers may update their Bank Account details through non-...

March 17, 2021 19887 Views 4 comments Print


Latest Judiciary


GST Refund Cannot Be Withheld Merely on Possibility of Future Appeal: Orissa HC

Goods and Services Tax : Orissa HC held that refund cannot be refused merely because the State might appeal, where no appeal or proceeding was pending on t...

July 4, 2026 213 Views 0 comment Print

Bombay HC Allows GST Refund Because Section 54 Amendment Is Prospective

Goods and Services Tax : The Bombay High Court held that the 2019 amendment to Section 54(1) of the GST Act applies prospectively and does not govern refun...

June 23, 2026 285 Views 0 comment Print

2019 Amendment to GST Refund Limitation Is Prospective, Not Retrospective: Delhi HC

Goods and Services Tax : Delhi High Court ruled that the amendment restricting Explanation 2(e) applies prospectively and cannot take away vested refund ri...

June 20, 2026 264 Views 0 comment Print

Telangana HC Directs GSTAT to Consider Delayed Refund Appeals

Goods and Services Tax : The Telangana High Court declined to examine the merits of GST refund rejection orders and directed the taxpayer to avail the stat...

June 15, 2026 252 Views 0 comment Print

No GST Refund as Foreign Group Entity Rendered Core Procurement Functions: GSTAT

Goods and Services Tax : The Tribunal held that procurement strategy, supplier oversight, and sourcing support formed part of a substantive procurement ser...

June 10, 2026 444 Views 0 comment Print


Latest Notifications


GST Portal Refund Validation Fixed for QRMP Taxpayers

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN resolved a technical issue for QRMP taxpayers on the GST Portal. Refund applications can now be filed, provided GSTR-3B for r...

June 10, 2025 1905 Views 0 comment Print

GST Refund Process Updates for Specific Exports

Goods and Services Tax : Learn about recent GSTN changes for refund filing on service exports with tax, SEZ supplies with tax, and deemed export supplier r...

May 8, 2025 2271 Views 0 comment Print

GSTN Advisory on GST Refund Filing Process for Recipients of Deemed Export

Goods and Services Tax : GSTN announces changes to the refund process for deemed export recipients, removing chronological filing and modifying the refund ...

May 8, 2025 4488 Views 0 comment Print

Refund of Additional IGST Paid on Upward Goods Price Revision

Goods and Services Tax : Learn how exporters can claim refund of additional IGST paid due to price increases post-export. Details on application process an...

July 14, 2024 3003 Views 1 comment Print

Mechanism for Refund of Additional IGST Paid on Price Revision Post-Exports

Goods and Services Tax : Circular No. 226/20/2024-GST outlines a procedure for refunding additional IGST paid due to upward price revisions post-export. Le...

July 11, 2024 2868 Views 0 comment Print


GST Refund: FAQs

December 19, 2022 10707 Views 1 comment Print

With the practical experience since GST come into force, there are some Frequently Asked Question by client as well as professional on the matter of GST refund, the article explains some practical question and answer in a commonly used terminology:

Manner of processing and sanction of withheld IGST refunds

November 28, 2022 7467 Views 0 comment Print

Manner of processing and sanction of IGST refunds, withheld in terms of clause (c) of sub-rule (4) of rule 96, transmitted to the jurisdictional GST authorities under sub-rule (5A) of rule 96 of the CGST Rules, 2017-regarding

Rejection of GST refund towards E-rickshaw – HC remand matter back to AO

November 25, 2022 2946 Views 0 comment Print

R3 Enterprises and Anr Vs Deputy Commissioner of State Tax (Calcutta High Court) This application has been filed in connection with the main writ petition drawing attention of the court about a Circular dated 3rd August, 2022 being No. 179/11/2022-GST issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Finance and relying on such Circular petitioners […]

Clarification on formula for grant of GST refund in cases of inverted duty structure

November 10, 2022 10515 Views 0 comment Print

Whether the formula prescribed under sub-rule (5) of rule 89 of the CGST Rules, 2017 for calculation of refund of unutilised input tax credit on account of inverted duty structure, as amended vide Notification No. 14/2022-Central Tax dated 05.07.2022, will apply only to the refund applications filed on or after 05.07.2022, or whether the same will also apply in respect of the refund applications filed before 05.07.2022 and pending with the proper officer as on 05.07.2022?

GST refund- Export proof (shipping bills) cannot be made applicable to electricity

October 29, 2022 3255 Views 0 comment Print

Andhra Pradesh High Court observed that the law does not compel a man to do things which he cannot possibly perform and it was held that Rule 89 of CGST Rules, 2017, deals with a procedure for claiming refund, but requiring them to produce shipping bills, as proof of export cannot be made applicable to electricity, as it is impossible to produce shipping bill for export of electricity, since the Custom Law does not refer to electricity and shipping bill is a Customs document.

GST refund rejection inadmissible if no reason assigned for rejection

October 21, 2022 1389 Views 0 comment Print

High Court are of the view that the same is not at all a speaking order. No reasons have been assigned for rejecting the refund application of the petitioner. Assessing officer did not advert to the objections filed by the petitioner on 10.03.2022.

HC grants Regular Bail to CA Gaurav Dhir in Gurgaon GST Refund Case

October 14, 2022 3273 Views 0 comment Print

Punjab and Haryana High Court grants Regular Bail (U/s 439 of Cr. P.C.) to CA Gaurav Dhir in Gurgaon GST Refund Case. Explore the case details, the grounds for bail, and the conditions imposed by the court. Stay informed about the legal nuances in economic offense cases and the significance of bail in preserving the right to liberty.

GST ITC refund Scam: HC grants Bail to Gurugram CA

October 13, 2022 7440 Views 0 comment Print

In the present case, he had been paid professional fee for uploading of the refund of Input Tax Credit. The petitioner and his co-accused Sunil Mahalawat were colleagues, as such the UDIN was borrowed by the petitioner from him for uploading and issuance of the CA certificate.

GST Refund Application: Period From 01.03.2020 to 28.02.2022 excludable in Limitation calculation

October 5, 2022 1938 Views 0 comment Print

Gandhar Oil Refinery (India) Ltd. Vs Assistant Commissioner of Sales Tax (Andhra Pradesh High Court) A perusal of material on record would show that GST refund application came to be made by the petitioner was on 22.09.2021, for the Tax period May, 2018 to May, 2019. Though, learned Government Pleader would contend that the said […]

GST Refund: Exclude Period from 01.03.2020 to 28.02.2022 for limitation – HC

September 19, 2022 4296 Views 0 comment Print

HC directs exclusion of period from 1st March 2020 to 28th February 2022, for limitation period computation for filing GST refund application

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