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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 357 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 855 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 5058 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 3786 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 225 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 2871 Views 0 comment Print


Sanction of IGST refund where records not transmitted to ICEGATE

February 16, 2021 9234 Views 0 comment Print

Several representations are being received by the Board in respect of IGST refunds which are pending due to mis-match of data between GSTR- 1 & GSTR-3B. The resolution to the above problem was provided by the Board, as an interim measure, vide Circular No. 12/2018-Cus dated 29.05.2018 read with Circular No. 25/2019-Cus dated 27.08.2019 in respect of Shipping Bills filed upto 31.03.2019.

HC directs DGFT Surat decide on removal of IEC code from denial entity list

February 16, 2021 2484 Views 0 comment Print

Gujarat HC directs DGFT to address petitioner’s plea on Import Export Code (IEC) denial. Full text of the judgment included.

HC quashes GST refund cancellation order for being cryptic & non-speaking

January 29, 2021 2229 Views 0 comment Print

Genpact India Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India And Ors. (Punjab And Haryana High Court) The petitioner has straightway approached this Court, challenging the order dated 11.09.2020 of the Adjudicating Authority, vide which the refund claimed by the petitioner has been rejected. Having heard the counsel for the parties and on going through the pleadings […]

HC allowed IGST refund against artificially inflated CGST & SGST

January 29, 2021 1161 Views 0 comment Print

Radheshyam Spinning Pvt Ltd Versus Union Of India (Gujarat High Court) After the present writ application was filed on 18th December 2020, Section 49 of the CGST came to be amended w.e.f. 01/02/2019 and new Section 49A and Section 49B were inserted in the said Act. By virtue of power under Section 49B, Rule 88A […]

Refund of IGST paid on export of services: Blunder of GSTN system

January 1, 2021 24465 Views 7 comments Print

1. GST law provides for the refund of IGST paid on export of services on realization of payment. The same shall be done by filing of Form-RFD-01 online on the GST portal of the claimant within the prescribed period of 2 years from the relevant date. 2. Relevant date in such case will be calculated […]

Allowed refund of IGST paid on ocean freight beyond limitation period prescribed under GST Law

December 22, 2020 7515 Views 0 comment Print

HC allowed the refund claim of Integrated Goods and Service Tax (IGST) paid on ocean freight under the reverse charge mechanism (RCM) beyond the statutory time limit prescribed under Section 54 of the Central Good and Service Tax Act, 2017

Sanction refund of IGST paid on goods exported vide shipping bills: HC

December 15, 2020 3963 Views 1 comment Print

Awadkrupa Plastomech Pvt. Ltd. Vs Union of India (Gujarat High Court) It appears from the materials on record that the writ­ applicant wants the respondent­ authorities to sanction the refund of Integrated Goods and Service Tax [herein after referred to as the ‘IGST’] paid in respect of the goods exported i.e. ‘Zero Rated Supplies’ vide […]

Rejection of refund without hearing the petitioner & without intimating the reason not justified

December 14, 2020 4617 Views 0 comment Print

Sahibabad Printers Vs Additional Commissioner CGST (Appeals) And Others (Allahabad High Court) Counsel for the petitioner argues that as the show cause notice was silent, the petitioner could not have been expected to give any reply and further questioning the appellate order he argues that the appellate authority was wrong in recording that no document […]

Intertwining of GST Refunds with Benefits under Advance Authorization

November 29, 2020 21654 Views 1 comment Print

1. Recently a spate of notices have been issued by the DRI to the exporters who have availed the scheme of Advance Authorization under the FTP asking the exporters to pay the IGST on the imports made on or after 23.10.2017 in cases where the refund of the accumulated input tax credits (‘ITC’) have been […]

IGST Refunds – Genuine Exporters-Rule of Law Missing?

November 28, 2020 15015 Views 6 comments Print

Though GST department claims only a miniscule percentage of exporters have been selected for risky exporter verification, it appears many exporters even with a good reputation over couple of decades in exporting the goods have been also selected for this verification!!

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