Goods and Services Tax : The updated Annexure B utility has introduced strict validation checks, mandatory JSON uploads, and automated GST refund processin...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has made offline Annexure-B filing mandatory for specified GST refund claims with invoice-wise validation through GSTR-2B. Th...
Goods and Services Tax : GST authorities have strengthened reconciliation checks, invoice validation, and ITC scrutiny for export refunds from 01-04-2026. ...
Goods and Services Tax : The article argues that refunds arising from the Supreme Court’s ruling in Mohit Minerals fall squarely within the proviso to Se...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN has replaced manual Annexure-B filing with a JSON-based automated validation utility linked directly to Form RFD-01. The new ...
Goods and Services Tax : The representation highlights ambiguity in whether the ₹2.5 crore ITC threshold should be annual or cumulative. It emphasizes th...
Goods and Services Tax : CBI arrests Superintendent of Central GST & Central Excise in Berhampur for accepting Rs. 15,000 bribe from complainant regarding ...
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...
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...
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-...
Goods and Services Tax : The High Court held that refund rejection orders must contain specific findings and proper reasoning. Since the appellate authorit...
Goods and Services Tax : The Court ruled that refund claims under inverted duty structure cannot be restricted using the earlier anomalous formula once Rul...
Goods and Services Tax : The applicant sought clarity on refund eligibility after filing NIL claims but later withdrew the application citing procedural co...
Goods and Services Tax : The court held that the 2-year time limit under Section 54 is mandatory and binding on authorities. However, delay can be condoned...
Goods and Services Tax : The SC declined to interfere with the High Courts order granting IGST refund despite return filing error. It upheld that refund ca...
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...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : GSTN announces changes to the refund process for deemed export recipients, removing chronological filing and modifying the refund ...
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...
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...
GST is an indirect tax which ultimately becomes the revenue of government when the product/service is consumed by the end consumer. Government allows the GST Refund to promote the exports and to make Indian exporters competent to the global market. So, except some exceptional circumstances GST refund is applicable on the exports. Any eligible GST […]
Summary of Clarification on refund related issues vide Circular No.135/05/2020 – GST dt. 31st March, 2020, explaining Bunching of Refund claims across Financial Years, Change in manner of refund of tax paid on supplies other than zero rated supplies, Guidelines for refunds of Input Tax Credit under Section 54(3) and New Requirement to mention HSN/SAC […]
GST Refund vis-à-vis temporary GST registration-CBIC had mentioned 12 categories (one being residuary category) under which refund application has to be filed electronically. One such situation is ‘refund on account of assessment/appeal/any other order’. To file an online refund application, a person must have a GST registration in a state where he/she seeks the refund. However, there are cases when the department granted temporary registration to a person in a state where he/she does not carry out any business. Let us first examine the Rule 16 which is related to suo moto registration.
Bunching of GSt refund claims across Financial Years: i) At the outset, provisions under GST didn’t allowed taxpayer for clubbing of tax period across financial years for claiming refund application. (Say application from Jan’2018 to Dec’ 2018 cannot be filled since it is crossing two financial year.) The same stand was taken in master circular dated 18th Nov 2019 vide Para no. 8.
Decision to process pending refund claims has been taken with a view to provide immediate relief to the taxpayers in these difficult times even though the GST Law provides 15 days for issuing acknowledgement or deficiency memo and total 60 days for disposing off refund claims without any liability to pay interest, all pending refund applications must be taken up for processing immediately.
IT Department to release all pending income tax refunds up to Rs 5 lakhs immediately ; Around 14 lakh taxpayers to benefit. All GST & CUSTOM refunds also to be released ; to provide benefit to around 1 lakh business entities including MSMEs
There is no ambiguity that for every taxpayer provision related to refunds are always most favourite under any Act and GST Act is no different. In fact, every organization designs their business process in such a manner so as to make optimum utilization of the refund provisions With the help of this article, we shall […]
Article analyses Changes in Refund Process vide Circular No. 135/05/2020 dated 31-03-2020 issued by CBIC- 1. Bunching of refund claims across Financial Years: – The restriction on clubbing of tax periods across different financial years was put in vide para 11.2 of the Circular No. 37/11/2018-GST dated 15.03.2018. The said circular was rescinded being subsumed in […]
The board has issued circular no.135/05/2020 dated 31st March 2020 (herein referred as “impugned circular”) to resolve the issues faced by the taxpayers applying for refund and has tried to redress them Let`s analyse the 5 issues, the clarification and its validity in this article: – 1. Clarification on clubbing of months of different financial […]
The Central Board of Indirect Taxes and Customs (CBIC) had issued Master Circular on Refunds No. 125/44/2019-GST dated 18.11.2019 rescinding all earlier circulars. Recently CBIC has issued Circular and brought amendment to CGST Rules, 2017 to bring major changes for claiming refund under GST. It include submission of additional details, realization of exports proceeds, documents […]
