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Goods and Services Tax : Learn the statutory framework governing GST refunds under Section 54 of the CGST Act, including eligibility, filing procedures, do...
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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 : Orissa HC held that refund cannot be refused merely because the State might appeal, where no appeal or proceeding was pending on t...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : Delhi High Court ruled that the amendment restricting Explanation 2(e) applies prospectively and cannot take away vested refund ri...
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...
Goods and Services Tax : The Tribunal held that procurement strategy, supplier oversight, and sourcing support formed part of a substantive procurement ser...
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...
1. Circular No. 135/05/2020 – GST dated 31.03.2020 has been issued for clarifying certain aspects related to refunds under GST. Clarifications along with our analysis of the same are as follows: BUNCHING OF REFUND CLAIMS ACROSS FINANCIAL YEARS 2. Vide Paragraph 8 of the Circular No. 125/44/2019-GST dated 18.11.2019 it was earlier clarified that the […]
Inverted Duty Structure means a situation where in the tax rate on inputs is higher than tax rates on outward supplies. Thus where taxes paid on inputs are at a rate higher than the taxes paid on outward supplies, such situation is an Inward Duty Structure. Inverted duty structure generally results in accumulation of excess […]
CBIC vide Circular No. 137/07/2020-GST has clarified on GST refund if GST has been paid but subsequently Service contract cancelled or goods supplied been returned, Date of TCS Payment, Submission Date of LUT for Financial Year 2020-21, Application for such refund of GST for which two years were expiring on 31.03.2020 etc. Circular No. 137/07/2020-GST […]
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 […]
