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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 5055 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 219 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


Online GST refund processing and single authority disbursement : Advisory

September 28, 2019 12147 Views 0 comment Print

Online processing of refund applications and single authority disbursement implemented The online processing of refund applications and single authority disbursement has been implemented. The taxpayers are advised to take note of the following changes: Refund applications filed by the taxpayers in RFD-01 form shall be processed electronically/ online by the tax-officer and all communications between […]

All about Availability of Online GST Refunds functionality in CBIC-GST Application

September 26, 2019 21978 Views 1 comment Print

Till now, the Refund application — RFD-01A filed online by the tax payer at the GSTN common portal is pushed to the CBIC back end system, in which the jurisdictional tax officer can view and download these applications. Thereafter, the proper officer manually processes the applications and refund sanction order and Payment advice are sent to PAO for payment. The rejected amount if any, which has been debited from the ledgers of the tax payer is re-credited automatically upon successful submission of RFD-01 B.

Address lacunas in scheme formulated for IGST Refund: HC to CBIC

September 24, 2019 822 Views 0 comment Print

The grievance of the petitioners is also that the statutory mechanism created for entertaining IGST refund claims is not being implemented, and that there are some inherent lacunas in the scheme formulated by the Respondents to process the refund claims.

Changes in GST Law & Return Filing including Annual Returns

September 20, 2019 23223 Views 3 comments Print

Filing of FORM GSTR-9 for those taxpayers who (are required to file the said return but) have aggregate turnover up to Rs. 2 crores made optional for the said tax periods. A Committee of Officers to be constituted to examine the simplification of Forms for Annual Return and reconciliation statement.

CGST Delhi busted a racket of issuance of invoices without actual supply of goods

September 16, 2019 1515 Views 0 comment Print

Racket of Issuance of Invoices Without Actual Supply of Goods Busted In Delhi CGST Delhi West and CGST Delhi North in a joint operation busted a racket of issuance of invoices without actual supply of goods. The taxpayer availed fraudulent Input Tax Credit for seeking IGST Refunds from Customs formations. Investigations revealed a novel modus […]

Fake IGST Refund: Biggest ever pan-India joint operation by DGGI & DRI

September 12, 2019 2745 Views 1 comment Print

In the biggest ever joint operation by Directorate General of GST Intelligence (DGGI) and Directorate General of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) against exporters who were claiming refund of IGST fraudulently, pan-India searches were carried out at 336 different locations across the country yesterday.

GST Revalidation: Solution to get the Unprocessed Refund

September 8, 2019 8460 Views 1 comment Print

Since the inception of GST, there are various mistakes done by the Assesses in filing GST returns, offsetting outward Liabilities and the creating of Challan. The most common mistakes done by the Assessee as well as the taxpayer is creating the wrong challan amount. For example, instead of SGST head, the cash has been deposited […]

Rectification of Invoice / GSTN Number / Shipping Bill Mis-match, EGM/Stuffing and IGST Refund

August 29, 2019 21096 Views 7 comments Print

Exporters are requested to advise their respective Shipping Lines to file the EGM correctly before the departure of the vehicle. In the event of EGM errors, the Shipping Bill generated in the IGST Temporary Scroll will not be migrated to final Scroll. Unless, the Shipping Bill figures in the final Scroll of IGST, the exporters will not be able to get IGST Refund credited to their Bank Account.

HC allows refund of IGST after adjusting higher rate of duty drawback

August 29, 2019 3846 Views 0 comment Print

G NXT Power Corp Vs Union of India (Kerala High Court) After hearing the counsel on the adjustment, the Court has suggested refund of IGST after adjusting the higher rate of duty drawback availed by the petitioner without refunding IGST amount. The counsel have consented to disposing of the writ petition by this order: a) […]

Verify IGST refund claims as per SOP before by 18.09.2019

August 29, 2019 5688 Views 0 comment Print

Chief Commissioner, CGST & Central Excise, Chandigarh Zone during meeting held on 28.08.2019 has issued directions that all action prescribed in the SOP for verification of IGST refund claims & other related aspects (in regard to Risky Exporters) dated 17.06.2019 shall be completed by 18.09.2019.

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