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An announcement was made by Hon’ble Finance Minister in the Budget Speech 2011 for introducing a simplified scheme for the refund of service tax paid on services used for export of goods on the lines of drawback of duties.
Central Government issues Notification to Provide average Rates of Service Tax Refund for a wide Range of Goods Exported from India; Adds to E-Enabled Service Delivery to Exporting Community, Limits Public interface and Reduces Transaction Costs in obtaining Refunds The Central Government has issued a notification today to provide average rates of service tax refund, ranging from 0.03% to 0.20% of the F.O.B. value of export, for a wide range of goods exported from India. The average rate of refund is in respect of 18 identified services used beyond the factory gate. This is being done to implement the simplified scheme.
CIRCULAR NO 149/18/2011-ST So far Service Tax Refund (STR) was made available to exporters (other than SEZ Units/Developers) on specified services used for export of goods covered in Notification 17/2009-ST dated 07.07.2009 (as amended) subject to certain conditions. In this connection, Honourable Finance Minister, had stated in his Budget Speech that
Exports of as many as 68 services, including banking and asset management, will be eligible for refund of service tax, as per a draft circular issued by CBEC on 28.10.2011. The Central Board of Excise and Customs (CBEC) in order to streamline the process of sanctioning of refund claims arising on account of service tax on input services that have gone into exports of services, has sought public comments by November 30 on the draft circular.
Government today said that it was working on a system to automatically transfer service tax refunds in their accounts. Currently, the duty drawback is directly credited to accounts of exporters maintained at customs houses, but exporters have to file claims separately to get service tax refunds. Exporters complain that many a times there are unusual delay in refund of the levy.
To sum up, the following measures are proposed: (i)Service Tax Refund will be processed in the ICES through the Custom Houses. (ii) Service Tax Refund will be given electronically to the exporter who opts for claiming STR based on schedule. In case an exporter wishes to claim STR on export of goods on actual basis he will approach the concerned Central Excise/Service Tax field formations. (iii) Service Tax Refund will be processed and sanctioned on the ICES system subject to the safeguards indicated. F.No.354/66/2011-TRU, Dated – 12th August, 2011
The government today vide circular no. Circular No.142/11/2011 – ST dated 18th May 2011, said that SEZ unit and developers would require the sanction of Unit Approval Committee for availing benefits of service tax refund. Besides, developers and units would also have to furnish original invoices for claiming benefits, the Department of Revenue said in a circular.
Circular No.142/11/2011 – ST , Dated – 18th May 2011 In the notification, there is no difference in treatment of service tax paid under section 66 and section 66A of Finance Act, 1994. Where refund arises, Table – A, in Form A-2 can be used for making a refund claim.
Refund – export of services – relevant date – The Commissioner (Appeals) has held that in such a case the relevant date is the date when the payment of service (exported) is received by the assessee not the date when the service is provided. Against that order, Revenue is in appeal on the premise that the relevant date is the date of service tax paid as per Section 11B of Central Excise Act, 1944. – Held that: – it is very much clear in the case of export of service, the relevant date is the date when the payment of service exported has been received by the assessee.
In continuation of previous articles, elaborating the difficulties in getting the refund claim under different conditions, we in this article are unveiling the problems existing in the Service tax refund mechanism under condition of Certification of Self Certification. This complete scenario is being elaborated with the means of humorous poems and conversation between Johnny (an assessee) and his father but the main motive is to bring out the problems faced by exporters.
