TMI BlogClarifications on refund related issuesX X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... m Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as SGST Act ), hereby clarifies the issues as detailed hereunder: Sl. No. Issue Clarification 1. Certain registered persons have reversed, through return in FORM GSTR-3B filed for the month of August, 2018 or for a subsequent month, the accumulated input tax credit (ITC) required to be lapsed in terms of notification No. 20/2018-State Tax (Rate) dated 26.07.2018 read with circular No. 56/30/2018-GST dated 24.08.2018 (hereinafter referred to as the said notification ). Some of these registered persons, who have attempted to claim refund of acc ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... undertakings and other documents which are statutorily required to be submitted with a refund claim of unutilized ITC on account of accumulation due to inverted tax structure . On receiving the said application, the proper officer shall himself calculate the refund amount admissible as per rule 89(5) of State Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as SGST Rules ), in the manner detailed in para 3 of Circular No. 59/33/2018- GST dated 04.09.2018. After calculating the admissible refund amount, as described above, and scrutinizing the application for completeness and eligibility, if the proper officer is satis ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... egistered person reverses the amount of credit to be lapsed, in terms the said notification, through the return in FORM GSTR-3B for any month subsequent to August, 2018 or through FORM GST DRC-03 subsequent to the due date of filing of the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the month of August, 2018? a) As the registered person has reversed the amount of credit to be lapsed in the return in FORM GSTR-3B for a month subsequent to the month of August, 2018 or through FORM GST DRC-03 subsequent to the due date of filing of the return in FORM GSTR-3B for the month of August, 2018, he shall be liable to pay interest under sub-section (1) of section 50 of the SGST Act o ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... 23rd October, 2017 or notification No. 41/2017-Integrated Tax (Rate), dated the 23rd October, 2017, published in the Gazette of India, Extraordinary, Part II, Section 3, Sub-section (i), vide number G.S.R 1321(E), dated the 23rd October, 2017(hereinafter referred to as the said notifications )? a) Rule 89(4B) of the SGST Rules provides that where the person claiming refund of unutilized input tax credit on account of zero-rated supplies without payment of tax has received supplies on which the supplier has availed the benefit of the said notifications, the refund of input tax credit, availed in respect of such inputs received under the ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... resh application for refund. Accordingly, in several cases, the ITC amounts were re- credited after issuance of deficiency memo. However, it was later represented that the common portal does not allow a taxpayer to file a fresh application for the same period after issuance of a deficiency memo. Therefore, the matter was re-examined and it was subsequently clarified, vide Circular No. 70/44/2018-GST dated 26.10.2018 that no re-credit should be carried out in such cases and taxpayers should file the rectified application, after issuance of the deficiency memo, under the earlier ARN only. It was also further clarified that a suitable clarification would be issued separately for cases in which su ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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