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Can refund be claimed on closing balance of ITC at time of cancellation of registration

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..... Can refund be claimed on closing balance of ITC at time of cancellation of registration
Query (Issue) Started By: - Mallikarjuna Gupta Dated:- 12-5-2021 Last Reply Date:- 30-5-2021 Goods and Services Tax - GST
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Can the taxpayer claim refund of ITC in the credit ledger balance where the input tax credit is more than than the amount required to be reversed? If yes, how .....

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..... to claim? Example trader purchased goods for ₹ 10,00,000 paying ITC @18% and he couldn't sell the same with value addition but sold for only ₹ 9,00,000 and discharged tax liability n filed returns. He also had some service inputs of ₹ 10,000. Now the dealer wants to surrender registration, in this case can he get the refund of ₹ 18,000 ( on goods sold for loss) plus IT .....

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..... C on Services of ₹ 10,000. If yes, how can he claim ? Reply By Anand Singh: The Reply: No, ITC will not be available from the date of GST cancellation. Not only that surplus credit on the date of cancellation would also be reversed. Reply By KASTURI SETHI: The Reply: Sh. Mallikarjuna Gupta Ji, Sir, I am very much impressed with your profile. So I fail to understand the reason behind thi .....

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..... s question. I am cocksure you know very well that such refund claim is out of three fields (Inverted Duty Structure, Zero Rated Supply, excess payment of tax paid ) for which refund is admissible. And ITC availed is to be used in the course of business or furtherance of business. Hypothetically, if the closing balance in Electronic Credit Ledger is refunded because of cancellation of registration .....

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..... or closure of business, how the basic condition laid down in Section 16 (1) of CGST Act will be fulfilled ? To cap it all, I agree with the views of Sh.Anand Singh. Have you any novel idea to explore the possibility of such refund claim ? What is brewing in your mind ? Pl. enrich me with your creative thought. Further, I remember very well when I was posted in Central Excise Range, one party go .....

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..... t refund of balance of Cenvat Credit lying unutilized in their RG23 A Part-II on account of closure of the factory. That party got such refund at CESTAT stage. Reply By YAGAY andSUN: The Reply: In the case of Union of India v. Slovak Trading Co. Pvt. Ltd. reported at - 2006 (7) TMI 9 - KARNATAKA HIGH COURT wherein the issue was whether cash refund can be ordered even if there was no specific cov .....

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..... erage in Rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002. It was held that - - Rule 5 of the CENVAT Credit Rules, 2002 does not expressly prohibit the refund of the unutilised credit where there is no manufacture in the light of the closure of the factory. - Moreover, since the assessee had opted out of the Modvat scheme the refund of unutilised credit has to be made. - This case was maintained in the .....

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..... Supreme Court as well. Under GST Law, the assessees have challenged/sought Advance Rulings on issues pertaining to carry forward of credit but they have not met with success in all such cases. Although, the cases under the erstwhile law and present law are on a different footing, the fact remains that the registered person should be entitled to the refund of the balance input tax credit in cash o .....

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..... n cancellation of registration.
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