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Rectification Application to be considered by the GST Department if ITC wrongly claimed under CGST and SGST instead IGST

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..... Rectification Application to be considered by the GST Department if ITC wrongly claimed under CGST and SGST instead IGST
By: - Bimal jain
Goods and Services Tax - GST
Dated:- 31-1-2024

The Hon'ble Kerela High Court in the case of DIVYA S.R. VERSUS UNION OF INDIA, STATE OF KERALA, GST COUNCIL, CHAIRMAN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX, NEW DELHI, COMMISSIONER OF STATE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX, T .....

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..... HIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 2024 (1) TMI 869 - KERALA HIGH COURT held that the GST Department to consider the rectification application when the GST Department had mistakenly claimed the entire input tax credit ("ITC") under heads of Central Goods and Service Tax ("CGST") and State Goods and Service Tax ("SGST"), instead of claiming it under head Integrated Goods and Service Tax ("IGST"). Hence, the .....

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..... writ petition was disposed of with a direction to the Authority to consider the application filed by the Assessee and pass necessary orders thereon. Facts: Divya S. R. ("the Petitioner") had received IGST credit through the interstate inward supply of goods. The total amount of IGST Credit as reflected in the FORM GSTR 2A was INR 1,14,957/-. The Petitioner while preferring monthly return in the .....

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..... FORM GSTR 3B for July, 2017, by mistake claimed the entire ITC of INR 1,14,957/- under the heads of CGST and SGST, instead of claiming it under the head IGST. This mistake resulted in passing the Assessment Order ("Impugned Order") by the Revenue Department ("the Respondent"). The Petitioner had filed a rectification application in FORM GST RFD-01 as provided under Rule 89(1)(A) of the Central Go .....

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..... ods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 ("the CGST Rules"). However, no decision was taken on the said rectification application. Hence, aggrieved by the Impugned Order the present writ petition was filed by the Petitioner. Issue: Should a rectification application be considered by the GST Department where ITC wrongly claimed under CGST and SGST instead IGST? Held: The Kerela High Court in DIVYA S. .....

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..... R. VERSUS UNION OF INDIA, STATE OF KERALA, GST COUNCIL, CHAIRMAN GOODS AND SERVICES TAX, NEW DELHI, COMMISSIONER OF STATE GOODS AND SERVICE TAX, THIRUVANANTHAPURAM - 2024 (1) TMI 869 - KERALA HIGH COURT held as under: * Directed that, the Respondent to consider the rectification application filed by the Petitioner under Rule 89(1)(A) of the CGST Rules, inserted through Notification No. 35/2021-C .....

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..... entral Tax dated September 24, 2021. Further, the Respondent is to pass necessary orders thereon expeditiously as per Section 18 of the Integrated Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 ("the IGST Act"). * Held that, the writ petition was disposed of with a direction to the Respondent to provide an opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner before the final order is passed on the rectification applicati .....

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..... on, until which no coercive measures shall be taken against the Petitioner for realisation of tax amount assessed in the Impugned Order. Relevant Provisions: Transfer of input tax credit. 18. On utilisation of credit of integrated tax availed under this Act for payment of,-- (a) Central tax in accordance with the provisions of sub-section (5) of section 49 of the Central Goods and Services Tax .....

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..... Act, the amount collected as integrated tax shall stand reduced by an amount equal to the credit so utilised and the Central Government shall transfer an amount equal to the amount so reduced from the integrated tax account to the central tax account in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed; (b) Union territory tax in accordance with the provisions of section 9 of the Union Terri .....

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..... tory Goods and Services Tax Act, the amount collected as integrated tax shall stand reduced by an amount equal to the credit so utilised and the Central Government shall transfer an amount equal to the amount so reduced from the integrated tax account to the Union territory tax account in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed; (c) State tax in accordance with the provisions of the .....

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..... respective State Goods and Services Tax Act, the amount collected as integrated tax shall stand reduced by an amount equal to the credit so utilised and shall be apportioned to the appropriate State Government and the Central Government shall transfer the amount so apportioned to the account of the appropriate State Government in such manner and within such time as may be prescribed. Explanation .....

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..... .--For the purposes of this Chapter, "appropriate State" in relation to a taxable person, means the State or Union territory where he is registered or is liable to be registered under the provisions of the Central Goods and Services Tax Act. 89. Application for refund of tax, interest, penalty, fees or any other amount.- (1A) Any person, claiming refund under section 77 of the Act of any tax pai .....

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..... d by him, in respect of a transaction considered by him to be an intra-State supply, which is subsequently held to be an inter-State supply, may, before the expiry of a period of two years from the date of payment of the tax on the inter-State supply, file an application electronically in FORM GST RFD-01 through the common portal, either directly or through a Facilitation Centre notified by the Co .....

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..... mmissioner: Provided that the said application may, as regard to any payment of tax on inter-State supply before coming into force of this sub-rule, be filed before the expiry of a period of two years from the date on which this sub-rule comes into force. Author can be reached at [email protected]) Reply By Ankur Parika as = can this judgment be used in cases where asessee wrongly claimed S .....

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..... GST/CGST instead of IGST in gst returns of 2017 and move rectification application for consideration by the department. Dated: 5-2-2024
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