Refund of excess service tax paid - time limitation - Admittedly ...

Service Tax

February 4, 2023

Refund of excess service tax paid - time limitation - Admittedly Central Goods & Service Tax Act was introduced w.e.f. 1.7.2017 replacing the erstwhile existing Act and Rules. Section 142(5) of the new Act makes the assessee eligible to file refund claim and to get the refund of the amount of service tax paid by them in cash notwithstanding anything to the contrary contained under the provisions of existing law other than the provisions of sub-section (2) of Section 11B of the Central Excise Act, 1944. The said provision expressly prescribed that the limitation provided in sub-section (1) of Section 11B is not applicable. - AT

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