Refund of gst on courier charges

[Varun Gupta]

Respected members

I am new to export. Want to sell on ebay.com

As product value is small as compared to shipping charge on export item

The gst charged on shipping ( courier ) can be claimed back or not ?

Please advise

Varun gupta

[Rachit Agarwal]

Filing of Shipping Bills is itself the refund for claim subject to filing of GSTR 1 and GSTR 3B and EGM has been uploaded.

[KASTURI SETHI]

The whole procedure has been laid down in Board's circular no.125/44/2019-GST dated 18.11.19.

[KASTURI SETHI]

In continuation of above, also read Circular No.135/05/2020 - GST dated 31.3.20

[YAGAY andSUN]

There are two aspects of your query, one is you can Claim ITC on Courier Charges for shipping of goods out of the country and used it against your out ward liability, the other one is already discussed by our Experts.

AI Summary

Input tax credit on courier charges for exports may be claimed or refunded subject to export documentation and GST return compliance. GST charged on courier/shipping for exported goods may be claimed as Input Tax Credit and utilised against outward liability, or refunded through the export refund mechanism, subject to compliance with export documentation and GST return obligations-notably filing the shipping bill, uploading the EGM, and filing GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B-and following the procedures in Board Circular No.125/44/2019 GST and Circular No.135/05/2020 GST.