Excess Refund wrongly Paid through DRC-03 from Credit Ledger

[umeshkumar jhawar]

Dear Experts

For November 2021, we have received Excess refund which we have wrongly paid through DRC-03 on 28.02.2022 from Credit Ledger instead of Cash Ledger, officer is asking to claim refund of earlier DRC-03 and to Pay fresh DRC-03 for Excess Refund from Cash Ledger.

Ex. Originally we have Claime Refund of Rs. 1,00,000.00 for Novermber 2021 refund received Rs. 90,000.00 and Rs. 10,000.00 recredited to our Credit Ledger.

But Later on concenred officer reduced the Refund to Rs. 85,000.00 hence we have paid Rs. 5000.00 vide DRC-03 on 28.02.2022 from Credit Ledger which should be paid through Cash Ledger; now Department is asking to pay Fresh DRC-03 from Cash Ledger for Rs. 5000.00 and asked to file Refund Application for Wrong DRC-03 filed on 28.02.2022 that too before 27.02.2024.

Can We file Refund application for Wrong DRC-03 Paid?

[Shilpi Jain]

see reply posted to the Issue ID = 119002

AI Summary

Refund correction for DRC-03: reverse credit-ledger payment and re-pay via cash-ledger to regularize excess refund. A taxpayer paid part of an excess GST refund using DRC-03 debiting the credit ledger when payment should have been made from the cash ledger; the department directed filing a refund application to reverse the incorrect DRC-03 and to pay afresh via DRC-03 from the cash ledger, imposing a filing deadline to regularize ledger balances after adjustment of the refundable amount.