Respect Sir,
Refund application file for claim of Accumulated Input Tax Credit in case of Zero Rated Supply of Export of service.
The Department is insisting for FIRC or e-BRC instead of FIRA, as per RBI Circular, banks are not issuing FIRC.
On account of Non submission of FIRC, department is rejecting the Refund application.
What is recourse available in this scenario.
Thanks in Adance
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