Credit notes validly issued for returned or rejected supplies...

Credit notes validly issued for returned or rejected supplies reduce taxable turnover and are deductible from adjusted total turnover under the zero-rated supply refund formula. Credit notes issued during the refund period against invoices for Financial Year 2019-20 after expiry of the statutory time limit cannot be excluded from adjusted total turnover and must be included on recomputation. As the recomputed refund remained within the maximum permissible amount, the refund already sanctioned remained admissible and the Revenue challenge failed.