Subject: Refunds of IGST paid on export of goods under Rule 96 of CGST Rules, 2017

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....ackage for exporters. The Council was unanimous that it is in the national interest to take all possible measures to support the exporting community, which earns valuable foreign exchange and provides significant employment especially in the small and medium sector. The Council approved that by 10.10.2017 the refund of IGST paid on goods exported in July would begin to be paid and refunds for subsequent months would be handled expeditiously. In line with the government's commitment, CBEC has already issued suitable instructions to expeditiously disburse the refund of IGST paid on goods exported out of India. Also, with effect from 10th October, 2017, the refund is getting disbursed for the export of goods made in July 2017. In cases whe....

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....ted under GST Act and under Customs Act, the exporters may take care to ensure the details of invoice, such as Invoice number, IGST paid etc, under GSTR 1 and shipping bill match with each other. ii) EGM Error Due to either mismatch in information furnished in Export General Manifest (EGM) vis-à-vis shipping bill or non-filing of EGM in certain cases, the compliance of 'exported out of India' requirement in Rule 96 (2) of Central Goods and Services Tax (CGST) Rules, 2017 remained unfulfilled. It is also noticed that Gateway EGM in case of many ICD's Shipping Bills have been manually filed, due to which the system is unable to match the EGM details. Hence, it is hereby again directed that all the shipping lines opera....

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....ently so as to avoid delay in refund payment. B. IGST Refunds for the export of goods in the month of August, 2017: GSTN has provided the utility to declare Table 6A in GSTR 1 for exporters to fill in information related to Zero Rated Supplies. Once exporters file Table 6A, it would be possible to sanction refunds for the exports made in August 2017. This Public/Trade notices is being issued to emphasize the need to fill Table 6A online by exporters to claim refunds against exports made in August 2017. Exporters have already been provided an option to view their Shipping Bill data online on ICEGATE website, so that they can ensure filing of their Table 6A without any error. All necessary steps may be taken by exporters so that the com....