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Refund of IGST Export-Invoice mis-match Cases - Alternative Mechanism with Officer Interface
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....arlier CBEC has issued Circular No 42/2017dated 07-11-2017 which highlighted the common errors that hindered the sanction and disbursal of refund of IGST paid against exports. Subsequent to the said Circular, outreach programmes have been undertaken and advisories and FAQs have been issued to create awareness amongst the exporter community regarding the common mistakes and errors which hold up the refund process. Information is being made available to exporters on a real-time basis with regard to the errors status on ICEGATE website for registered users. Also the shipping bill wise details are being made available at the Custom House website at kandlacustoms.gov.in 3. The analysis of data post October 2017 indicates that while the quantum....
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....stoms by GSTN. In these cases also, e-mails have been sent to exporters asking them to correct their records through amendment process of GSTR 1 i.e. through Table 9 of GSTR 1 of the following month. (iv) The analysis of data further indicates that only about 32% records of GSTR 1 / Table 6A have been transmitted from GSTN to Customs. In other words, a majority of refund claims are held up either due to insufficient information or lack of due diligence on the part of exporter while filing the GST returns. (v) Exporters are advised to use Table 9 of GSTR 1 of the following month to amend the records of previous month so as to take care of issues mentioned in paras (ii) and (iii) above. In cases where exporters have already filed informat....
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....IT configurations are hosted on the ICEGATE website under the following links. Registration Demo link: https://www.icegate.gov.in/Download/New_Registration_Demo_Updated_APPROVED.pdf Registration Advisory link: https://www.icegate.gov.in/Download/v1.2_Advisory_Registration_APPROVED.pdf Java set up for the DSC upload: https://www.iceqate.gov.in/Download (JavaSetupForDSC.pdf Once the registration is obtained, the exporters can check the status of IGST refunds associated with their exports and the corresponding error message, if any. This enquiry takes GSTIN Number, Port-code and Return Month as inputs and based on the input, Shipping Bill Number, Shipping Bill Date, Return Month, Invoice Number, Invoice Date, Response Code and....
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....ariance. It is pertinent to note that refund claims would be processed in only those cases where the error code is mentioned as SB005. Further, it may also be noted that all refunds shall continue to be credited electronically through the PFMS system, and no manual payment/ cheque would be issued. The procedure for processing of IGST refund claims in these cases would be as follows: a. The exporter shall provide a concordance table indicating mapping between GST invoices and corresponding Shipping Bill invoices, as annexed in support of the refund claim to the designated officer in the Custom house. A scanned copy of concordance table may also be sent to dedicated e-mail address of Customs location from where exports took place. b. Cust....
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....ed a dedicated cell having e-mail id [email protected], comprises of the following officers :- Sr. No. Name of the Officer Designation Contact No. 1 Shri Pradeep Sharma Assistant Commissioner 9033025711 2 Shri A.L. Meena Superintendent 9649377792 3 Shri N.R. Meena Superintendent 9408452311 4 Shri Praveen Kumar Inspector 8690832241 6. It may please be noted that the above alternative mechanism is available only for shipping bills filed till 31st December, 2017. 7. Action to be taken in terms of decisions taken in this Public Notice should be considered as Standing Order for the purpose of Officers and staff. Encl- as above (Sanjay Kumar Agarwal), Commissioner, Annexure A The Concordance between GST Invoice and....