Service Tax Refund to exporters through the Indian Customs EDI System (ICES)

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....certain conditions. 2. Government has introduced a simplified scheme for electronic refund of service tax to exporters, on the lines of duty drawback. With the introduction of this new schemer exporters now have a choice: either they can opt for electronic refund through ICES system, which is based on the 'schedule of rates or they can opt for refund on the basis of documents, by approaching the Central Excise/Service Tax formations. 3 To obtain benefit under the new electronic STR schema, which is based on the 'schedule of rates', an exporter: (i) should have a bank account and also central excise registration or service tax code number and the same should be registered with Customs ICES 1.5 using 'Annexure-A' For....

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....dment request can also be filed through ICEGATE using Remote EDI System(RES) software Exporters can track the status of their refund claim and details of refund amount through ICEGATE Document Tracking and Touch Screen Enquiry. 6. STR amount processed under the ICES will be disbursed through the branch of the authorized bank at each customs location. The STR amount in respect of individual exporters will be credited directly to the bank account of the exporter, in the authorized bank branch at a Custom location or to any core banking enabled banking account of the exporter, in any branch/bank anywhere in the country (through the NEFT/RTGS). For this purpose, the exporters are required to register with Customs, the Indian Financial Servic....