TaxTMI 
TaxTMI 
Refund of taxes paid on inward supply of indigenous goods by retail outlets established at departure area of the international airport beyond immigration counters when supplied to outgoing international tourist against foreign exchange
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....Commissioners / Commissioners of Central Tax (All) The Principal Chief Commissioners / Chief Commissioners / Principal Commissioners / Commissioners of Customs (All) The Principal Director Generals / Director Generals (All) The Principal CCA, CBIC Madam / Sir, Subject: - Refund of taxes paid on inward supply of indigenous goods by retail outlets established at departure area of the international airport beyond immigration counters when supplied to outgoing international tourist against foreign exchange -reg. The Government vide notification no. 11/2019-Central Tax (Rate), 10/2019-Integrated Tax (Rate) and 11/2019-Union territory Tax (Rate) all dated 29.06.2019 issued in exercise of powers under section 55 of the Central Go....
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....DFS") which are point of sale for goods sourced from a warehoused licensed under Section 58A of the Customs Act, 1962 (hereinafter referred to as the "Customs Act") and duty paid indigenous goods and 'Duty Paid Shops' (hereinafter referred to as "DPS") retailing duty paid indigenous goods. 4. Procurement and supply of imported / warehoused goods: - The procedure for procurement of imported / warehoused goods is governed by the provisions contained in Customs Act. The procedure and applicable rules as specified under the Customs Act are required to be followed for procurement and supply of such goods. 5. Procurement of indigenous goods: - Under GST regime there is no special procedure for procurement of indigenous goods for sale by DFS....
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....supply of such goods to the eligible passengers. 8. Procedure for applying for refunds: 8.1. Maintenance of Records: The records with respect to duty paid indigenous goods being brought to the retail outlets and their supplies to eligible passengers shall be maintained as per Annexure A in electronic form. The data shall be kept updated, accurate and complete at all times by such retail outlets and shall be available for inspection/verification of the proper officer of central tax at any time. The electronic records must incorporate the feature of an audit trail, which means a secure, computer generated, time stamped record that allows for reconstruction of the course of events relating to the creation, modification or deletion of an ....
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....ed to prominently display a notice that international tourists are eligible for purchase of goods without payment of domestic taxes. 8.5. Manual filing of refund claims: In terms of rule 95A of the Central Goods and Services Tax Rules, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the 'CGST Rules') as inserted vide notification No. 31/2019-Central Tax dated 28.06.2019, the retail outlets are required to apply for refund on a monthly or quarterly basis depending upon the frequency of furnishing of return in FORM GSTR-3B. Till the time the online utility for filing the refund claim is made available on the common portal, these retail outlets shall apply for refund by filing an application in FORM GST RFD-10B , as inserted vide notification No. 31/2019-....
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....N details on the common portal to ascertain whether the return in FORM GSTR- 3B has been filed by the retail outlets. The proper officer may scrutinize the details contained in FORM RFD-10B, FORM GSTR-3B and FORM GSTR-2A. The proper officer may rely upon FORM GSTR-2A as an evidence of the accountal of the supply received by them in relation to which the refund has been claimed by the retail outlets. Normally, officers are advised not to call for hard copies of invoices or details contained in Annexure A. As clarified in clause (v) of Para 8.5 above, it is reiterated that the retail outlets would be required to submit hard copies of only those invoices of inward supplies that have not been reflected in FORM GSTR-2A. 9.3. The proper office....
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....e remaining sanctioned refund amount. The procedure outlined in para 6.0 of Circular No.24/24/2017-GST dated 21st December 2017 should be followed in this regard. 10. The scheme shall be effective from 01.07.2019 and would be applicable in respect of all supplies made to eligible passengers after the said date. In other words, retail outlets would be eligible to claim refund of taxes paid on inward supplies of indigenous goods received by them even prior to 01.07.2019 as long as all the conditions laid down in Rule 95A of the CGST Rules and this circular are fulfilled. 11. It is requested that suitable trade notices may be issued to publicize the contents of this circular. 12. Difficulty, if any, in implementation of the above inst....