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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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....State Tax (Rate), dated 01/07/2019 issued in exercise of powers under section 55 of the Gujarat Goods and Services Tax Act, 2017 (hereinafter referred to as the 'GGST Act') has notified that the retail outlets established at departure area of the international airport beyond immigration counters shall be entitled to claim refund of all applicable Central tax, Integrated tax, State tax and Compensation cess paid by them on inward supplies of indigenous goods received by them for the purposes of subsequent supply of goods to outgoing international tourists i.e. to a person not normally resident in India, who enters India for a stay of not more than six months for legitimate non-immigrant purposes against foreign exchange (hereinafter referred....
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....all indigenous goods would have to be procured by DFS or DPS on payment of applicable tax when procured from the domestic market. 6. Supply of indigenous goods by DFS or DPS established at departure area of the international airport beyond immigration counters (hereinafter referred to as "the retail outlets") to eligible passengers: The sale of indigenous goods procured from domestic market by retail outlets to an eligible passenger is a "supply" under GST law and is subject to levy of Integrated tax but the same has been exempted vide Notification No. 11/2019-lntegrated Tax (Rate). Therefore, retail outlets will supply such indigenous goods without collecting any taxes from the eligible passenger and may apply for refund as per procedure ....
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....lete or modify a record. 8.2. Invoice-based refund: It is clarified that the refund to be granted to retail outlets is not on account of the accumulated input tax credit but is refund based on the invoices of the inward supplies of indigenous goods received by them. As stated in para 6 above, the supply made by such retail outlets to eligible passengers has been exempted vide Notification No. 11/2019-Integrated Tax (Rate) dated 29/06/2019 and therefore such retail outlets will not be eligible for input tax credit of taxes paid on such inward supplies and the same will have to be reversed in accordance the provisions of the GGST Act read with the rules made thereunder. It is also clarified that no refund of tax paid on input services, if an....
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.... stating that the indigenous goods on which refund is being claimed have been received by such retail outlets; (ii) An undertaking by the retail outlets stating that the indigenous goods on which refund is being claimed have been sold to eligible passengers; (iii) Copies of the valid return furnished in FORM GSTR-3B by the retail outlets for the period covered in the refund claim; (iv) Copies of FORM GSTR-2A for the period covered in the refund claim; and (v) Copies of the attested hard copies of the invoices on which refund is claimed but which are not reflected in FORM GSTR-2A. 9. Processing and sanction of the refund claim : 9.1. Upon receipt of the complete application in FORM GST RFD-10B, an acknowledgement shall be issued ma....
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.... account details of the retail outlets shall be manually submitted as per prevailing Electronic Clearing System (ECS) for release of payment. 9.4. Where any refund has been made in respect of an invoice without the tax having been paid to the Government or where the supply of such goods was not made to an eligible passenger, such amount refunded shall be recovered alongwith interest as per the provisions contained in the section 73 or section 74 of the GGST Act, as the case may be. 9.5. It is clarified that the retail outlets will apply for refund with the jurisdictional Central tax/State tax authority only, however, the payment of the sanctioned refund amount in relation to Central tax / Integrated tax / Compensation Cess shall be made b....